The latest national statistics on smoking-related behaviour produced by the Office for National Statistics were released on 18 June 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
The key points from the latest release are:
Eighty per cent of respondents said they agreed with the legislation banning smoking in enclosed public places. Sixty one per cent strongly agreed and 19 per cent agreed. A further 14 per cent disagreed with 6 per cent disagreeing strongly.
Almost three quarters of people tend to visit the pub as often as they did before the smoking ban (73%) with 16 per cent reporting that they now go more often. The remaining 11 per cent said they went less often than before the smoking ban.
Those in employment were also less likely to experience smoking in the workplace. Ninety-three per cent said that smoking was banned in the building where they worked. In particular 31 per cent reported that no smoking was allowed on the premises or the grounds where they worked.
There has also been a drop in the number of people allowing smoking in their home. Approximately two-thirds (67 per cent) said that smoking was not allowed at all in their home compared to 61 per cent in 2006.
