Some of the statistics on smoking and young people from the Smoking Drinking and Drug Use by Young People in England for this year.

1. Smoking Drinking and Drug Use by Young People in England in 2009 Smoking

2. Proportion of young people who have never smoked

3. Never smoked, by age

4. Proportion of regular (weekly) smokers

5. Regular smokers, by age

6. Mean number of cigarettes smoked by regular smokers £103 million: the estimated amount regular young smokers spent on cigarettes in 2009

7. How did you reach that figure? The mean number of cigarettes smoked by regular smokers in 2009 = 38.1 This equals 1976 cigarettes a year or 99 packs The average price of a pack of cigarettes in 2009 = £5.80 99 x 5.8 = £574.20 There are c. 3 million young people (11-15 in England); of which 6% are regular smokers = 180,000 regular smokers 180,000 regular smokers x £624 = £103,356,000