Smoking: Prevalence, Desire to Quit, and Quit Attempts. Santé publique France Barometer: Results from the 2024 Edition
In 2024, 24.0% of people aged 18 to 79 reported smoking tobacco, with 17.4% doing so daily. Smoking and daily smoking have declined significantly compared with 2021. Among 18- to 75-year-olds in mainland France in 2024 (a population comparable to previous editions of the Santé publique France Barometer), 25% reported smoking (32% in 2021), 18% smoke daily (25% in 2021). These declines are part of a trend that began in 2016. Social inequalities regarding smoking remain very pronounced: the proportion of daily smokers is significantly higher among the most disadvantaged populations; for example, it is 2.1 times higher among blue-collar workers than among white-collar workers (25.1% vs. 11.8%). Daily smoking is more common in three regions compared to the average of the other regions: Grand Est (19.8%), Occitanie (20.6%), and PACA (20.9%). More than half of daily smokers (55.0%) report wanting to quit smoking, and 17.3% report having made an attempt to quit for at least one week during the past 12 months.
Author(s): Pasquereau Anne, Guignard Romain, Andler Raphaël, Nguyen-Thanh Viêt
Publishing year: 2025
Pages: 9 p.
Collection: Studies and Surveys
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