Smoking among middle-class women in England up by 25% in 10 years – study

Smoking among younger middle-class women 'up 25% in a decade'

Middle-class women aged 18 to 45 are the only group to have seen smoking rates rise in the last 10 years according to a new study. It also finds vaping among all women aged 18 to 45 has more than tripled in a decade.

Young middle-class women ‘are only group smoking more than a decade ago’

Smoking rates have risen in women under 45 from affluent homes over the past decade, signalling a potential counter-trend that may be driven by anxiety

Smoking among middle-class women in England up by 25% in 10 years – study

Rate rose among middle-class women aged 18 to 45 and fell among working-class women of same ageThe number of younger middle-class women who smoke has jumped 25% over the past decade, according to research.Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and illness in the UK and accounts for 76,000 deaths annually. Experts from UCL examined data from nearly 200,000 adult participants in the Smoking Toolkit Study, a monthly survey of adults in E…

Younger middle-class women are smoking more, despite overall fall

More middle and upper-class women under 45 are smoking now than a decade ago, according to a study which suggests high cigarette costs are failing to deter them

Rise in smoking among middle and upper-class women under 45

There has been a rise in the proportion of middle and upper-class women under the age of 45 smoking, a study suggests.

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