About this data

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Smoking behaviours and e-cigarette use in England and Great Britain, 2025 (General Household Survey, General Lifestyle Survey and Opinions and Lifestyle Survey), Tables 1, 2 and 9

• Worked out from the share of smokers, ex-smokers and people who have never smoked, and the share of each group who vape, all from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey. Ex-smokers used to smoke regularly; people who have never smoked may have tried a cigarette.
• Vapers are people who say they currently use an e-cigarette or vaping device, daily or occasionally. The questions changed in 2018 and 2020, but ONS considers the share of current users comparable over time.
• Smokers are people who say they smoke cigarettes, even occasionally. Estimates up to 1998 come from a survey every two years and aren't weighted to match the population; from 2000, they are annual and weighted. The survey moved from face-to-face interviews to online and telephone interviews in 2018 to 2020.

This chart appears in Smoking.