Health Survey for England, 2015

Publication date: December 14, 2016

http://www.content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB22610

Key facts

Adult smoking

• 19 per cent of men and 17per cent of women were current smokers.
• In 2015, 5 per cent of adults were currently using e-cigarettes. The prevalence of ever having used e-cigarettes was much higher among current smokers, at 40 per cent. Only 1 per cent of those who had never smoked had ever used an e-cigarette.

Adult alcohol consumption

• 31 per cent of men and 16 per cent of women drank over 14 units in a usual week.

Adult obesity

• 27 per cent adults were obese. Being overweight was more common than being obese and 41 per cent of men and 31 per cent of women were overweight, but not obese.