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Fried Food Consumption by GenderPercentage of the Population7060504030201000 1-2times aweek3-6times aweekonce adayMenWomenFrequency of Consumption9.5 Smoking.Smoking kills around 112,000 people in the UK each year, about six times more people than arekilled by road traffic accidents and represents one fifth of all UK deaths. About half of all regularsmokers will eventually be killed by their habit, with most smoking related deaths being due tothree main diseases: cancer, chronic obstructive lung disease and coronary heart disease.Each year 17,000 children under the age of five are admitted to hospital with illnesses causedby passive smoking.There is a disparity in smoking rates between the socio-economic groups with around 16% ofmen in higher managerial occupations smoking, compared to 38% of men in routineoccupations.Currently there are no accurate local figures for the number of people who smoke in Carlisle.Such data that are available relate to national statistics for smokers which have been applied tothe population of Carlisle to provide an approximation of the actual local figures.Current national smoking prevalence is reported as being 22% (Ash 2008). In Carlisle in 2006this represents 10,400 men and 9,900 women. A total of 20,300 smokers living in the city.Research evidence shows that around half of all regular smokers will eventually die as a directresult of their smoking addiction. In Carlisle this represents 10,150 people. However, thosesmokers who choose to stop will significantly reduce their risk of developing a fatal disease.Figure 17 illustrates the variation in levels of smoking in Carlisle with 39% of people smoking inBotcherby ward compared to only 19% in Stanwix Urban ward.Figure 17: Percentage of Smokers by Electoral Ward in CarlisleFiona Huntington 21 of 47