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Table 99: Smoking behaviour in young people in Hull 2008-09 compared to England
Gender Smoking
behaviour
Smoke
regularly
Smoke
occasionally
Used to
smoke
Males
Tried
smoking
Never
smoked
Ever
smoked
Smoke
regularly
Smoke
occasionally
Used to
smoke
Females
Tried
smoking
Never
smoked
Ever
smoked
Area Smoking behaviour by school year (%)
Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr 11 All
Hull 0.0 0.0 3.2 3.4 8.3 2.9
England 1 1 3 7 12 5
Hull 0.0 1.2 2.4 2.3 3.4 1.9
England 1 2 3 7 8 4
Hull 3.4 3.5 4.8 5.3 8.7 5.1
England 2 3 5 8 10 6
Hull 8.0 8.9 14.8 18.4 22.8 14.7
England 8 12 18 20 20 16
Hull 88.6 86.5 74.8 70.7 56.8 75.3
England 89 82 72 59 50 69
Hull 11.4 13.5 25.2 29.3 43.2 24.7
England 11 18 28 41 50 31
Hull 0.6 2.1 3.5 10.9 16.9 7.3
England 1 1 4 12 19 8
Hull 1.2 1.0 3.5 8.7 12.1 5.7
England 0 2 5 10 13 6
Hull 6.2 4.5 8.5 13.0 7.4 8.0
England 1 4 7 10 12 7
Hull 7.5 12.5 21.2 21.4 24.3 18.2
England 6 10 19 18 18 15
Hull 84.5 79.9 63.3 46.0 39.3 60.8
England 93 86 66 50 39 64
Hull 15.5 20.1 36.7 54.0 60.7 39.2
England 7 17 34 50 61 36
The prevalence of smoking is compared in Table 100 with the previous local Health and
Lifestyle Survey which was conducted during 2002. The analysis is restricted to pupils
in years 7 to 10, as the 2002 survey only included pupils in these school years. Among
boys, the percentages that smoked regularly or occasionally in 2008-09 had halved
since 2002 for each year group except year 10 where the percentage had decreased by
a third. The difference in the percentages that had ever smoked between 2008-09 and
2002 decreased as year group increased, such that in year 7, 63% fewer boys in 2008-
09 had ever smoked compared with 2002, while in year 10, 24% fewer boys in 2008-09
had ever smoked compared with 2002. Thus the prevalence of smoking in boys was
lower in 2008-09 compared to 2002, and in addition, they started smoking at an older
age.
Among girls, the percentages of regular or occasional smokers in 2008-09 were less
than half the equivalent percentages in 2002 for girls in each year group with the
exception of year 7, where the percentage in 2008-09 was 20% lower than in 2002. The
percentages that had ever smoked were between 22% and 34% lower in 2008-09 than
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