In contrast, working-class women’s smoking rates decreased.
The smoking behaviors of 197,266 people, including 44,052 women of reproductive age (18 to 45), were examined by University College London (UCL) researchers using data from the Smoking Toolkit Study, an ongoing monthly survey of adults in England.
They discovered that between 2013 and 2023, smoking rates among women in higher socioeconomic groups decreased from 28.7% to 22.4%, while rates among women in more privileged groups increased from 11.7% to 14.9%.
Men’s smoking rates did not change during the course of the decade.
In the meantime, over three times as many women between the ages of 18 and 45 now vape.
