The graph below gives information about the number of people who smoked cigarettes in the UK between 2011 and 2021.

The bar chart illustrates the

number

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of male and female cigarette

smokers

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in the UK from 2011 to 2021.

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, the

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of cigarette

smokers

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declined significantly for both men and women over the period. Men had the highest

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of

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in 2011,

while

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the

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of female

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was lower but followed a similar trend. In 2011, the

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of male

smokers

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was over 4

million

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.

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figure dropped sharply to between 2.5 and 3

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by 2012. From 2013 to 2020, the

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fluctuated around 2.5

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before reaching its lowest point of just over 1

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in 2021.

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, women had the highest

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of

smokers

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in 2011, at around 3.6

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.

This

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number

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declined to 1.9

million

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in 2012, reaching its lowest point of 1

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in 2013.

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, between 2014 and 2018, female

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increased slightly to 1.7

million

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before declining again, hitting their lowest level in 2021.