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Share of pregnant women smoking at time of delivery in England from 2006/07 to 2024/25

Characteristic	Share of pregnant women
2024/25	6.1%
2023/24	7.4%
2022/23	8.8%
2021/22	9.1%
2020/21	9.6%
2019/20	10.4%
2018/19	10.6%
2017/18	10.8%
2016/17	10.7%
2015/16	11%
2014/15	11.7%
2013/14	12.2%
2012/13	12.9%
2011/12	13.3%
2010/11	13.7%
2009/10	14.2%
2008/09	14.6%
2007/08	14.7%
2006/07	15.8%

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September 2025

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United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

April 01, 2006 to March 31, 2025

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Pregnant women

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the .

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In the period 2024/54, just over six percent of pregnant women in England smoked at the time of delivery. The share of pregnant women smoking has decreased since 2006, when almost sixteen percent of pregnant women did so. Smoking during pregnancy can lead to many birth complications, so it is advised that the expecting mother quit smoking for the health of the baby.

Situation north of the border

As in England, Scotland’s share of pregnant women smoking has been declining, although the prevalence remains higher than those in England. In 2023, 11 percent of pregnant women in Scotland smoked during pregnancy, in the year 2000 this share was at almost 29 percent.

Younger mothers more likely to smoke

In both England and Scotland, the prevalence of pregnant smokers increases down the age groups. In England, 21 percent of mothers under 20 smoked while pregnant in 2023/24. While in Scotland in the same year, 27 percent of teenage mothers smoked when pregnant.