Lifestyles and preventive practices. Absolute figures 
Current tobacco use of daily smokers as compared with 2 years ago, by sex and age group. Population aged 16 years old and over that smokes daily
Units: thousands of persons

	Total	More	Less	The same	No data recorded	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	9,896.3	2,230.4	3,228.6	4,355.1	82.2	
    16 to 24 years of age	1,253.3	478.3	388.4	368.3	18.3	
    25 to 34 years of age	2,689.3	664.3	895.0	1,103.4	26.6	
    35 to 44 years of age	2,475.4	544.3	741.2	1,168.8	21.1	
    45 to 54 years of age	1,986.9	391.1	609.3	972.1	14.5	
    55 to 64 years of age	940.7	107.4	321.1	510.9	1.3	
    65 to 74 years of age	396.4	32.9	206.4	156.6	0.5	
    75 years old and over	154.3	12.0	67.2	75.1	0.0	
MALES	
    Total	5,794.6	1,112.9	1,944.2	2,679.7	57.7	
    16 to 24 years of age	596.3	222.5	177.0	180.8	15.9	
    25 to 34 years of age	1,580.9	342.1	517.1	708.4	13.3	
    35 to 44 years of age	1,382.4	258.8	444.9	662.7	15.9	
    45 to 54 years of age	1,141.3	192.5	354.4	583.7	10.8	
    55 to 64 years of age	654.2	68.7	223.0	361.3	1.3	
    65 to 74 years of age	312.4	21.5	166.6	123.9	0.5	
    75 years old and over	127.0	6.9	61.2	58.8	0.0	
FEMALES	
    Total	4,101.7	1,117.4	1,284.4	1,675.4	24.5	
    16 to 24 years of age	657.0	255.8	211.4	187.5	2.3	
    25 to 34 years of age	1,108.4	322.2	377.9	395.0	13.3	
    35 to 44 years of age	1,093.0	285.5	296.3	506.1	5.1	
    45 to 54 years of age	845.6	198.7	254.9	388.3	3.7	
    55 to 64 years of age	286.5	38.8	98.1	149.6	0.0	
    65 to 74 years of age	83.9	11.4	39.8	32.7	0.0	
    75 years old and over	.	.	.	.	.	
Notes:

.Data protected by statistical secrecy

The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be provided since it may be affected by sampling errors.
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which is not collected.
 The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an 'error of division by zero'.
Source: Ministry of Health and Consumption and INE