Lifestyles and preventive practices. Absolute figures 
Time since ex-smokers stopped smoking, by sex and age group. Population aged 16 years old and over that does not currently smoke, but has smoked before
Units: thousands of persons

	Total	Less than 1 year	1 to 4 years	5 to 9 years	10 to 19 years	20 years or more	No data recorded	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	7,684.2	615.2	2,027.0	1,454.8	1,864.1	1,629.6	93.6	
    16 to 24 years of age	278.7	98.1	154.2	13.4	4.8	0.0	8.2	
    25 to 34 years of age	1,064.4	175.0	557.4	226.4	92.5	0.0	13.2	
    35 to 44 years of age	1,599.8	139.6	507.8	375.7	440.4	114.6	21.7	
    45 to 54 years of age	1,595.5	94.7	341.2	352.5	472.5	318.1	16.6	
    55 to 64 years of age	1,278.5	41.1	264.6	232.9	366.5	365.3	8.1	
    65 to 74 years of age	992.6	46.2	125.1	157.4	301.2	354.1	8.5	
    75 years old and over	874.7	20.5	76.7	96.5	186.3	477.6	17.2	
MALES	
    Total	5,166.7	323.7	1,190.6	1,033.1	1,277.2	1,277.0	65.1	
    16 to 24 years of age	126.5	51.2	56.6	8.7	4.8	0.0	5.3	
    25 to 34 years of age	473.6	46.3	256.4	125.5	40.0	0.0	5.5	
    35 to 44 years of age	840.3	76.2	275.9	221.0	195.8	52.9	18.4	
    45 to 54 years of age	1,024.8	59.0	218.6	251.1	302.3	185.3	8.4	
    55 to 64 years of age	1,020.3	29.7	209.3	198.0	296.4	280.5	6.3	
    65 to 74 years of age	864.1	40.9	109.8	139.3	262.6	305.1	6.5	
    75 years old and over	817.1	20.4	64.0	89.6	175.3	453.3	14.7	
FEMALES	
    Total	2,517.5	291.5	836.4	421.6	586.9	352.6	28.5	
    16 to 24 years of age	152.2	46.9	97.6	4.7	0.0	0.0	2.9	
    25 to 34 years of age	590.8	128.7	301.0	100.9	52.5	0.0	7.7	
    35 to 44 years of age	759.5	63.3	231.9	154.6	244.6	61.7	3.3	
    45 to 54 years of age	570.7	35.6	122.6	101.4	170.1	132.7	8.2	
    55 to 64 years of age	258.2	11.4	55.3	34.8	70.0	84.8	1.8	
    65 to 74 years of age	128.5	5.3	15.3	18.2	38.7	49.0	2.0	
    75 years old and over	57.6	0.2	12.7	6.9	11.0	24.3	2.5	
Notes:
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