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