PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nicholas S Hopkinson
AU  - Adam Lester-George
AU  - Nick Ormiston-Smith
AU  - Alison Cox
AU  - Deborah Arnott
TI  - Child uptake of smoking by area across the UK
AID  - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204379
DP  - 2014 Sep 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 873--875
VI  - 69
IP  - 9
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/69/9/873.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/69/9/873.full
SO  - Thorax2014 Sep 01; 69
AB  - Smoking is a major public health problem. As smokers age and die prematurely, the tobacco industry must continue to recruit new, young smokers. Survey data indicate that currently in the UK around 207 000 children aged 11–15 start smoking every year. We used local data on adult smoking rates to apportion national data on child smoking uptake to specific areas. The presentation of data for individual local authorities, which now have responsibility for public health, can be used to focus attention locally. For example, this analysis demonstrates that each day, 67 children, more than two classrooms full, start smoking in London.