Volume 1
The tobacco industry and the health risks of smoking : second report / Health Committee.
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee
- Date:
- 2000
Licence: Open Government Licence
Credit: The tobacco industry and the health risks of smoking : second report / Health Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Great Britain manufactured cigarette brand shares % Source: General Household Survey 1996 By Company RJ Reynolds Supermarket own-labels (Japan Tobacco supplies many of these) The leading brands are as follows: 5 Note: Rothmans has since been acquired by British American Tobacco [BAT]; R J Reynolds [RJR] has been sold to Japan Tobacco, but some brands have been sold to Gallaher. Imperial’s market share is now nearer that of Gallaher. 16. Reductions in smoking rates have thus been substantial but they have not been evenly distributed amongst social classes with the result that smoking is a prime cause of health inequalities. The Royal College of Physicians report noted that, over the period in which the GHS has been conducted, smoking prevalence fell by more than 50% in the most advantaged sector of British society, but remained static amongst the least advantaged.”’ Most teenage quitting was from affluent households.** The latest GHS suggests that in 1998 in households in the manual group 35% of men and 31% of women smoked whereas in non-manual households the figures were 21% of men and 21% of women. Men who lived in the unskilled manual groups were nearly three times as likely to smoke as those who lived in professional households (44% compared to 15%). 27 Nicotine Addiction in Britain, p.9. 8 Q136. 2° GHS 1998, p.119.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32221083_0001_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
