Table 2 Percentage of daily smokers, 16-74 years, by sex. 1973-2002. Three year sliding average. Per cent

2	Percentage of daily smokers, 16-74 years, by sex. 1973-2002. Three year sliding average. Per cent

	Men	Women


1973	51.9	32.0
1974	50.6	32.1
1975	50.1	32.0
1976	47.1	31.4
1977	45.9	30.9
1978	44.1	31.3
1979	43.5	31.4
1980	41.7	31.3
1981	40.4	31.7
1982	40.5	32.2
1983	41.2	33.3
1984	42.1	32.5
1985	40.8	32.4
1986	40.2	32.1
1987	39.8	33.3
1988	39.5	34.0
1989	38.2	34.0
1990	36.6	33.2
1991	36.5	32.7
1992	36.9	33.3
1993	36.7	32.9
1994	34.6	32.4
1995	33.7	32.1
1996	33.8	32.4
1997	33.9	32.5
1998	33.5	32.3
1999	32.4	32.2
2000	31.3	31.1
2001	30.1	30.5
2002	29.5	29.7

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