Life style; personal characteristics

Life style; personal characteristics

Characteristics Margins Periods Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Smoking status Smokers (%) Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Smoking status Former smokers (%) Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Smoking status Never smokers (%) Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Smokers Daily smokers in the population (%) Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Smokers Daily smokers among smokers (%) Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Smokers Heavy smokers in the population (%) Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Smokers Heavy smokers among smokers (%) Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Cigarette smokers Cigarette smokers (%) Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Cigarette smokers Cigarettes per day per smoker (number) Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Cigarette smokers Smoking years current smokers (number) Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Cigarette smokers Quitting attempts in the past 12 months (%) Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Former cigarette smokers Smoking years former smokers (number) Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older Former cigarette smokers Quitting years former smokers (number) Passive smoking among non-smokers (Almost) never (%) Passive smoking among non-smokers Not daily (%) Passive smoking among non-smokers Daily, less than one hour (%) Passive smoking among non-smokers Daily, one hour or more (%) Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older Drinkers Heavy drinkers in the population (%) Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older Drinkers Heavy drinkers among drinkers (%)
Total persons Value 2023 18.1 30.3 51.6 12.6 70.0 2.5 13.8 16.2 9.3 24.5 35.7 19.6 21.6 84.5 12.8 1.6 1.0 7.7 10.4
Total persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 17.2 29.3 50.5 11.9 67.4 2.1 12.0 15.3 8.8 23.6 32.9 19.0 21.0 83.6 12.1 1.4 0.8 7.1 9.7
Total persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 19.0 31.3 52.7 13.4 72.5 2.9 15.8 17.1 9.8 25.5 38.5 20.1 22.2 85.3 13.6 1.9 1.3 8.3 11.3
Sex: Male Value 2023 21.3 31.4 47.3 14.8 69.6 2.9 13.7 18.4 9.7 23.1 35.8 20.4 21.1 83.6 13.8 1.6 1.0 8.2 10.5
Sex: Male Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 20.0 29.9 45.7 13.7 66.2 2.4 11.3 17.1 9.0 21.9 32.0 19.7 20.3 82.3 12.7 1.2 0.7 7.3 9.5
Sex: Male Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 22.7 32.8 48.9 16.1 72.9 3.5 16.5 19.8 10.3 24.3 39.8 21.2 22.0 84.8 15.0 2.1 1.4 9.1 11.7
Sex: Female Value 2023 14.9 29.3 55.8 10.5 70.5 2.0 13.9 14.0 8.8 26.4 35.5 18.7 22.1 85.4 11.9 1.6 1.0 7.2 10.3
Sex: Female Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 13.8 27.9 54.3 9.6 66.6 1.6 11.3 12.9 8.2 24.9 31.6 17.9 21.2 84.2 10.9 1.3 0.8 6.4 9.3
Sex: Female Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 16.1 30.7 57.3 11.5 74.2 2.6 17.1 15.1 9.5 27.9 39.7 19.4 23.0 86.5 13.0 2.1 1.4 8.0 11.5
Age: 0 to 3 years Value 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.5 3.1 0.4 0.0 . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.8 1.7 0.1 0.0 . .
Age: 0 to 3 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.1 5.7 2.5 . . .
Age: 4 to 11 years Value 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.2 3.3 1.1 0.4 . .
Age: 4 to 11 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.4 2.2 0.5 0.1 . .
Age: 4 to 11 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.5 4.8 2.2 1.2 . .
Age: 12 to 15 years Value 2023 2.8 0.7 96.6 0.4 . 0.0 . 2.1 . . . . . 81.0 14.8 2.7 1.4 1.0 .
Age: 12 to 15 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 1.6 0.2 94.4 0.1 . 0.0 . 1.1 . . . . . 77.1 11.8 1.6 0.6 0.4 .
Age: 12 to 15 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 4.7 2.1 97.9 1.7 . . . 3.9 . . . . . 84.4 18.4 4.7 3.2 2.4 .
Age: 16 to 19 years Value 2023 16.7 4.1 79.2 7.8 . 1.2 . 15.1 . . . . . 60.0 32.7 5.1 2.1 17.0 25.5
Age: 16 to 19 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 13.4 2.6 75.1 5.6 . 0.5 . 12.0 . . . . . 54.7 28.0 3.2 1.0 13.8 20.7
Age: 16 to 19 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 20.5 6.5 82.9 10.8 . 2.9 . 18.9 . . . . . 65.1 37.9 7.9 4.5 20.9 30.9
Age: 20 to 29 years Value 2023 28.7 10.4 60.9 15.8 55.1 1.7 5.9 26.3 6.3 8.0 39.6 5.3 3.6 68.1 27.3 3.0 1.6 14.2 17.1
Age: 20 to 29 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 25.9 8.7 57.8 13.6 49.1 1.0 3.6 23.6 5.5 7.5 33.7 4.7 3.0 64.6 24.1 2.0 0.9 12.1 14.7
Age: 20 to 29 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 31.7 12.4 63.9 18.3 61.0 2.8 9.5 29.2 7.1 8.5 45.9 6.0 4.2 71.5 30.7 4.6 2.9 16.5 19.8
Age: 30 to 39 years Value 2023 23.8 22.7 53.5 16.3 68.5 3.1 13.2 22.5 8.7 17.5 39.6 10.3 7.8 79.7 18.7 0.8 0.8 7.2 8.9
Age: 30 to 39 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 21.2 20.3 50.5 14.0 62.3 2.2 9.3 19.9 7.8 16.9 33.1 9.5 7.1 76.8 16.1 0.4 0.3 5.8 7.2
Age: 30 to 39 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 26.6 25.3 56.5 18.8 74.1 4.4 18.4 25.2 9.7 18.2 46.4 11.0 8.4 82.4 21.6 1.8 1.7 8.9 10.9
Age: 40 to 49 years Value 2023 21.0 30.0 48.9 15.3 72.8 4.3 20.7 18.9 11.1 26.5 39.3 14.2 13.4 85.6 12.1 1.7 0.5 8.4 11.2
Age: 40 to 49 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 18.5 27.3 45.8 13.1 66.3 3.1 15.3 16.5 9.7 25.6 32.3 13.3 12.5 82.9 10.0 1.0 0.2 6.8 9.2
Age: 40 to 49 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 23.8 32.9 52.1 17.8 78.5 6.0 27.5 21.6 12.5 27.5 46.8 15.1 14.4 87.9 14.7 3.0 1.4 10.3 13.7
Age: 50 to 54 years Value 2023 18.9 30.9 50.3 15.4 81.4 2.3 12.1 17.7 10.5 33.4 26.8 18.0 17.0 86.6 10.9 1.6 0.8 4.8 6.3
Age: 50 to 54 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 15.9 27.3 46.3 12.6 73.2 1.3 7.2 14.9 9.0 31.9 19.2 16.6 15.5 83.2 8.4 0.9 0.3 3.4 4.4
Age: 50 to 54 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 22.2 34.7 54.3 18.5 87.5 3.8 19.4 21.0 12.1 35.0 35.9 19.4 18.4 89.4 14.1 3.2 2.1 6.7 8.8
Age: 55 to 64 years Value 2023 16.2 38.7 45.1 13.2 81.4 3.6 22.6 13.4 12.4 41.5 33.2 22.2 21.4 87.1 10.6 1.2 1.1 6.1 8.1
Age: 55 to 64 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 14.3 36.0 42.4 11.4 75.6 2.7 17.3 11.6 11.1 40.1 26.3 21.1 20.4 84.9 8.9 0.7 0.7 5.0 6.5
Age: 55 to 64 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 18.4 41.3 47.9 15.2 86.0 4.8 28.9 15.4 13.7 43.0 40.8 23.4 22.5 89.0 12.6 2.1 2.0 7.6 9.9
Age: 65 to 74 years Value 2023 13.1 56.5 30.3 12.0 91.0 2.2 17.0 11.0 11.9 51.8 26.4 24.7 28.0 89.9 7.5 0.9 1.8 6.4 8.3
Age: 65 to 74 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 11.3 53.7 27.8 10.2 85.2 1.5 11.7 9.3 10.7 50.8 19.2 23.6 26.8 87.8 6.0 0.5 1.1 5.1 6.7
Age: 65 to 74 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 15.2 59.3 33.0 14.0 94.7 3.3 24.1 13.0 13.2 52.7 35.0 25.8 29.1 91.6 9.2 1.8 2.8 7.9 10.3
Age: 75 years or older Value 2023 6.6 54.0 39.4 5.4 . 0.7 . 5.1 . . . 25.3 37.1 93.1 4.7 1.2 0.9 2.4 3.5
Age: 75 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 5.1 50.8 36.3 4.1 . 0.3 . 3.8 . . . 23.9 35.7 91.2 3.5 0.6 0.5 1.6 2.3
Age: 75 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 8.4 57.2 42.5 7.1 . 1.5 . 6.8 . . . 26.6 38.4 94.6 6.3 2.3 1.8 3.6 5.3
Age: 0 to 11 years Value 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.7 3.2 0.9 0.3 . .
Age: 0 to 11 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.3 2.3 0.4 0.1 . .
Age: 0 to 11 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.7 4.5 1.7 0.8 . .
Age: 12 to 17 years Value 2023 7.2 1.2 91.6 2.2 . 0.2 . 5.9 . . . . . 74.3 21.0 3.4 1.3 4.7 15.4
Age: 12 to 17 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 5.4 0.6 89.2 1.3 . 0.0 . 4.3 . . . . . 70.7 17.9 2.3 0.7 3.3 11.0
Age: 12 to 17 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 9.5 2.4 93.5 3.8 . 1.4 . 8.0 . . . . . 77.6 24.4 5.2 2.6 6.6 21.1
Age: 18 years or older Value 2023 19.0 32.8 48.2 13.5 71.3 2.7 14.1 17.1 9.5 25.2 35.6 19.6 21.7 83.4 13.8 1.6 1.2 7.9 10.3
Age: 18 years or older Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 18.1 31.7 47.0 12.7 68.7 2.3 12.3 16.2 9.0 24.2 32.8 19.1 21.1 82.4 12.9 1.3 0.9 7.3 9.5
Age: 18 years or older Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 20.0 33.9 49.4 14.4 73.7 3.1 16.2 18.0 9.9 26.2 38.5 20.1 22.3 84.4 14.8 2.0 1.5 8.6 11.1
Origin country: The Netherlands Value 2023 16.9 33.0 50.0 11.5 67.9 2.3 13.9 15.0 9.4 25.5 35.9 19.6 22.6 85.0 12.7 1.4 0.9 8.8 11.1
Origin country: The Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 16.0 31.9 48.8 10.7 64.9 2.0 11.8 14.1 8.8 24.3 32.7 19.0 21.9 84.0 11.9 1.1 0.7 8.1 10.2
Origin country: The Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 17.9 34.2 51.2 12.3 70.8 2.8 16.3 15.9 9.9 26.7 39.2 20.2 23.2 85.9 13.6 1.7 1.2 9.5 12.0
Origin country: Europe (excl. NL) Value 2023 23.1 29.9 47.0 17.2 74.4 3.8 16.4 21.7 10.3 22.5 34.8 19.6 19.4 82.6 11.8 3.1 2.5 6.1 8.3
Origin country: Europe (excl. NL) Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 19.6 26.3 43.0 14.1 65.6 2.4 10.7 18.4 8.7 19.7 26.5 17.7 17.1 79.2 9.2 1.9 1.5 4.4 6.0
Origin country: Europe (excl. NL) Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 26.9 33.8 51.1 20.7 81.6 5.9 24.4 25.5 11.8 25.3 44.3 21.5 21.7 85.6 14.8 4.9 4.3 8.5 11.5
Origin country: outside Europe Value 2023 20.3 19.6 60.1 15.2 74.9 2.4 12.0 18.4 8.6 22.3 35.5 19.2 16.5 83.4 13.7 2.0 0.9 4.0 7.8
Origin country: outside Europe Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 17.9 17.4 57.1 13.1 68.7 1.6 8.2 16.2 7.5 20.4 28.9 17.4 14.9 81.0 11.8 1.3 0.5 3.0 5.9
Origin country: outside Europe Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 22.9 22.1 62.9 17.5 80.2 3.6 17.3 20.9 9.6 24.3 42.7 20.9 18.2 85.6 16.0 3.1 1.6 5.3 10.3
Origin: born in the Netherlands Value 2023 17.3 31.8 50.8 11.8 68.0 2.4 14.1 15.4 9.2 24.9 35.0 19.5 22.3 85.0 12.5 1.5 1.0 8.4 11.0
Origin: born in the Netherlands Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 16.4 30.8 49.7 11.0 65.2 2.1 12.2 14.6 8.7 23.8 32.1 18.9 21.6 84.1 11.8 1.2 0.8 7.8 10.1
Origin: born in the Netherlands Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 18.3 32.9 52.0 12.6 70.7 2.8 16.4 16.3 9.8 26.0 38.1 20.0 22.9 85.9 13.4 1.8 1.2 9.1 11.8
Origin: born in NL, parents in NL Value 2023 16.9 33.0 50.0 11.5 67.9 2.3 13.9 15.0 9.4 25.5 35.9 19.6 22.6 85.0 12.7 1.4 0.9 8.8 11.1
Origin: born in NL, parents in NL Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 16.0 31.9 48.8 10.7 64.9 2.0 11.8 14.1 8.8 24.3 32.7 19.0 21.9 84.0 11.9 1.1 0.7 8.1 10.2
Origin: born in NL, parents in NL Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 17.9 34.2 51.2 12.3 70.8 2.8 16.3 15.9 9.9 26.7 39.2 20.2 23.2 85.9 13.6 1.7 1.2 9.5 12.0
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) abroad Value 2023 19.9 24.0 56.1 13.7 68.8 3.0 15.3 18.2 8.6 21.5 30.4 18.5 19.7 85.2 11.5 2.1 1.2 6.4 9.9
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) abroad Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 17.2 21.1 52.5 11.4 60.6 2.0 10.2 15.5 7.2 18.9 23.0 16.7 17.7 82.5 9.4 1.3 0.7 4.8 7.5
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) abroad Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 23.0 27.1 59.6 16.5 75.9 4.5 22.3 21.2 10.0 24.1 39.0 20.3 21.7 87.5 13.9 3.4 2.2 8.4 12.9
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe Value 2023 18.7 32.9 48.4 13.0 . 3.6 . 16.8 . . . . . 82.4 12.1 2.6 2.9 8.6 11.3
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 14.2 27.6 42.5 9.3 . 2.0 . 12.6 . . . . . 77.5 8.7 1.3 1.4 5.7 7.5
Origin: born in NL, parent(s) in Europe Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 24.1 38.7 54.4 17.9 . 6.7 . 22.2 . . . . . 86.5 16.5 5.1 5.8 12.8 16.8
Origin: born NL, parent(s) out. Europe Value 2023 20.5 19.8 59.7 14.0 68.4 2.7 . 18.8 . . . 15.9 17.7 86.4 11.2 1.9 0.5 5.4 9.0
Origin: born NL, parent(s) out. Europe Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 17.1 16.6 55.3 11.2 58.5 1.6 . 15.6 . . . 13.6 15.2 83.2 8.8 1.0 0.1 3.7 6.2
Origin: born NL, parent(s) out. Europe Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 24.4 23.5 63.9 17.5 76.8 4.7 . 22.6 . . . 18.1 20.3 89.1 14.2 3.6 1.4 7.8 12.9
Origin: born abroad Value 2023 22.1 21.9 56.0 17.4 78.8 2.7 12.3 20.4 9.5 23.0 38.6 20.1 16.0 81.2 14.8 2.5 1.5 3.4 6.3
Origin: born abroad Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 19.4 19.4 52.7 14.9 72.4 1.8 8.2 17.8 8.4 21.0 31.4 18.3 14.2 78.2 12.4 1.7 0.9 2.4 4.5
Origin: born abroad Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 25.0 24.8 59.2 20.1 84.0 4.1 18.1 23.2 10.6 25.1 46.2 21.9 17.8 83.8 17.5 3.8 2.6 4.7 8.8
Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL) Value 2023 26.6 27.5 45.9 20.5 . 3.9 . 25.6 . . . . . 82.9 11.4 3.6 2.2 4.2 5.8
Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL) Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 21.7 22.8 40.4 16.1 . 2.1 . 20.8 . . . . . 77.6 7.9 1.9 1.0 2.4 3.4
Origin: born in Europe (excl. NL) Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 32.1 32.8 51.6 25.7 . 7.2 . 31.1 . . . . . 87.1 16.1 6.6 4.7 7.1 9.8
Origin: born outside Europe Value 2023 20.1 19.5 60.4 16.0 79.8 2.2 10.9 18.1 9.2 24.0 37.0 21.9 15.5 80.5 16.2 2.1 1.2 3.0 6.6
Origin: born outside Europe Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 17.0 16.6 56.3 13.1 71.6 1.2 6.2 15.1 7.8 21.4 27.9 19.3 13.4 76.8 13.2 1.2 0.6 1.9 4.2
Origin: born outside Europe Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 23.7 22.9 64.2 19.4 86.1 3.8 18.4 21.5 10.6 26.7 47.0 24.4 17.7 83.7 19.6 3.7 2.6 4.7 10.3
Position: single; < 40 year Value 2023 35.7 10.8 53.6 19.3 54.1 2.8 8.1 34.6 6.3 10.8 40.8 . . 73.2 23.9 2.1 0.8 16.7 19.6
Position: single; < 40 year Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 31.3 8.3 49.0 15.8 46.1 1.6 4.6 30.3 5.3 9.9 33.2 . . 67.9 19.4 1.0 0.2 13.5 16.0
Position: single; < 40 year Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 40.2 13.9 58.1 23.3 61.8 5.0 13.9 39.1 7.4 11.7 48.9 . . 77.9 29.1 4.4 2.3 20.3 23.8
Position: single; 40 to 64 years Value 2023 30.1 30.4 39.5 25.6 85.0 7.3 24.5 26.7 13.4 33.8 40.2 21.6 16.8 85.2 12.5 1.6 0.7 8.5 12.1
Position: single; 40 to 64 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 26.0 26.3 35.1 21.7 78.2 5.2 17.8 22.8 11.8 31.6 31.7 19.7 14.9 80.9 9.3 0.6 0.2 6.3 9.1
Position: single; 40 to 64 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 34.5 34.7 44.1 29.9 89.9 10.1 32.6 31.0 15.0 35.9 49.4 23.6 18.8 88.7 16.6 4.2 2.1 11.4 16.1
Position: single; >= 65 years Value 2023 13.7 49.2 37.0 12.5 . 1.5 . 12.0 . . . 26.3 32.0 90.2 7.5 1.1 1.3 4.6 7.0
Position: single; >= 65 years Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 11.2 45.4 33.4 10.1 . 0.8 . 9.6 . . . 24.6 30.1 87.3 5.6 0.4 0.6 3.2 4.9
Position: single; >= 65 years Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 16.7 53.1 40.8 15.4 . 3.0 . 14.8 . . . 28.1 33.9 92.4 9.9 2.6 2.9 6.5 9.8
Position: child<18 yrs one-parent Value 2023 10.7 1.9 87.5 5.2 . 0.0 . 8.3 . . . . . 85.3 9.4 2.6 2.7 4.8 .
Position: child<18 yrs one-parent Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 5.8 0.5 79.2 2.2 . 0.0 . 4.2 . . . . . 80.1 6.3 1.1 1.2 2.0 .
Position: child<18 yrs one-parent Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 18.7 7.3 92.8 12.0 . . . 15.8 . . . . . 89.3 13.8 5.7 5.9 11.1 .
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ Value 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Positon: child of age, one-parent househ Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Position: child < 18 yrs, two-parents Value 2023 5.4 1.2 93.4 1.2 . 0.3 . 4.7 . . . . . 88.8 9.4 1.6 0.2 4.1 13.7
Source: CBS.
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This table contains data on life style of the Dutch population in private households. These data can be grouped by several personal characteristics.

Data available from: 2014.

Status of the data: final.

Changes by March 14, 2024:
Data about 2023 have been added.
Figures about laughing gas have been added. The questions about nutrition have changed in 2023.
That is why a new series for nutrition will be started in 2023 and the old series of figures on nutrition (2014-2022) will no longer be added.

When will new data be published?
Data on reporting year 2024 will be published in the second quarter of 2025

Description topics

Smoking behaviour, 12 years or older
Questions on smoking behaviour are asked to persons aged 12 years or older.
Smoking status
Smokers
The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older who answered ‘Yes’ to the question: ‘Do you ever smoke?’

From 2014 to 2017, the introductory text for this question was: ‘Now some questions about smoking.’ From 2018 to 2019 this text was changed in: ‘Now some questions about smoking. We mean smoking of all kinds of tobacco products here, but not the use of an electronic cigarette.’
Former smokers
The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older who answered No to the question: Do you ever smoke? and Yes to the question: Have you ever smoked?
Never smokers
The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older who answered No to the question Do you ever smoke? and No to the question Have you ever smoked?
Smokers
The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older who answered ‘Yes’ to the question: ‘Do you smoke?’.

From 2014 to 2017, the introductory text for this question was: ‘Now some questions about smoking.’ From 2018 to 2019 this text was changed in: ‘Now some questions about smoking. We mean smoking of all kinds of tobacco products here, but not the use of an electronic cigarette.’ From 2020 this introduction text was replaced by ‘Now some questions about smoking. We mean smoking of all kinds of tobacco products here, but not the use of an electronic cigarette or a device in which tobacco is heated (heat stick, heat-not-burn), such as the IQOS’.
Daily smokers in the population
The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older who answered Yes’ to the question ‘Do you smoke every day?
Daily smokers among smokers
The percentage of smokers aged 12 years or older who answered Yes to the question Do you smoke every day?
Heavy smokers in the population
The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older who smoke 20 or more cigarettes per day. Persons who only smoke cigars and/or pipe are not considered to be heavy smokers.
Heavy smokers among smokers
The percentage of smokers aged 12 years or older who smoke 20 or more cigarettes per day. Persons who only smoke cigars and/or pipe are not considered to be heavy smokers.
Cigarette smokers
Cigarette smokers
The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older that answered Yes to the question Do you ever smoke cigarettes from a pack and/or do you roll them yourself?
Cigarettes per day per smoker
Number of cigarettes per day per cigarette smoker aged 12 years or older.
Smoking years current smokers
Number of years that a current cigarette smoker of 12 years or older already has smoked.
Quitting attempts in the past 12 months
The percentage of the cigarette smokers aged 12 years or older who tried to stop smoking in the last 12 months, and succeeded for at least 24 hours.
Former cigarette smokers
Smoking years former smokers
Number of years that a former cigarette smoker aged 12 years or older has smoked cigarettes.
Quitting years former smokers
Number of years since former cigarette smokers aged 12 years or older quitted smoking cigarettes.
Passive smoking among non-smokers
Passive smoking is the inhalation of tobacco smoke from nearby smokers while being indoors. The table shows the distribution of answers to the question among people who do not smoke themselves: ‘How often do you (or: does your child) get exposed indoor to tobacco smoke from other people?’.

From 2019 onwards, the answer options were replaced by ‘Never or almost never’, ‘Less than once a week’, ‘Once a week but not every week’, ‘Daily, less than 1 hour a day’ and ‘Daily, one hour or more a day’. These data are not comparable to the data of 2015-2018.
(Almost) never
Percentage of people with answer category ‘never of almost never’ to the question: ‘How often do you (or: does your child) get exposed indoor to tobacco smoke from other people?’.
Not daily
Percentage of people with answer category ‘less than once a week’ or ‘Once a week but not every day’ to the question: ‘How often do you (or: does your child) get exposed indoor to tobacco smoke from other people?’.
Daily, less than one hour
Percentage of people with answer category ‘Daily, less than 1 hour a day’ to the question: ‘How often do you (or: does your child) get exposed indoor to tobacco smoke from other people?’.
Daily, one hour or more
Percentage of people with answer category ‘Daily, 1 hour or more a day’ to the question: ‘How often do you (or: does your child) get exposed indoor to tobacco smoke from other people?’.
Alcohol consumption, 12 years or older
The questions on consuming alcohol are asked to all persons aged 12 years or older.
Drinkers
Heavy drinkers in the population
The percentage of persons in the population aged 12 years or older who at least once a week drink 6 or more alcoholic beverages in one day (men) or who at least once a week drink 4 or more of alcoholic beverages in one day (women).
Heavy drinkers among drinkers
The percentage of drinkers aged 12 years or older who at least once a week drink 6 or more alcoholic beverages in one day (men) or who at least once a week drink 4 or more of alcoholic beverages in one day (women).