General Household Survey (2001)
Provides data on smoking prevalence and consumption, socio-economic
characteristics of smokers, price of and spend on tobacco
Census of Population (2001)
Provides a wide range of data from the most recent Census for a arrange
of geographies.
Neighbourhood Statistics
Provides detailed data from the Census of Population 2001 for small
areas.
Expenditure and Food Survey (2001)
Provides data on tobacco expenditure, other commodity/service expenditure
and total expenditure by total household income.
Family Expenditure Survey
Provides
explanation of ‘under-reporting’ on tobacco expenditure
(see FES Handbook, Kemsley, Redpath and Holmes).
Hospital Episode Statistics
Provides, inter alia, the number of patients treated for each condition
and the number of bed days used per treatment. Also provide age and
gender of patients treated.
ONS Mortality data
Provides the age, gender and number of people dying from each condition.
Mid-Year Population Estimates
Provides an estimate of the number of people living in a given area.
Annual Business Inquiry (2001)
Provides the number and sector classification of businesses operating
in a given area.
New Earnings Survey
Provides average earnings by occupation, work status and gender for
a given area.
Pensioners’ Income
Series
Provides data on weekly pensioner income.
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Provides data, inter alia, on the number of sick days lost to business
as a result of smoking.
Tobacco and Jobs: The Impact of Reducing Consumption on Employment
in the UK, Buck, Godfrey, Raw, Sutton, Centre for Health Economics,
University of York
Provides analysis of the number of jobs supported by tobacco expenditure
and the outcome of a reduction in tobacco consumption on jobs.
(NOTE: Not available electronically online - use link above to order)
The Economic Costs of Fire: Estimates for 2000 (2003)
Provides data on the number, location and cause of fires and the resulting
costs, deaths and injuries.
Home Office Research Study 229 (2001)
Provides data on the economic and social costs of fires.
West Midlands Lifestyle Survey (2001)
Provides data on smoking prevalence for different socio-economic groups
and on attitudes to smoking and quitting.
Proprietary Association of Great Britain
Provides data on the value of over the counter sales of smoking cessation
products in Great Britain.
The UK Smoking Epidemic: Deaths in 1995, Health Education Authority
Provides, inter alia, data on the conditions caused by smoking for
different socio-economic groups.
(NOTE: Not available electronically online - use link above to order)
Curing the Tobacco Economy, UK Research Partnership, 1999
Provides estimates of proportion of sales and staff reliant on
tobacco expenditure in retail and wholesale businesses.