If you're from these UK areas, you're more likely to smoke
The study, by Cancer Research UK and UCL, found people from more deprived backgrounds and regions like the North East and Scotland smoke more cigarettes daily.
Despite overall declining smoking rates, England is projected to miss its 2030 smokefree target, potentially not achieving it until 2039.
Charities are urging the Government to prioritise the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which aims to prevent anyone born after 1 January 2009 from legally smoking.
Concerns are growing over the Bill's slow progress through Parliament, with billions of cigarettes smoked since its reintroduction in the Commons.
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