Research and Publications

 Smoking Prevalence Trackers

The smoking prevalence tracker is a survey of 1000 people carried out 4 times each year to monitor smoking trends within the Irish population. This survey has been carried out since 2002 on behalf of the Health Service Executive (HSE). 

A comprehensive report is provided to the HSE at the end of each quarter with information on numbers of people smoking, how many cigarettes are smoked, brands preferred and e-cigarette usage and then an annual summary is prepared, these are shown below:

Smoking Prevalence Tracker 2024 (PDF, 540KB, 8 pages)

Smoking Prevalence Tracker 2023 (PDF, 488KB, 8 pages)

Smoking Prevalence Tracker 2022 (PDF, 609KB, 7 pages)