To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the estimated percentage is of (a) under 16-year-olds, (b) 16 to 25-year-olds and (c) over 25-year-olds in Northern Ireland who are smokers, broken down by sex. (78173)

The information is not routinely available for the precise age bands requested. Information relating to the percentages of smokers by age and sex, in Northern Ireland, is presented in the table for the following age groups: under 16-years-old, 16 to 24-years-old and 25+.