Smoking in pregnancy increases the risks of miscarriage, stillbirth or having a sick baby, and is a major cause of child health inequalities. There are relatively high smoking levels among certain demographic groups, including Bangladeshi, Irish and Pakistani men and among Irish and Black Caribbean women. Smoking is twice as common in people with longstanding mental health problems. Men and women from the most deprived groups have more than double the death rate from lung cancer compared with those from the least deprived. Smoking is increasingly concentrated in more disadvantaged groups and is the main contributor to health inequalities in England. People in more deprived areas are more likely to smoke and are less likely to quit. Smoking and the harm it causes aren’t evenly distributed.
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