The table illustrates the percentage of smokers among males and females aged 15 to 20 in Britain.
Overall, the proportion of smokers tends to be higher among males than females in all age groups. Another noticeable trend is that smoking becomes more common as people get older within this age range.
In detail, at the age of 15, 12% of boys smoke compared to only 8% of girls. This difference continues at age 16, where the figures rise to 18% for males and 12% for females. By the age of 17, there is a further increase, with 24% of boys smoking, while 18% of girls do so.
The pattern remains similar for the ages of 18 and 19, when the proportion of smokers reaches 28% and 30% for males, while females record 22% and 24% respectively. At the age of 20, smoking is most common, with 32% of young men and 26% of young women smoking.
To sum up, smoking is more prevalent among young men than women, and the proportion of smokers in Britain increases steadily between the ages of 15 and 20.
