In July 1992, the Government published a White Paper detailing its Health of the Nation targets for England. Following the 1998 Green Paper, "Our Healthier Nation", it is likely that the smoking targets will be updated. This shows the 1992 targets in relation to recent trends. Although smoking prevalence has fallen among adults, a sharper rate of decline would have been needed to achieve the target of 20% prevalence by 2000. Recent studies have also shown an increase in prevalence in young men. In children, the 1994 target prevalence of 6% was not met, although it is now accepted that the1988 baseline figure of 8% that was chosen was unusually low.