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Publication, Part of

Statistics on NHS Stop Smoking Services in England - April 2019 to December 2019

Official statistics

Publication Date:
28 May 2020
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Country, Regions, London Authorities
Date Range:
01 Apr 2019 to 31 Dec 2019
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Summary

This quarterly report presents results from the monitoring of the NHS Stop Smoking Services in England during the period April 2019 to December 2019. NHS Stop Smoking Services offer support to help people quit smoking. This can include intensive support through group therapy or one-to-one support. The support is designed to be widely accessible within the local community and is provided by trained personnel, such as specialist smoking cessation advisers and trained nurses and pharmacists.

This report includes information on the number of people setting a quit date and the number who successfully quit at the 4 week follow-up. It also presents in depth analyses of the key measures of the service including pregnant women, breakdowns by ethnic group and type of pharmacotherapy received. The results are provided at national, regional and local authority levels.

Based on the 2019/20 Q3 Stop Smoking Services dataset:

51% of people successfully quit (self-reported)

Of 155,645 people setting a quit date, 79,709 were successful

Of those successfully quitting, 70% had their results confirmed by Carbon Monoxide verification

Quitting success (self-reported) increased with age

42% of those aged under 18 were successful, up to 56% of those aged 60 and over

44% of the pregnant women who set a quit date successfully quit

Of 9,684 pregnant women setting a quit date, 4,268 were successful

Of pregnant women successfully quitting, 63% had their results confirmed by Carbon Monoxide verification

Last edited: 28 May 2020 9:17 am