This annual report presents results from the monitoring of the NHS Stop Smoking Services in England during the period April 2019 to March 2020. 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 advisors 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.

Due to the coronavirus illness (Covid-19) there have been some changes in terms of our regular statistical productions. The collection of the Stop Smoking Services dataset and production of this publication was paused in spring and summer 2020 to support the handling of pandemic, therefore is being published later than in previous collection years. Please note this publication was originally scheduled for release on 29th October 2020 and was delayed for operational reasons.