Statistics on Women's Smoking Status at Time of Delivery: England, Q1 2026/27

Quarterly comparison

For SATOD v2, 3.5% of women were known to be smokers at the time of delivery in quarter 1 of 2026-27. This compares with 3.8% of women from the previous quarter. We advise not to make any direct comparisons using data from SATOD v1.

The chart below shows a time series for SATOD v1 to the end of 2024-25 as this is the period where SATOD v1 was the primary source of data for SATOD.  From Q1 2025-26 SATOD v2 figures are used.

Based on SATOD v2, in quarter 1 of 2026-2027, the lowest proportions of women known to be smokers at time of delivery were in NHS South West London ICB -E54000031 (2.0%), NHS West and North London ICB - E54000071 (2.0%), NHS North East London ICB - E54000029 (2.5%) and NHS Thames Valley ICB - E54000070 (2.5%).

Those with the highest proportions were NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB - E54000011 (5.3%), NHS Kent and Medway ICB - E54000032 (5.2%), NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB - E54000060 (4.9%) and NHS Lincolnshire ICB - E54000013 (4.9%).