Publication, Part of Compendium: Local basket of inequality indicators (LBOI)
Compendium – LBOI section 7: Lifestyle, including diet, smoking and physical activity.
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Summary
The detrimental effects of smoking are widely known. There are large differences in smoking prevalence and consumption in the UK, varying by age, sex, social class, employment status, and ethnicity. People in deprived circumstances are not only more likely to take up smoking but generally start younger, smoke more heavily and are less likely to quit smoking, each of which increases the risk of smoking-related disease. About 12 million adults in the UK smoke cigarettes - 27% of men and 25% of women. Reducing smoking prevalence is a national priority as set out the PSA 18 Delivery Agreement in the HM Treasury Groups Strategic Objectives 2008-2011. The establishment of Stop Smoking Services (formerly known as Smoking Cessation Services) in the NHS is an important element of the Government's strategy for tackling smoking in recognition that many smokers want to stop, but find it hard to do so. This policy has been more recently restated in the NHS Plan2 and the NHS Cancer Plan3, with a further target to reduce smoking prevalence among manual groups from 32% in 1998 to 26% by 2010. Tobacco is also a key focus of the Choosing Health White Paper.
As of October 2018, please refer to the Statistics on NHS Stop Smoking Services in England published by NHS Digital for the following indicator:
LBOI Indicator 7.1 - The number of smokers who had successfully quit at the four week follow up per 100,000 population (P01069)
The datasets can be accessed via the link in the 'Resource links' section.
Please note that LBOI indicator 7.2 has been discontinued and there will be no future updates.
For information on the definitions of what these indicators include, please see the relevant specification.
Data Sets
Resources
Last edited: 25 October 2018 3:37 pm