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Publication, Part of

Statistics on Local Stop Smoking Services in England - April 2024 to March 2025 (Q4, Annual)

Official statistics

Publication Date:
24 Jul 2025
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Regions, Local Authorities
Date Range:
01 Apr 2024 to 31 Mar 2025
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Summary

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This quarterly report presents results from the monitoring of the Local Stop Smoking Services in England during the period April 2022 to March 2023.

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.

Key Facts

People successfully quitting (self-reported)

Of 176,566 people setting a quit date, 95,400 (54.0%) were successful

Of those successfully quitting, 14.6% had their results confirmed by Carbon Monoxide verification

Quitting success (self-reported) increased with age

46.5% of those aged under 18 were successful, compared to 57.0% of those aged 60 and over

Pregnant women successfully quit after setting a quit date

Of the 13,846 pregnant women setting a quit date, 6,389 (46.1%) were successful

Of the pregnant women successfully quitting, 30.9% had their results confirmed by Carbon Monoxide verification

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