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Publication, Part of

Statistics on NHS Stop Smoking Services in England - April 2025 to June 2025 (Q1)

Official statistics

Publication Date:
16 Oct 2025
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Regions, Local Authorities
Date Range:
01 Apr 2024 to 30 Jun 2024
Page contents

Summary

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

57.2% of people successfully quit (self-reported)

Of 42,204 people setting a quit date, 24,154 were successful

Of those successfully quitting, 11.8% had their results confirmed by Carbon Monoxide verification

Quitting success (self-reported) increased with age

51.1% of those aged under 18 were successful, compared to 58.7% of those aged 60 and over

49.7% of the pregnant women who set a quit date successfully quit

Of 1,411 pregnant women setting a quit date, 701 were successful

Of pregnant women successfully quitting, 24.7% had their results confirmed by Carbon Monoxide verification

Last edited: 16 October 2025 9:31 am