Smoking
(asked on 16th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the smoking quit rate was for (a) BAME communities, (b) people living with mental health conditions and (c) people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in each financial year since 2010-11.
The following table shows the smoking prevalence in adults who are now ex-smokers, by ethnic group in England for the years 2011 to 2017. Data is not available prior to 2011 for this request.
Smoking prevalence in adults- England – Ex-smokers
Year | Ethnic group (%) | ||||||
Mixed | Asian | Black | Chinese | Other | Unknown | White | |
2017 | 19.4 | 8.3 | 12.2 | 9.3 | 14.9 | 28.8 | 28.4 |
2016 | 17.2 | 8.4 | 11.4 | 8.3 | 13.8 | 27.3 | 28.6 |
2015 | 30.1 | 12.1 | 15.9 | 11.6 | 19.9 | 26.7 | 37.2 |
2014 | 27.9 | 11.8 | 16.4 | 14.2 | 19.9 | 28.0 | 37.2 |
2013 | 26.8 | 11.7 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 19.1 | 37.4 | 36.4 |
2012 | 31.2 | 11.5 | 16.6 | 11.6 | 20.1 | 28.7 | 36.2 |
2011 | 27.9 | 11.2 | 16.1 | 14.2 | 18.6 | 42.8 | 36.3 |
Source: Local Tobacco Control Profiles – Adult Population Survey
The information requested on people living with mental health conditions and people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not held centrally.