Smoking

(asked on 14th December 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Portrait
David Nuttall
(Conservative - Bury North)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have used NHS stop smoking services in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by
Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford Portrait
Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
This question was answered on 19th December 2016

Smoking prevalence is at the lowest level since records began. The number of people who have used local stop smoking services in England in the years 2005-06 to 2015-16 is set out in the table. However, many people successfully quit smoking without registering with cessation services.

Number of people accessing local stop smoking services 2005-06 to 2015-16

Set a quit date

Quit successfully

2005-06

602,820

329,681

2006-07

600,410

319,720

2007-08

680,289

350,800

2008-09

671,259

337,054

2009-10

757,537

373,954

2010-11

787,527

383,548

2011-12

816,444

400,955

2012-13

724,247

373,872

2013-14

586,337

300,539

2014-15

450,582

229,688

2015-16

382,500

195,170

Source: http://content.digital.nhs.uk/article/2021/WebsiteSearch?q=title%3a%22statistics+on+nhs+stop+smoking%22&sort=Most+recent&size=10&page=1&area=both

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