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Statistics on NHS Stop Smoking services in England, April 2003 to March 2004 - provisional statistics

  • Document type:
    Statistical report
  • Author:
    Government Statistical Service for Department of Health
  • Published date:
    9 July 2004
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Publication format:
    Electronic only
  • Gateway reference:
    2004
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown copyright

This quarterly report presents provisional results from the monitoring of the NHS Stop Smoking Services (formerly known as the smoking cessation services).

Of those clients who set a quit date during the period April 2003 to March 2004, 204,200 had successfully quit at the 4 week follow up; this compares with 124,100 in 2002/03 (an increase of 65%).

The key results show that, in England, during the period April 2003 to March 2004:

  • Around 359,900 people set a quit date through NHS Stop Smoking Services.
  • At the 4 week follow-up around 204,200 had successfully quit (based on self-report), 57% of those setting a quit date.
  • Of those setting a quit date, success at the four week follow up increased with age, from 38% of those aged under 18, to 67% of those aged 60 and over.
  • The majority of those setting a quit date received Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). Around three quarters (77%) of people received NRT only, 8% received bupropion only, and 1% received both NRT and bupropion.
  • The expenditure on NHS Stop Smoking Services, which does not include the cost of NRT or bupropion on prescription, was £36.2 million.

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