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Statistics on NHS Stop Smoking services in England, April to June 2004
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Last modified date:8 February 2007
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 to June 2004, 53,600 had successfully quit at the 4 week follow up; this compares with 36,600 in the same period in 2003 (an increase of 46%).
The key results show that, in England, during the period April to June 2004:
- Around 100,000 people set a quit date through NHS Stop Smoking Services.
- At the 4 week follow-up around 53,600 had successfully quit (based on self-report), 54% of those setting a quit date.
- Of those setting a quit date, success at the four week follow up increased with age, from 36% of those aged under 18, to 64% of those aged 60 and over.
- The majority of those setting a quit date received Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). Around three quarters (79%) of people received NRT only, 8% received bupropion only, and 1% received both NRT and bupropion.
- The cost of prescription items prescribed in GP practices in England that are dispensed in the community in the period April to June was £9.2 million for NRT, £1.3 million for bupropion (Zyban) - a total of £10.5 million.
- The expenditure on NHS stop smoking services, which does not include the cost of NRT or bupropion on prescription, was £9.8 million.
Notes
1. Press enquiries should be directed to: the Department of Health Media Centre, tel: 020 7210 5707/5287.
2. The 1998 White Paper, 'Smoking Kills' outlined the Government's policies on smoking. This contained three key targets relating to the prevalence of smoking among young people, adults, and pregnant women. The establishment of Stop Smoking Services (formerly known as Smoking Cessation Services) in the NHS is an important element of the Government's strategy for tackling smoking in recognition that many smokers want to stop, but find it hard to do so. This policy has been more recently restated in the NHS Plan and the NHS Cancer Plan, with a further target to reduce smoking prevalence among manual groups from 32% in 1998 to 26% by 2010.
3. £138m has been made available to the Services over the three years 2003/04 to 2005/06 (£41m/£46m/£51m). Details can be found in Health Service Circular 2002/12
4. The Department of Health's Priorities and Planning Framework (PPF) 2003-2006 included targets on smoking. The NHS was asked to contribute to the reduction of smoking among manual groups, and to achieve 800,000 successful quitters at the 4 week follow up (based on self report) in the three year period 2003/4 to 2005/06. The PPF also includes targets on reduction of smoking in pregnancy and the recording of advice to be given to smokers at risk of CHD. The PPF is available on the Department of Health web site.
5. Information on the number of people setting a quit date, and the number who successfully quit at the 4 week follow-up (self report), is included for each Government Office Region (table 6a), Strategic Health Authority (table 6b) and PCT (table 7). Note that information on ethnic group has been collected and published in more detail than previously (see table 3).
6. Final figures for 2003/04 will be published as a Statistical Bulletin on 29 October 2004; this Statistical Bulletin 'Statistics on NHS stop smoking services in England, April 2003 to March 2004' is available on the web site.
A quarterly report presenting provisional results for April 2003 to March 2004 was published on 9 July 2004
7. A Statistical Bulletin presenting information from a variety of sources on smoking titled 'Statistics on smoking: England, 2003' was published on 12 November 2003. Copies of this bulletin are available from: Department of Health, PO Box 777, London SEI 6XH, Tel: 0871 555 455 and Fax: 01623 724 524. It is also available on the Department of Health web site.
8. The telephone number for the NHS smoking helpline is 0800 169 0 169. The telephone number for the NHS pregnancy smoking helpline is 0800 169 9 169.
Department of Health
29 October 2004
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