Health Behaviours:

Smoking

Smoking is the largest risk factor for ill health, disability and premature death in England. This section includes information on smoking prevalence within different population groups and communities and looks at the impact this has on ill health, mortality and inequalities.

This section also looks at services that are commissioned to support smoking cessation (quits).

Useful Resources

  • Smoke-free generation: Tobacco Control Plan for England (Department of Health and Social Care, 2017)

    Department of Health and Social Care policy paper on plans to reduce smoking in England, with the aim of creating a smoke-free generation.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Future health challenges: public health projections – smoking (Local Government Association, 2022)

    The purpose of this analysis is to produce a set of forecasts at local authority level for prevalence of smoking among adults. It is hoped that these forecasts will allow local authorities to anticipate likely future levels of smoking in their area, assuming that trends in smoking prevalence continue in their current trajectories.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • The Khan tobacco control review: A magic bullet for health inequalities (The King’s Fund, 2022)

    Summary of ‘The Khan review: making smoking obsolete’, which will inform the Government’s Health Disparities White Paper.

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Smoking resources (GOV.UK)

    Links to national guidance and regulation, news, research and statistics, policy papers and consultations held within gov.uk web domain.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Local Tobacco Control Profile (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities)

    This Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) profile collates national, regional and local data on smoking and tobacco control.

    View resource
    Fingertips Profile
  • Smoking and tobacco – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources

    All NICE products on smoking and tobacco. Includes any guidance and quality standards.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) website

    A national resource with access to fact sheets, briefings and reports for local support.

    View resource
    Website of resources
  • Health Survey for England 2019 (NHS Digital)

    The Health Survey for England (HSE) monitors trends in the nation’s health and care. It provides information about adults aged 16 and over, and children aged 0 to 15, living in private households in England. This includes detailed sections on overweight and obesity in adults and children, eating disorders, adults’ health-related behaviours (includes smoking and alcohol consumption) and children’s health (includes smoking and alcohol consumption).

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Smoking, drinking and drug use in young people in England (NHS Digital)

    This report contains results from a biennial survey of secondary school pupils in England in years 7 to 11 (mostly aged 11 to 15), focusing on smoking, drinking and drug use. It covers a range of topics including prevalence, habits, attitudes and wellbeing.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Tobacco commissioning support pack 2019-20: Bracknell Forest (Public Health England)

    The support pack aims to provide a summary of the latest available tools and datasets to support making the case for local tobacco control interventions.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Tobacco commissioning support pack 2019-20: RBWM (Public Health England)

    The support pack aims to provide a summary of the latest available tools and datasets to support making the case for local tobacco control interventions.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Tobacco commissioning support pack 2019-20: Slough (Public Health England)

    The support pack aims to provide a summary of the latest available tools and datasets to support making the case for local tobacco control interventions.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • NHS Better Health website

    NHS Better Health is a resource with free tools and support to help support those wanting to make changes to lose weight, get active, quite smoking or drink less.

    View resource
    Website of resources
  • Smokefreelife Berkshire website

    Smokfreelife Berkshire is an online tool to help people who want to give up smoking, offering the best strategy to suit their needs.

    View resource
    Website of resources
  • Frimley Health and Care: Quitting Smoking

    Frimley Health and Care quitting smoking resources and information

    View resource
    Website of resources
  • Slough Health Beliefs: findings from the ‘Supporting a Healthy Lifestyle’ Survey (Slough Borough Council 2019)

    Slough Health Beliefs: findings from the ‘Supporting a Healthy Lifestyle’ Survey (November 2019).

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • RBWM Smoking Cessation Health Needs Assessment (February 2022)

    This Health Needs Assessment (HNA) has been developed to inform the commissioning of interventions to support people to stop smoking in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM). This document provides a summary of the evidence base for commissioned services that best meet the needs of the local adult population.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Berkshire East Healthy Behaviours Health Needs Assessment (September 2022)

    This Health Needs Assessment was jointly produced by the three Berkshire East local authorities and the Berkshire East Public Health Hub. It provides a detailed look at adult health behaviours (smoking, excess weight, diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption) in Berkshire East to inform future commissioning of health behaviour services.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis Research and Reports
  • Berkshire East Healthy Behaviours Health Needs Assessment (September 2022) – Executive Summary

    This Health Needs Assessment was jointly produced by the three Berkshire East local authorities and the Berkshire East Public Health Hub. It provides a detailed look at adult health behaviours (smoking, excess weight, diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption) in Berkshire East to inform future commissioning of health behaviour services.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis Research and Reports
  • RBWM Places: Ascot Population Profile (Berkshire East Public Health Hub, May 2022)

    This Population Profile provides a high-level summary of the demography and health of people living in Ascot. These areas have been compared against the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (RBWM) and Frimley Integrated Care System (ICS) to provide further context. Produced by the Berkshire East Public Health Hub in May 2022).

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • RBWM Places: Maidenhead Town Centre and Maidenhead Population Profile (Berkshire East Public Health Hub, May 2022)

    This Population Profile provides a high-level summary of the demography and health of people living in Maidenhead Town Centre and Maidenhead. These areas have been compared against the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (RBWM) and Frimley Integrated Care System (ICS) to provide further context. Produced by the Berkshire East Public Health Hub in May 2022).

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • RBWM Places: Windsor Population Profile (Berkshire East Public Health Hub, May 2022)

    This Population Profile provides a high-level summary of the demography and health of people living in Windsor. This has been compared against the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (RBWM) and Frimley Integrated Care System (ICS) to provide further context.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Health Survey for England, 2021 part 1 (NHS Digital, 2022)

    The Health Survey for England (HSE) monitors trends in the nation’s health and care. It provides information about adults aged 16 and over, and children aged 0 to 15, living in private households in England. This includes detailed sections on overweight and obesity in adults and children, eating disorders, adults’ health-related behaviours (includes smoking and alcohol consumption) and children’s health (includes smoking and alcohol consumption).

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Tobacco control Dashboard (Office for Health Improvement & Disparities)

    Smoking is the single biggest cause of preventable deaths in England. This dashboard can support the local Stop Smoking Services to improve delivery. The dashboard contains local authority level smoking indicators with comparisons to national data.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Health Profile for England 2021 (Public Health England)

    The Health Profile for England (HPfE) was first produced by Public Health England (PHE) in 2017. It brings together PHE data and knowledge with information from other sources to give a broad picture of the health of people in England today. The report has been updated annually, with content and format altering slightly each year.

    The 2021 edition of the HPfE provides a comprehensive snapshot of the nation’s health and updates many indicators presented in previous reports. It also contains a summary of the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on many aspects of health.

    View resource
    Fingertips Profile

Currently no resources for this region

  • Smoke-free generation: Tobacco Control Plan for England (Department of Health and Social Care, 2017)

    Department of Health and Social Care policy paper on plans to reduce smoking in England, with the aim of creating a smoke-free generation.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Future health challenges: public health projections – smoking (Local Government Association, 2022)

    The purpose of this analysis is to produce a set of forecasts at local authority level for prevalence of smoking among adults. It is hoped that these forecasts will allow local authorities to anticipate likely future levels of smoking in their area, assuming that trends in smoking prevalence continue in their current trajectories.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • The Khan tobacco control review: A magic bullet for health inequalities (The King’s Fund, 2022)

    Summary of ‘The Khan review: making smoking obsolete’, which will inform the Government’s Health Disparities White Paper.

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Smoking resources (GOV.UK)

    Links to national guidance and regulation, news, research and statistics, policy papers and consultations held within gov.uk web domain.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Local Tobacco Control Profile (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities)

    This Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) profile collates national, regional and local data on smoking and tobacco control.

    View resource
    Fingertips Profile
  • Smoking and tobacco – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources

    All NICE products on smoking and tobacco. Includes any guidance and quality standards.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) website

    A national resource with access to fact sheets, briefings and reports for local support.

    View resource
    Website of resources
  • Health Survey for England 2019 (NHS Digital)

    The Health Survey for England (HSE) monitors trends in the nation’s health and care. It provides information about adults aged 16 and over, and children aged 0 to 15, living in private households in England. This includes detailed sections on overweight and obesity in adults and children, eating disorders, adults’ health-related behaviours (includes smoking and alcohol consumption) and children’s health (includes smoking and alcohol consumption).

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Smoking, drinking and drug use in young people in England (NHS Digital)

    This report contains results from a biennial survey of secondary school pupils in England in years 7 to 11 (mostly aged 11 to 15), focusing on smoking, drinking and drug use. It covers a range of topics including prevalence, habits, attitudes and wellbeing.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • NHS Better Health website

    NHS Better Health is a resource with free tools and support to help support those wanting to make changes to lose weight, get active, quite smoking or drink less.

    View resource
    Website of resources
  • Health Survey for England, 2021 part 1 (NHS Digital, 2022)

    The Health Survey for England (HSE) monitors trends in the nation’s health and care. It provides information about adults aged 16 and over, and children aged 0 to 15, living in private households in England. This includes detailed sections on overweight and obesity in adults and children, eating disorders, adults’ health-related behaviours (includes smoking and alcohol consumption) and children’s health (includes smoking and alcohol consumption).

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Tobacco control Dashboard (Office for Health Improvement & Disparities)

    Smoking is the single biggest cause of preventable deaths in England. This dashboard can support the local Stop Smoking Services to improve delivery. The dashboard contains local authority level smoking indicators with comparisons to national data.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Health Profile for England 2021 (Public Health England)

    The Health Profile for England (HPfE) was first produced by Public Health England (PHE) in 2017. It brings together PHE data and knowledge with information from other sources to give a broad picture of the health of people in England today. The report has been updated annually, with content and format altering slightly each year.

    The 2021 edition of the HPfE provides a comprehensive snapshot of the nation’s health and updates many indicators presented in previous reports. It also contains a summary of the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on many aspects of health.

    View resource
    Fingertips Profile

Currently no resources for this region

  • Smokefreelife Berkshire website

    Smokfreelife Berkshire is an online tool to help people who want to give up smoking, offering the best strategy to suit their needs.

    View resource
    Website of resources
  • Frimley Health and Care: Quitting Smoking

    Frimley Health and Care quitting smoking resources and information

    View resource
    Website of resources
  • Berkshire East Healthy Behaviours Health Needs Assessment (September 2022)

    This Health Needs Assessment was jointly produced by the three Berkshire East local authorities and the Berkshire East Public Health Hub. It provides a detailed look at adult health behaviours (smoking, excess weight, diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption) in Berkshire East to inform future commissioning of health behaviour services.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis Research and Reports
  • Berkshire East Healthy Behaviours Health Needs Assessment (September 2022) – Executive Summary

    This Health Needs Assessment was jointly produced by the three Berkshire East local authorities and the Berkshire East Public Health Hub. It provides a detailed look at adult health behaviours (smoking, excess weight, diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption) in Berkshire East to inform future commissioning of health behaviour services.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis Research and Reports

Currently no resources for this region

  • Tobacco commissioning support pack 2019-20: Bracknell Forest (Public Health England)

    The support pack aims to provide a summary of the latest available tools and datasets to support making the case for local tobacco control interventions.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Berkshire East Healthy Behaviours Health Needs Assessment (September 2022)

    This Health Needs Assessment was jointly produced by the three Berkshire East local authorities and the Berkshire East Public Health Hub. It provides a detailed look at adult health behaviours (smoking, excess weight, diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption) in Berkshire East to inform future commissioning of health behaviour services.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis Research and Reports
  • Berkshire East Healthy Behaviours Health Needs Assessment (September 2022) – Executive Summary

    This Health Needs Assessment was jointly produced by the three Berkshire East local authorities and the Berkshire East Public Health Hub. It provides a detailed look at adult health behaviours (smoking, excess weight, diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption) in Berkshire East to inform future commissioning of health behaviour services.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis Research and Reports

Currently no resources for this region

  • Tobacco commissioning support pack 2019-20: Slough (Public Health England)

    The support pack aims to provide a summary of the latest available tools and datasets to support making the case for local tobacco control interventions.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Slough Health Beliefs: findings from the ‘Supporting a Healthy Lifestyle’ Survey (Slough Borough Council 2019)

    Slough Health Beliefs: findings from the ‘Supporting a Healthy Lifestyle’ Survey (November 2019).

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Berkshire East Healthy Behaviours Health Needs Assessment (September 2022)

    This Health Needs Assessment was jointly produced by the three Berkshire East local authorities and the Berkshire East Public Health Hub. It provides a detailed look at adult health behaviours (smoking, excess weight, diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption) in Berkshire East to inform future commissioning of health behaviour services.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis Research and Reports
  • Berkshire East Healthy Behaviours Health Needs Assessment (September 2022) – Executive Summary

    This Health Needs Assessment was jointly produced by the three Berkshire East local authorities and the Berkshire East Public Health Hub. It provides a detailed look at adult health behaviours (smoking, excess weight, diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption) in Berkshire East to inform future commissioning of health behaviour services.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis Research and Reports

Currently no resources for this region

  • Tobacco commissioning support pack 2019-20: RBWM (Public Health England)

    The support pack aims to provide a summary of the latest available tools and datasets to support making the case for local tobacco control interventions.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • RBWM Smoking Cessation Health Needs Assessment (February 2022)

    This Health Needs Assessment (HNA) has been developed to inform the commissioning of interventions to support people to stop smoking in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM). This document provides a summary of the evidence base for commissioned services that best meet the needs of the local adult population.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Berkshire East Healthy Behaviours Health Needs Assessment (September 2022)

    This Health Needs Assessment was jointly produced by the three Berkshire East local authorities and the Berkshire East Public Health Hub. It provides a detailed look at adult health behaviours (smoking, excess weight, diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption) in Berkshire East to inform future commissioning of health behaviour services.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis Research and Reports
  • Berkshire East Healthy Behaviours Health Needs Assessment (September 2022) – Executive Summary

    This Health Needs Assessment was jointly produced by the three Berkshire East local authorities and the Berkshire East Public Health Hub. It provides a detailed look at adult health behaviours (smoking, excess weight, diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption) in Berkshire East to inform future commissioning of health behaviour services.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis Research and Reports
  • RBWM Places: Ascot Population Profile (Berkshire East Public Health Hub, May 2022)

    This Population Profile provides a high-level summary of the demography and health of people living in Ascot. These areas have been compared against the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (RBWM) and Frimley Integrated Care System (ICS) to provide further context. Produced by the Berkshire East Public Health Hub in May 2022).

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • RBWM Places: Maidenhead Town Centre and Maidenhead Population Profile (Berkshire East Public Health Hub, May 2022)

    This Population Profile provides a high-level summary of the demography and health of people living in Maidenhead Town Centre and Maidenhead. These areas have been compared against the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (RBWM) and Frimley Integrated Care System (ICS) to provide further context. Produced by the Berkshire East Public Health Hub in May 2022).

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • RBWM Places: Windsor Population Profile (Berkshire East Public Health Hub, May 2022)

    This Population Profile provides a high-level summary of the demography and health of people living in Windsor. This has been compared against the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (RBWM) and Frimley Integrated Care System (ICS) to provide further context.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis

Currently no resources for this region

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