This page is still being developed. If you have or know about any further resources, email profilefeedback@dhsc.gov.uk.

This list of links was updated in November 2023.

General resources

• The 'Adult Smoking Habits in the UK, 2019' report includes the smoking prevalence in adults indicators calculated from the Annual Population Survey (APS).

 Smokefree NHS

• ‘Hiding in Plain Sight: Treating Tobacco Dependency in the NHS’ (2018), by the Royal College of Physicians
• The ‘London Clinical Senate Helping Smokers Quit Programme’ report includes key learnings and recommendations to assist clinicians, commissioners and providers to support quitting for hospitalised patients. The programme webpage also provides access to relevant presentations, briefings, training materials and factsheets. 
• PHE Tobacco Control: Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) support pack
• PHE menu of preventative interventions to support implementation of local sustainability and transformation plans

Smoking and inequalities

• Statistics on smoking, England, 2019.
• Adult smoking habits in Great Britain, 2019.
• ASH - Smoking: health inequalities. 
• NCSCT Stop Smoking Services and Health Inequalities.
• Smoking prevalence by sex and deprivation decile (calculated by LSOA).
• Likelihood of smoking four times higher in England’s most deprived areas than least deprived: you can read an article by the ONS and a video shown in the Knowledge Zone at the PHE Annual Conference.
• Smoking, drinking and drug use among hard to reach children and young people; an evidence synthesis report.
• Smoking prevalence in young adults aged 18 to 34 years.
• Indicators from the 
• What about YOUth? survey (this data was previously in this tool).

Smoking and mental health

• Health matters: smoking and mental health.
• ASH smoking and mental health factsheet. 
• Royal College of Physicians smoking and mental health report.
• Royal College of Physicians smoking and mental health leaflet. 
• NHS England (2014) CQUIN 2014/15 – additional guidance on the national mental health indicator.
• NICE (2013) Smoking: acute, maternity and mental health services.
• Case study.

Smoking in pregnancy following childbirth

• Supporting a Smokefree Pregnancy and Smokefree Families
• Smoking Status at Time of Delivery (SATOD) data.
• Challenge Group Report (2013). Smoking cessation in pregnancy: A call to action. 
• Infant feeding survey (2010) (now discontinued).
• Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2012. Our Children Deserve Better: Prevention Pays. 
• Estimating the costs to the NHS of smoking in pregnancy for pregnant women and infants.
• Royal College of Physicians: Passive Smoking in Children (2010)
• NCSCT Smoking in pregnancy Very Brief Advice training module 
• Test Your Breath CO screening information (available in English and 7 other languages)
• Saving babies lives: a care bundle to reduce stillbirth
• The Royal College of Midwives blog
• Preconception care: making the case

Stopping smoking

Data and evidence

• Health matters: Stopping smoking - what works?  
• Stop smoking services data return
• Models of delivery for stop smoking services: options and evidence
• Smokefree (quit support)
• NHS Choices – find a stop smoking service
• Case study - Barnsley

Training and assessment

• NCSCT (2014) Stop smoking service delivery and monitoring guidance 2014/15. London: National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training
• Michie S, Atkins L, West R (2014) The Behaviour Change Wheel: A Guide to Designing Interventions. London: Silverback 
• CLeaR Tobacco Control Self-Assessment 
• Ash Ready Reckoner
• Nice Return on Investment Tools
• Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco: a toolkit for employers 

E-cigarettes

• Vaping in England: an evidence update  
• E-cigarettes: an evidence update
• Electronic cigarettes: A report commissioned by Public Health England
• RGCP: Position statement on e-cigarettes   
• BMA: Position paper on the regulation of e-cigarettes  
• NFCC: E-cigarette use in smokefree NHS settings 

Campaigns

• Campaign resource centre
• Stoptober
• Health harms
• One you quit support
• Health Matters
• Rise Above Smoking (for schools)

 Further statistics

Other OHID profiles

• Public Health Profiles 
• Public Health Outcomes Framework
• Health profiles
• Health profile for England

Statistics on smoking      

• NHS Digital
• Office for National Statistics
• Smoking Toolkit Study
• Gov.uk

International comparisons

• Eurostat 
• World Health Organisation (European comparison) 
• World Health Organisation (Global trends) 

Other documents

• Differences between smoking prevalences from different data sources
• Change in ex-smokers values due to APS question change
• Smoking prevalence by sex and age
• Smoking prevalence by sex and ethnicity/sex and religion
• Smoking prevalence by region, sex and ethnicity
• Smoking prevalence by sex and sexual identity
• Calculation of confidence intervals for smoking prevalence using the Annual Population Survey

Partners

• ASH
• Cancer Research
• British Lung Foundation
• Association of Directors in Public Health
• Royal Society for Public Health

Our reports and presentations

Overview of the Smoking Profile

Past update webinars

• May 2017
• June 2017
• November 2017
• February 2018
• July 2018
• December 2018
• March 2019
• July 2019
• November 2019
• July 2020
• November 2020
• March 2021

Smoking prevalence in young adults (age 18-34 years)

To accompany our ad-hoc analysis on smoking prevalence in young adults aged 18-34 years, we have produced these one-page documents for each region

• East Midlands
• East of England
• London
• North East England
• North West England
• South East England
• South West England
• West Midlands
• Yorkshire and the Humber

Posters

• Can social inequalities explain differences in smoking prevalence by wellbeing measures?
• Do other characteristics explain the difference in smoking prevalence by deprivation?
• An exploration into the attitudes of dual-users (of e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes)
• Cost of smoking attributable hospital admissions to the NHS
• Can national surveys help reduce smoking in pregnancy?
• Can the variance in smoking prevalence between sexual identity groups be explained by individual characteristics?

Other presentations and documents

• Useful tips on using the local tobacco control profiles
• Video shown in the Knowledge Zone at the PHE Annual Conference 2018
• Improving estimates of confidence intervals around smoking quit rates
• User survey 2019 results