Cessation services

This section of the site provides information on smoking cessation services and quit rates. The Local stop smoking services website signposts all the NHS Smoking Cessation Services in Scotland.

This is the third annual release of statistics from the national monitoring of NHS smoking cessation services. The report provides an analysis of quit attempts made, and quit outcomes. Care should be taken in making direct comparisons between NHS board areas. Differences in the types of services provided, under-recording of data and differences in the proportion of cases 'lost to follow-up' all contribute to variations in findings across board areas.

Information is taken from the agreed national minimum dataset for smoking cessation services (developed by PATH, part of ASH Scotland ) and is based on 'quit attempts' made during the year. The primary data source is the National Smoking Cessation Database, established by ISD Scotland in July 2005.
Findings include:

50,121 quit attempts made/quit dates set in the 12 months from 1st January to 31st December 2008

An estimated 4.8% of the smoking population made a quit attempt with an NHS smoking cessation service during 2008

Nationally, in 2008, the estimated split was 44% of quit attempts made in pharmacies and 56% in non-pharmacy services

at 1 month follow-up - 38% had quit, 33% were still smoking and 29% were 'lost to follow up'

based on data for the 2007 calendar year, quit rates at one, three and twelve months were 38%, 19% and 8% respectively.



	Acquitted: best practice guidance for developing smoking cessation services in prisons Published by the Department of Health this report is a best practice guidance document on providing smoking cessation services for prisons.

	ASH Scotland report: mapping local tobacco control alliances and response A mapping exercise carried out by the ASH Scotland Local Alliances Officer which provided information on the extent of local tobacco control alliance work across Scotland. Includes ASH Scotland's response to the report.

	Comparing Models of Smoking Treatment in Glasgow: Final report This 2009 study examined the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the two main types of NHS support for smokers who want to quit in Glasgow.

	CTCR research projects on smoking cessation Provides access to CTCR research projects on smoking cessation.

	Email support (smokeline) Provides access to email support from Smokeline advisors, aimed at people who have an interest in quitting smoking.

	Lessons from smoke-free Scotland...particularly for stop smoking services Published on the Web by the Smoking Cessation Services Network in November 2006, this powerpoint presentation was authored by Dr Linda Bauld and provides information on how Scotland's smoke-free legislation impacted on smoking cessation services.

	Local NHS smoking cessation services: Exploration of motivators and barriers to engagement Insights into the factors preventing engagement with smoking cessation services. Published 2009.

	Local services Publishd on the Web by NHS Health Scotland, this site provides details of local Stop Smoking Services throughout Scotland, organised by region.

	NHS Health Scotland Statement on NICE Public Health Guidance on smoking cessation services in primary care, pharmacies, local authorities and workplaces, particularly for manual working groups, pregnant women and hard to reach communities NHS Health Scotland Statement on NICE Public Health Programme Guidance

	NHS Smoking Cessation Service Statistics (Scotland) 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009 This short report presents information on quit attempts made with the help of NHS smoking cessation services, and 'self-reported' quits at one month after 'quit date', in Scotland, 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009 (financial year). It provides supplementary information to the annual monitoring report (calendar year) published on 26th May 2009. It also allows the HEAT 6 target to be monitored on a financial year basis.

	NHS Smoking Cessation Service Statistics (Scotland) 1st January to 31st December 2007 This report presents information on clients attempting to quit smoking with the help of NHS smoking cessation services, and quit outcomes, during the 2007 calendar year. Included also are comparisons with data for the previous year. The primary source of the data is the National Smoking Cessation Database, managed by ISD Scotland.

	NHS Smoking Cessation Service Statistics (Scotland) 1st January to 31st December 2008 This report presents information on clients attempting to quit smoking with the help of NHS smoking cessation services, and quit outcomes, during the 2008 calendar year. Included also are comparisons with data for the previous year. The primary source of the data is the National Smoking Cessation Database, managed by ISD Scotland.

	Smoking cessation support in pregnancy in Scotland Findings from this study reveal a number of key learning points for the development and delivery of cessation support in pregnancy.

	Smoking cessation support in secondary care in Scotland This 2007 report outlines findings from a national mapping exercise of smoking cessation support in secondary care in Scotland. The research aimed to map the current extent and nature of cessation support in secondary care, highlighting gaps and also providing examples of promising practice.

	Smoking cessation update 2007 This paper updates on guidance and recent developments since the Smoking Cessation Guidelines for Scotland: 2004 Update (NHS Health Scotland and ASH Scotland 2004). Developments that are expected to give guidance within the next year are also included.

	Statistics from the national monitoring of NHS smoking cessation services. This report presents information on clients attempting to quit smoking with the help of NHS smoking cessation services, and quit outcomes, during the 2006 calendar year. This is the first annual report from the national monitoring of NHS smoking cessation services in Scotland.

	Tackling smoking in Glasgow: final report Produced by researchers at the University of Glasgow for the Glasgow Centre for Population Health in 2006, this full-text report examines the Glasgow Tobacco Strategy and assesses outcomes from the city's smoking cessation services.

	Workplace Smoking Cessation Support in Scotland This 2008 report maps the nature and extent of workplace support provided via NHS stop smoking services in Scotland.

	Deaf Cancer Wise (Scotland): evaluation of smoking cessation pilot for BSL users This report describes the evaluation of the experience of piloting the Smoking Cessation support provided in Glasgow with a view to building on the lessons learned for possible future expansion of such services.