Summary
This quarterly report presents results from the monitoring of the Local Stop Smoking Services in England during the period April 2025 to September 2025.
Local Stop Smoking Services offer support to help people quit smoking. This can include support through one-to-one or group interventions, either in-person or remotely. The support is designed to help smokers to quit in order to reduce health inequalities, particularly in areas where rates of smoking are higher than the general population. The services should be accessible in the local community and are provided by trained personnel, such as specialist smoking cessation advisors, trained clinical staff and pharmacists.
This report includes information on the number of people setting a quit date and the number who successfully quit at the 4 week follow-up. It also presents in-depth analyses of the key measures of the service including breakdowns by age, ethnic group, socio-economic classification, type of stop-smoking aids used in the quit attempt, as well as spend on services. The results are provided at national, regional, and local authority levels.
Key Facts
Data submitted up to Q2 2025-26 shows there were 124,535 attempts to quit smoking using stop smoking services (SSS)
Of these, 64,512 (51.8%) people successfully quit based on self-reported outcomes.
183,139 referrals up to Q2 2025-26 into SSS were made and 68.0% of these referrals led to a quit attempt
72,256 (58.0%) people setting a quit date up to Q2 2025-26 were eligible for free prescriptions
52.0% had successfully quit based on self-reported outcomes
Routine and manual occupations were the most engaged socio-economic group accounting for 25,106 (20.2% of all quit attempts) up to Q2 2025-26
Never worked or unemployed for over 1 year accounted for 18,796 (15.1% of all quit attempts) Retired accounted for 18,544 (14.9% of all quit attempts) Sick/disabled and unable to return to work accounted for 16,589 (13.3% of all quit attempts)
Combination of nicotine replacement therapies was the most popular stop smoking aid used in quit attempts up to Q2 2025-26 Acounting for 38,299 (30.8% of all quit attempts) and achieving a 52.9% success rate.
Nicotine vapes, used on their own accounted for 19,781 (15.9% of all quit attempts), achieving a 47.6% success rate. Single nicotine replacement therapy accounted for 17,741 (14.2% of all quit attempts), achieving a 56.3% success rate.
Last edited: 18 February 2026 5:26 pm
