Smoking: Ashfield
(asked on 10th September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the smoking cessation rate in Ashfield.
The smoking rate for adults in Ashfield has seen an overall decline, from 27.8% in 2011 to 19.8% in 2019. The following table shows the trends in smoking rates for adults in Ashfield, the East Midlands and England since 2011.
Smoking trends in Ashfield, East Midlands and England, 2011 - 2019
Period | Ashfield | East Midlands | England | |
Count | Value | |||
2011 | 26,090 | 27.8% | 20.2% | 19.8% |
2012 | 24,063 | 25.5% | 19.7% | 19.3% |
2013 | 18,077 | 18.9% | 18.9% | 18.4% |
2014 | 18,953 | 19.7% | 18.2% | 17.8% |
2015 | 16,955 | 17.4% | 18.0% | 16.9% |
2016 | 20,744 | 21.1% | 16.1% | 15.5% |
2017 | 15,680 | 15.7% | 15.7% | 14.9% |
2018 | 16,636 | 16.6% | 15.8% | 14.4% |
2019 | 19,893 | 19.8% | 14.8% | 13.9% |
While this is a decrease overall, rates have increased slightly in the past three years and the current rate is higher than the average for adults in England, 13.9%.