Tobacco
Information for Professionals
Brief
Purpose of the brief:
To provide an overview of the data relating to tobacco use in Lanarkshire, what we are doing to reduce smoking and the impacts that smoking and vaping has on our population.
Resources
Tobacco ScotPHO Indicators
ScotPHO provides indicators relating to Adult prevalence, smoking during and post pregnancy, smoking attributed deaths and diseases, smoking cessation and services. The data can be accessed through the tobacco tab within the ScotPHO site. Trend data can be filtered down to council area on availability of smoking cessation products, smoking quit attempts, smoking quit rate at 4 week follow up and smoking quit rate at 12-week follow up. Deprivation data is also provided and can be filtered by patterns of inequality, inequality gap and potential for improvement.
Map with smoking indicators
Cresh provide a map of the UK that demonstrates Retail/Smoking Legends for retail density, nicotine vaping products only retailer density, tobacco and nicotine vaping products retailer density, tobacco only retailer density and tobacco density that can be filtered by year and data zone with a postal search option available.
NHS Stop smoking services annual and quarterly reports
Public Health Scotland (PHS) provides STOP smoking annual statistical report & STOP smoking services Quarterly reports. For all annual reporting please select: see all releases link placed the right hand side of the page. The release is supplemented by an interactive dashboard and excel workbook that reports on health board data. They provide statistics on the NHS Stop Smoking Services, and their progress towards their Local Delivery Plan Standard.
Health Improvement Flash reports
Health Improvement Lanarkshire provides 2 flash reports: Quit your way Cessation and Quit your way Prevention Protection. The Reports provide data on Tobacco Control Strategy for Smoke-Free Lanarkshire. Statistical information is available on hospital referrals, smoking in pregnancy training for student midwives, training for pharmacy staff and engagement with individuals with mental health.
Young Person Vaping Survey
A Vaping Survey, commissioned by NHS Lanarkshire, was conducted by LANDED a young persons’ charity based in Lanarkshire in 2024. It engaged 6,901 young people aged 11–25 across Lanarkshire. The survey aimed to gather insights into vaping behaviours, perceptions, and the need for support among youth.
