Southampton Smokefree Services
Support to Stop Smoking
Stop smoking support
Our new Quitline 0800 999 1485 has recently launched.
Call 0800 999 1485 to speak to our specialist stop smoking/vaping team from who can offer non-judgemental support to a range of people, including young people.
Quitting smoking isn’t easy but giving up greatly improves your own health as well as the health of those around you. Smoking causes extensive damage to your body and your second-hand smoke can also cause problems for everybody else too. Not only does smoking damage your fertility, skin, teeth and energy levels it also makes a huge dent in your finances too.
The good news is there is local support to help you – call 0800 999 1485 for further details.
In 2022/23, 6,169 per 100,000 smokers in Southampton aged 18+ set a quit date through services, higher than England (2,965 per 100,000). The (self-reported) quit rate through services in Southampton for the same year is 2,545 per 100,000 smokers and is higher than the England average (1,602 per 100,000 smokers). This compares with 2,674 per 100,000 smokers in 2013/14.
Call 0800 999 1485 – we offer an evidence-based stop smoking service for anyone wishing to quit, we will talk about the available locations and find the most appropriate service for you.
You are 3 times more likely to quit smoking with support from a stop smoking service.
Smoking in Southampton
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In 2022 around 1 in 8 people (13.2%) in Southampton smoke, compared with 12.7% in England and 10.5% in Hampshire.
In Southampton, just over 25.3% (17,483 people) of registered patients who smoke live in the 20% most deprived areas, compared to just 11.1% (731 people) of registered patients in the 20% least deprived areas.
In Southampton, just over 20% of registered patients who smoke live in the 20% most deprived areas compared to 8.5% of registered patients in the 20% least deprived areas. Thornhill has more than 1 in 4 registered patients who smoke (25.8%). Freemantle is the 2nd highest ward with 24.2% of patients who smoke and Woolston is 3rd (23.9%).
In Southampton, smokers are more likely to:
- Live in single households than married households
- Live in terraced houses or flats and/or renting
- Have lower household incomes
- Have ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ financial stresses
- Have a high use of social networks (Facebook and X (Twitter) are most popular)
- People who identify as gay and male, gay and female and bisexual and female are more likely to smoke than other heterosexual gender groups
- Identify as being Eastern European (over 50% smoking prevalence among people who are Latvian, Lithuanian or Slovakian); Gypsy or Traveller, or Bangladeshi or Pakistani and male.
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