REVEALED: 45% of Suffolk smokers have successfully QUIT

New data reveals the success rate for people quitting smoking around the UK

According to new data, released today by Haypp, 45% of smokers in Suffolk have successfully quit smoking.

The online data, view UK quit smoking rates here, compares all of the cities around the UK based on the success rate for quitting smoking as well as government expenditure and other data splits such as gender and age.

Looking at the gender split, the percentage of successful male quitters is 49% compared to slightly less for females at 42%. Shockingly, only 29% of pregnant smokers in Suffolk successfully quit!

The research also found that the age group with the best chance of quitting in Suffolk was 45-59.

In terms of funding, the Total Government Expenditure for Suffolk was £903,935.This figure shows how much governmental expenditure was spent in Suffolk on quit smoking campaigns and services.

The top performing authorities, based on the percentage of successful quitters, are Rotherham, Barnsley, Warrington and Dudley. On the other end of the scale, some of the worst performing authorities were Sutton, West Sussex, Warwickshire and Swindon.

Markus Lindblad, from Haypp, said:
“Following UK government guidance, those who reduce the amount they smoke are more likely to stop smoking eventually, particularly if they are using licensed nicotine-containing product alternatives. The national harm reduction strategy, where the switch to alternative, less harmful, nicotine products such as nicotine pouches is encouraged, has been key to the UK being one of the most successful countries in Europe in reducing the number of smokers.”

“There are several other possible contributing factors to these success rates, but the fact that each of these local authorities is offering support in multiple locations and in many forms across the area is likely to be one of the biggest factors. For example, Rotherham, Warrington have  invested heavily in quit smoking resources, with both investing over £250,000 into their local initiatives. Hopefully these figures will continue to rise as more people quit smoking or use smoking alternatives.”

The proportion of smokers in England has been falling for many years – while 19.8% of the population were smokers in 2011, this number had fallen to 13.9% by 2019. This trend is expected to continue downwards to 2.5% by 2050, according to the government .