Smoking

Health & Wellbeing priority:

To reduce the number of people who smoke or use tobacco

Why is this a priority in Trafford?

Smoking is a major cause of preventable ill-health, premature mortality, and a driver of the inequality in Healthy Life Expectancy across Trafford.

How many smokers are there in Trafford?

Adult smoking prevalence has been declining from 16.4% in 2015 to 11.1% in 2021, similar to the England average (Local Tobacco Control Profile, 2021). Smoking prevalence in routine and manual worker has seen a decline from 26.4% in 2018 to 23.4% in 2020 and is statistically similar to England average (Local Tobacco Control Profile, 2020). Amongst the group of similar authorities in 2020, Trafford has the eighth lowest prevalence of smoking in routine and manual workers (Local Tobacco Control Profiles, 2020).

Which groups within Trafford are more likely to smoke?

Individuals in routine and manual occupations are 3.29 times more likely to be smokers compared with other occupations (Local Tobacco Control Profiles, 2020).

Around 42% of adults with a serious mental illness in Trafford are smokers (Local Tobacco Control Profiles, 2015). Individuals with a long-term mental health condition are 3.5 times more likely to be smokers compared with those who do not have a long-term mental health condition (Local Tobacco Control Profiles, 2020).

Smoking in early pregnancy is at 6.3% in 2018/19, lower than the England average (12.8%) (Local Tobacco Control Profiles, 2019).  Smoking status at time of delivery in Trafford in 2021/22 is at 4.9%, lower than the England average (9.1%) and lowest amongst a group of the 15 most statistically similar authorities to Trafford (Local Tobacco Control Profiles, 2022).

There are wide social inequalities between electoral wards within Trafford in indicators of smoking related harm (e.g. there is a strong trend towards increasing rates of emergency admissions with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and lung cancer incidence as deprivation increases) (Local Health, 2019).

What services are in place to reduce smoking prevalence?

Evidence-based stop smoking support is highly effective both in cost and clinical terms.  The proportion of Trafford smokers who have been supported by locally commissioned services is lower (63.9%) than the average across England (73.4%) (National General Practice Profiles, 2021).

NHS Smokefree National Helpline offers help and support to quit smoking. The helpline can be contacted at 0300 123 1044 or by visiting their website.

Further details on local support available in Trafford to quit smoking can be found in the Trafford Directory.

 

Summary: Reduce the number of people who smoke or use tobacco - Trafford (2023) 

Summary: Public Health England Local Tobacco Control Profile- Trafford