Occasional Paper No. 30: The Prevalence of Smoking in the North East

This report updates and replaces Occasional Paper 23 as the measures of the smoking prevalence have moved on significantly since its publication. Its purpose is to describe the data sources that SFNE should use as official figures and to provide support for service commissioners and providers in tobacco control. The advent of the Integrated Household Survey significantly changes the situation so this paper should be seen as an interim report until data starts to become available from that source in 2009/2010.

Summary

The SFNE Intelligence Subgroup advises the use of data as follows:

• at regional level we should use data from the General Household Survey;
• at local authority level we should use synthetic estimates used in Health Profiles; and
  
• at electoral ward level we should use ONS synthetic estimates.

• Tobacco

• Government Office
• Health Indicators
• Lifestyle
• Local Authority Area
• Measurement Techniques
• Needs Assessment
• Population Based and Preventive Services
• Regional
• Regional Variations
• Smoking
• Smoking (gcl)
• Smoking Policies
• Surveys
• Tobacco
• Tobacco Control Policies
• Tobacco Smoke
• Tobacco Use
• Ward