Smoking Cessation PQ: 2010

22 November 2010

(S3W-37464) Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what funds have been allocated to tobacco control activities in each of the last four years, broken down by type of activity.

Shona Robison: The following table contains a breakdown of funds allocated to tobacco control activities.

Tobacco Control Activities - 2007-08 to 2010-11

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
£ £ £ £
Overall Budget Available 13,545,000 19,996,230 20,358,046 20,295,596
1. Smoking Cessation-Related Activity 9,160,500 12,711,230 13,128,096 13,013,096
2. Voluntary Sector Activity 1,005,112 983,950 983,950 971,500
3. Smoke-Free Laws 2,596,000 2,550,000 2,550,000 2,500,000
4. Smoking Prevention 148,125 3,165,000 3,098,000 3,065,000
5. Tobacco Communications 550,000 521,000 550,000 300,000
6. Surveys 70,000 62,000 33,000 18,000
7. Miscellaneous/Contingency 15,263 3,050 15,000 3,000
8. Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010 - Implementation 425,000

Notes:

1. Smoking cessation figures do not include the £2 million per annum contained within NHS boards' unified budgets.

2. The above figures do include the budget for enforcing the smoke-free legislation and is provided by means of a block grant.

 

 

5 May 2010

  • Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many attempts to quit have been made with smoking cessation services in NHS Tayside in each year since 2005 and what percentage remained successful 12 months later. (S3W-33338)

    Shona Robison: Information on quit attempts made via NHS smoking cessation services is available from the agreed national minimum dataset for cessation services. The national smoking cessation database (the primary data collection mechanism) was established in July 2005. Calendar year 2006 is the first year for which national cessation monitoring data are published.

    National monitoring is based on clients who set a "quit date"/make a quit attempt with a cessation service. This will not include persons referred to services or who make initial contact with a service, but who do not go on to set a quit date.

    Table 1 shows the number of quit attempts made with smoking cessation services in NHS Tayside and the percentage of these recorded as a "successful" outcome at 12 months after the "quit date". Data for 2009 are not yet published.

5 May 2010

  • Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many attempts to quit have been made with smoking cessation services in NHS Tayside in each year since 2005 and what percentage remained successful 12 months later. (S3W-33338)

    Shona Robison: Information on quit attempts made via NHS smoking cessation services is available from the agreed national minimum dataset for cessation services. The national smoking cessation database (the primary data collection mechanism) was established in July 2005. Calendar year 2006 is the first year for which national cessation monitoring data are published.

    National monitoring is based on clients who set a "quit date"/make a quit attempt with a cessation service. This will not include persons referred to services or who make initial contact with a service, but who do not go on to set a quit date.

    Table 1 shows the number of quit attempts made with smoking cessation services in NHS Tayside and the percentage of these recorded as a "successful" outcome at 12 months after the "quit date". Data for 2009 are not yet published.

  • Year Total Quit Attempts % Successful at 12 Months After Quit Date
    2006 2,071 11%
    2007 2,960 11%
    2008 3,028 9%
    Year Total Quit Attempts % Successful at 12 Months After Quit Date
    2006 2,071 11%
    2007 2,960 11%
    2008 3,028 9%

    Source: Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland. Figures are based on total quit attempts, rather than total number of clients with a quit attempt and could include repeat quit attempts by the same client.

    The data shown are based on self-reported "not smoked, or smoked no more than five cigarettes, since one month follow-up". The remainder of the quit attempts, those not recorded as "successful" at 12 months after quit date, will include both "known smokers" and cases "lost to follow-up/smoking status unknown". In Tayside in 2008, for example, the cumulative percentage of cases "lost to follow-up/smoking status unknown" at 12 months after "quit date" was 60%, with 31% of cases "known smokers" and 9% "known quits".

29 April 2010

  • Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the First Minister what measures the Scottish Government is taking to encourage women to give up smoking during pregnancy. (S3F-2368)

    The First Minister (Alex Salmond):     The Scottish Government is investing record levels of funding in national health service smoking cessation services-more than £40 million in this spending period, compared with £27 million in the previous one. As a result, action to discourage women from smoking during pregnancy, using evidence-based approaches, is being taken throughout the country. In 2008, 1,733 pregnant women accessed cessation services-an increase of 31 per cent from 2007. It is encouraging that smoking during pregnancy has fallen from 29 per cent in 1995 to less than 20 per cent in 2008, although, as the research published earlier this week highlights, many pregnant women still find it difficult to quit in spite of all the best efforts of the NHS and others in Scotland. However, we cont>
    Source: Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland. Figures are based on total quit attempts, rather than total number of clients with a quit attempt and could include repeat quit attempts by the same client.

    The data shown are based on self-reported "not smoked, or smoked no more than five cigarettes, since one month follow-up". The remainder of the quit attempts, those not recorded as "successful" at 12 months after quit date, will include both "known smokers" and cases "lost to follow-up/smoking status unknown". In Tayside in 2008, for example, the cumulative percentage of cases "lost to follow-up/smoking status unknown" at 12 months after "quit date" was 60%, with 31% of cases "known smokers" and 9% "known quits".

29 April 2010

  • Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the First Minister what measures the Scottish Government is taking to encourage women to give up smoking during pregnancy. (S3F-2368)

    The First Minister (Alex Salmond):     The Scottish Government is investing record levels of funding in national health service smoking cessation services-more than £40 million in this spending period, compared with £27 million in the previous one. As a result, action to discourage women from smoking during pregnancy, using evidence-based approaches, is being taken throughout the country. In 2008, 1,733 pregnant women accessed cessation services-an increase of 31 per cent from 2007. It is encouraging that smoking during pregnancy has fallen from 29 per cent in 1995 to less than 20 per cent in 2008, although, as the research published earlier this week highlights, many pregnant women still find it difficult to quit in spite of all the best efforts of the NHS and others in Scotland. However, we continue to do all that we can to encourage them to make a healthy lifestyle choice for their own sake and that of their unborn child.

    Christine Grahame: A pilot project is under way in NHS Tayside that offers grocery vouchers to pregnant mothers in exchange for their agreeing to quit smoking. What plans does the Government have to extend that pilot throughout Scotland?

    The First Minister: Christine Grahame is right to point to the substantial intervention that is being piloted and to the success of the pilot. It should be recognised that we are taking wider action to shift cultural attitudes to smoking and to prevent young people from starting smoking in the first place. That action involves the ban on cigarette displays and cigarette sales from vending machines under the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010. It is also key to reducing smoking throughout the population, including among pregnant women. Ministers are actively considering how to roll the pilot out throughout the country.

19 January 2010

  • Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent on smoking cessation services and related tobacco control activity in each year since 2006-07, also (i) expressed in real terms and (ii) broken down by NHS board.  (S3W-30569)

    Shona Robison:     The following table contains a breakdown by health board of smoking cessation allocations/spend. 

    inue to do all that we can to encourage them to make a healthy lifestyle choice for their own sake and that of their unborn child.

    Christine Grahame:A pilot project is under way in NHS Tayside that offers grocery vouchers to pregnant mothers in exchange for their agreeing to quit smoking. What plans does the Government have to extend that pilot throughout Scotland?

    The First Minister:C hristine Grahame is right to point to the substantial intervention that is being piloted and to the success of the pilot. It should be recognised that we are taking wider action to shift cultural attitudes to smoking and to prevent young people from starting smoking in the first place. That action involves the ban on cigarette displays and cigarette sales from vending machines under the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010. It is also key to reducing smoking throughout the population, including among pregnant women. Ministers are actively considering how to roll the pilot out throughout the country. 

    19 January 2010

    • Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent on smoking cessation services and related tobacco control activity in each year since 2006-07, also (i) expressed in real terms and (ii) broken down by NHS board.  (S3W-30569)

      Shona Robison:       The following table contains a breakdown by health board of smoking cessation allocations/spend. 

    Health Board 2006-07 2007-08 2007-08 2008-09 2008-09 2009-10 2009-10
    Actual Actual Real Terms Actual Real Terms Actual Real Terms
    Ayrshire and Arran £387,000 £542,000 £530,161 £542,000 £510,759 £542,000 £502,032
    Borders £118,000 £170,000 166,287 £170,000 £160,201 £170,000 £157,464
    Dumfries and Galloway £160,000 £231,000 £225,954 £231,000 £217,685 £231,000 £213,966
    Fife £326,000 £462,000 £451,909 £462,000 £435,371 &pou 2009-10
    Health board Actual Actual Real Terms Actual Real Terms Actual Real Terms
    Ayrshire and Arran £387,000 £542,000 £530,161 £542,000 £510,759 £542,000 £502,032
    Borders £118,000 £170,000 166,287 £170,000 £160,201 £170,000 £157,464
    Dumfries and Galloway £160,000 £231,000 £225,954 £231,000 £217,685 £231,000 £213,966
    Fife £326,000 £462,000 £451,909 £462,000 £435,371 £462,000 £427,932
    Forth Valley £264,000 £373,000 £364,853 £373,000 £351,500 £373,000 £345,495
    Grampian £418,000 £597,000 £583,960 £597,000 £562,589 £597,000 £552,977
    Greater Glasgow and Clyde £2,096,000 £2,569,000 £2,512,887 £2,569,000 £2,420,924 £2,569,000 £2,379,559
    Highland £323,000 £455,000 £445,062 £455,000 £428,774 £455,000 £421,448
    Lanarkshire £936,000 £1,147,000 £427,932
    Forth Valley £264,000 £373,000 £364,853 £373,000 £351,500 £373,000 £345,495
    Grampian £418,000 £597,000 £583,960 £597,000 £562,589 £597,000 £552,977
    Greater Glasgow and Clyde £2,096,000 £2,569,000 £2,512,887 £2,569,000 £2,420,924 £2,569,000 £2,379,559
    Highland £323,000 £455,000 £445,062 £455,000 £428,774 £455,000 £421,448
    Lanarkshire £936,000 £1,147,000 £1,121,947 £1,147,000 £1,080,887 £1,147,000 £1,062,419
    Lothian £1,048,000 £1,311,000 £1,282,365 £1,311,000 £1,235,435 £1,311,000 £1,214,326
    Orkney £35,000 £53,000 £51,842 £53,000 £49,945
    £53,000    		 £49,092
    Shetland £41,000 £59,000 £57,711 £59,000 £55,599 £59,000 £54,649
    Tayside £790,000 £949,000 £928,272 £949,000 £894,300 £949,000 £879,020
    £1,121,947 £1,147,000 £1,080,887 £1,147,000 £1,062,419
    Lothian £1,048,000 £1,311,000 £1,282,365 £1,311,000 £1,235,435 £1,311,000 £1,214,326
    Orkney £35,000 £53,000 £51,842 £53,000 £49,945
    £53,000    		 £49,092
    Shetland £41,000 £59,000 £57,711 £59,000 £55,599 £59,000 £54,649
    Tayside £790,000 £949,000 £928,272 £949,000 £894,300 £949,000 £879,020
    Western Isles £58,000 £82,000 £80,209 £82,000 £77,274 £82,000 £75,953
    Total £7,000,000 £9,000,000 £8,803,419 £9,000,000 £8,481,244 £9,000,000 £8,336,331

    Notes:

    1. The figures above include £2 million per annum in support of the Keep Well projects in Greater Glasgow (£800,000 p.a.), Lanarkshire (£400,000 p.a.), Lothian (£400,000 p.a.) and Tayside health boards (£400,000 p.a.).

    2. Additional to the funding outlined above £2 million per annum is contained in NHS board baselines from the "Smoking Kills and Health Improvement Fund".

    3. The values have been adjusted to real terms using the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). Ratios were calculated for each year relative to 2006-07. Figures were not available for the full year 2009-10 so the CPI from April to November 2009 has been used instead.

    In addition a smoking cessation service was introduced as part of the community pharmacy contract at end August 2008. The following figures represent payments to community pharmacies providing a smoking cessation service.

    2008-09 until September 2008 to March 2009.
    (part year service began end August 2008) = £3,461,230*.

    2009-10 until April to Octo  Western Isles   £58,000  £82,000   £80,209   £82,000  £77,274   £82,000  £75,953 Total £7,000,000 £9,000,000 £8,803,419 £9,000,000 £8,481,244 £9,000,000 £8,336,331
    Notes:

    1. The figures above include £2 million per annum in support of the Keep Well projects in Greater Glasgow (£800,000 p.a.), Lanarkshire (£400,000 p.a.), Lothian (£400,000 p.a.) and Tayside health boards (£400,000 p.a.).

    2. Additional to the funding outlined above £2 million per annum is contained in NHS board baselines from the "Smoking Kills and Health Improvement Fund".

    3. The values have been adjusted to real terms using the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). Ratios were calculated for each year relative to 2006-07. Figures were not available for the full year 2009-10 so the CPI from April to November 2009 has been used instead.

    In addition a smoking cessation service was introduced as part of the community pharmacy contract at end August 2008. The following figures represent payments to community pharmacies providing a smoking cessation service.

    2008-09 until September 2008 to March 2009.
    (part year service began end August 2008) = £3,461,230*.

    2009-10 until April to October 2009 (latest available figures) = £2,079,356.

    *The 2008-09 figure includes one-off readiness and administration payments to each pharmacy providing a smoking cessation service to cover set up and training costs.

    An additional £9 million (£4.5 million to NHS boards and £4.5 million to local authorities) has also been allocated for 2008-09 to 2010-11 to support "Scotland's future is smoke-free: A Smoking Prevention Action Plan". This represents a significant increase in Scottish Government investment to tackle tobacco problems.

 


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ber 2009 (latest available figures) = £2,079,356.

*The 2008-09 figure includes one-off readiness and administration payments to each pharmacy providing a smoking cessation service to cover set up and training costs.

An additional £9 million (£4.5 million to NHS boards and £4.5 million to local authorities) has also been allocated for 2008-09 to 2010-11 to support "Scotland's future is smoke-free: A Smoking Prevention Action Plan". This represents a significant increase in Scottish Government investment to tackle tobacco problems.

Further information: