Stop Smoking Service Survey 2025 - This consultation has now ended

Newcastle City Council's Stop Smoking service is due to be recommissioned in Autumn 2026. We want to hear your views about stop smoking services in Newcastle, and smoking in general, so we can shape a more accessible service for the city.

The Public Health team at Newcastle City Council are currently reviewing Stop Smoking services for Newcastle. and would like to hear the views and experiences of local residents. It is important that we collect a range of responses and feedback to ensure that we hear from a wide spread of voices across Newcastle. The first part of this is understanding how well the current services meet the needs of people who use them, and those who may use them in future. We are also holding discussions in community venues with both people who have previously used these services, and people who smoke tobacco at present.
What we would like you to do
We want to hear your views, as they are important and can influence the future of stop smoking services in Newcastle. Please complete the form below before Tuesday 2 September 2025. The results will be published here: Let's Talk Newcastle - Consultation Results
Keeping your answers private
The survey is confidential, and we will keep your answers private and store them securely. No one will be identified from their answers or in any reports about what people told us. We will not share your answers with anyone else. We are committed to protecting your privacy when you use our services - full details of our Privacy Policy can be found here: Privacy Policy.

If you need this information in another format, such as large print, or you have questions about this, please contact us at: letstalk@newcastle.gov.uk or call; 0191 278 7878.

Thank you for giving us your views.
Wards

Start Date

08 July 2025

End Date

02 September 2025

Days Remaining

0

Result

Thank you very much for taking part in this survey. 
We received 75 responses to this survey from members of the public and voluntary groups in Newcastle. 
Our main findings were: 
  • Cigarettes and rolling tobacco were the most commonly smoked tobacco products in Newcastle. Accessing the stop smoking service was the most commonly selected methods for how people quit tobacco smoking. 
  • The survey highlighted the fundamental role flexibility and patient choice plays in helping people to stop smoking with ranges of stop smoking aids and approaches to support to meet the needs of individuals and their lifestyles. 
  • Awareness of the current stop smoking service is limited with only 60% of respondents having prior knowledge of the service. 
  • Over a quarter of respondents said they would use a nicotine vape to support them to quit tobacco smoking as they were labelled 'useful' but a third of respondents said they would not commenting that they are just another 'form of addiction' and people can 'become too addicted/get too dependent'. 
 

If you need this in a different format, such as large font, or you have questions, please contact Louise Pennock at: louise.pennock@newcastle.gov.uk 

 
What happens next 
All of this information will be used to develop the new service specification for Newcastle City Council's Stop Smoking Service which is due to be recommissioned. 

Stop Smoking Service Survey

Newcastle City Council's commissioned stop smoking service is due to be recommissioned in Autumn 2026. We want to hear your views about stop smoking services in Newcastle, and smoking in general, so we can shape a more accessible service for the city.

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