ABOUT SPECTRUM
  Consortium funded by the UK Prevention Partnership  involving 10 
   Universities and partner organisations and alliances, including the main 
   public health agencies in the UK and the Smokefree Action Coalition
  Examines policy interventions operating at the population level to 
   understand their system-level impacts on markets, producers, social 
   practices and institutions.  
  Researches how unhealthy commodity producers influence the 
   implementation (or not) or effective public health policies.
  Provided evidence for the APPG on Smoking and Health report and 
   recommendations for the forthcoming Tobacco Control Plan
 OUTLINE
 Progress to date: adults, children and 
  smoking in pregnancy 
 APPG recommendations for a 
  Smokefree 2030 – evidence and impact
   ADULT SMOKING PREVALENCE
Source: Office for National Statistics Adult Population Survey 2019 
            PERSISTENT INEQUALITIES NEED TO 
            BE ADDRESSED IN THE NEW PLAN
                                In 2019, smoking prevalence continued to be higher in routine and manual occupations than in managerial and professional occupations
               35%
               30%              29.8%               28.4%
                                                                         26.8%               25.9%               25.5%
               25%                                                                                                                    23.4%
               20%          19.1%               18.2%
                                                                    17.2%                16.2%
                                                                                                             15.7%
               15%                                                                                                               14.1%
                       12.5%               12.1%
                                                                10.5%               10.2%               10.2%                9.3%
               10%
                5%
                0%
                            2014                2015                2016                 2017                2018                2019
                                  Managerial and professional occupations    Intermediate occupations    Routine and manual
Source: Office for National Statistics Adult Population Survey 2019 
     SMOKING IN PREGNANCY
                       Smoking at Time of Delivery Rate, England (%)                            Projected 
              16                                                                                 rate of 
              14.6   14.2
              14            13.7  13.3   12.9                                                    decline
                                                12.2   11.7
              12                                               11    10.7   10.8   10.6   10.4
                                                                                           2019/20; 10.4
                                                                                                10.05   9.7
              10                                                                           2019/20; 10.4
              8                                                                                  8.2
       %      6                                                           Decline 
                                                                         needed to                       6
              4                                                           meet 6% 
              2                                                       target by 2022
               0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0     0      0      0             0      0
              0
               9      0      1      2      3      4      5      6     7      8      9      0      1      2
               0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0     0      0      0
              8/     /1     /1     /1     /1    /1     /1     /1     /1     /1     /1     /2     /2     /2
            00     09     10     11     12     13     14     15     16     17    18     19     20     21
            2     20     20     20     20    20     20     20     20     20     20     20     20     20