1. Number of smokers treated by the smoking cessation service during the quarter (quarterly count)
This is the number of smokers who undergo at least one treatment session with support from a stop smoking advisor as part of their quit attempt during the quarter.
2. Number of treated smokers followed up at their 4 week post quit date and who were self-reported as successfully quitting during the quarter (quarterly count)
Of those reported in count 1, this is the number of smokers who were self-reported as successfully quit.
Note: A smoker is counted as a 'self-reported 4-week quitter’ if s/he is a 'treated smoker', is assessed (face to face, by postal questionnaire or by telephone) 4 weeks after the designated quit date (minus 3 days or plus 14 days) and declares that s/he has not smoked even a single puff on a cigarette in the past 2 weeks.
The above measures are recorded for each of the Help Me Quit (HMQ) Smoking Cessation Services. Supporting definitions for these measures are given below:
Smoker
A smoker is someone aged 16 or over who smokes a tobacco product at least once a week. A smoked tobacco product is any product that contains tobacco and produces smoke. This includes cigarettes (hand-rolled or tailor-made), cigars and pipes. Pipes include shisha, hookah, narghile and hubble-bubble pipes. It does not include any nicotine containing products which do not contain tobacco, such as electronic cigarettes.
Quit Attempt
A quit attempt is where a smoker makes a firm commitment to give up smoking on a certain date. The actual quit date is the date on which a smoker plans to stop smoking altogether with support from a Help Me Quit adviser as part of a smoking cessation services assisted quit attempt. Quit attempts for community, pharmacy and hospital services are always set during the first stop smoking session. For the Help Me Quit Telephone Support, they are set during the second stop smoking session (this is in line with Minimum Service Standard 6 and because the intervention is 'front loaded' with sessions during the first week). Smokers who attend an initial assessment session but fail to attend a treatment session are not counted.
Treated Smoker
A treated smoker is a smoker who undergoes at least one treatment session with support from a stop smoking adviser as part of their quit attempt. A smoker does not have to complete the full smoking cessation programme to become a treated smoker.
Help Me Quit - Community
Meets the definition of a Smoking Cessation Service and is provided face-to-face in a community venue or over the telephone/video calling by a trained advisor or by a GP. It excludes services delivered through Pharmacy Level 3.
Help Me Quit – Pharmacy Level 3
Meets the definition of a Smoking Cessation Service and is provided in/from a community pharmacy, in line with the NHS Smoking Cessation Pharmacy – Level 3 Enhanced Service Specification (http://www.cpwales.org.uk/getattachment/Services-and-commissioning/Enhanced-Services/Stop-Smoking-Services/Help-Me-Quit-@-Pharmacy-Service-Specification-31-Jan-2020-(1).pdf.aspx?lang=en-GB).
Help Me Quit – Hospital Services
Meets the definition of a Smoking Cessation Service and is provided face-to-face in a hospital, by a trained advisor. It excludes services delivered through Pharmacy Level 3.
Help Me Quit for Baby
Meets the definition of a Smoking Cessation Service and is provided to a pregnant woman who smokes, by a trained advisor. This is a dedicated support service for pregnant women who smoke. This service is not universally available and where not available, pregnant women who smoke may be treated through any of the other HMQ Services (i.e. Community, Pharmacy Level 3, or Hospital)