How has stoptober changed since 2012?

The effectiveness of Stoptober. Public Health England claim that since the launch of Stoptober in 2012, there have been 2 million quit attempts in England. The first Stoptober campaign in 2012 increased the odds of making a quit attempt in October by 80%, resulting in 350,000 quit attempts (Brown et al. 2014).

When did the anti-smoking campaign start?

So despite mounting evidence throughout the 1950s, its own health campaigns did not swing into action until the mid-1960s.

Who started the anti-smoking campaign?

Nazi Germany
Not renowned for its public health measures, Nazi Germany led the first anti-smoking campaign in modern history and was the most powerful anti-smoking movement in the world during the 1930s and early 1940s.

Is the stoptober campaign effective?

Even after having run for 8 years, Stoptober continues to effectively drive a sizeable proportion of smokers to make a quit attempt. In 2019, the campaign generated quit attempts among 25% of all smokers and recent ex-smokers, with 9% reporting that they were still not smoking at 4 weeks (in line with 8% last year).

Why is stoptober important?

Stoptober is a major annual event to encourage smokers to quit for 28 days in October, with the aim of stopping smoking permanently. These documents measure the impact of Stoptober in each year of the campaign’s operation.

How many stoptober smokers quit?

Stoptober is back and calling on smokers to join the 2.3 million people who have made quit attempts since the campaign’s launch 10 years ago.

Why was the smoking ban introduced?

Smoking in enclosed public places was banned in England from 1 July 2007. The ban was the result of a long campaign, beginning with studies in the 1950s, demonstrating the link between smoking and lung cancer.

What is the aim of the stoptober campaign?

Who runs Stoptober campaign?

Public Health England
Stoptober: the facts Stoptober is a campaign run by Public Health England to encourage smokers across England to quit smoking, not attempt to quit, to stop for good.

Why was Stoptober introduced?

In late 2012 the English Department of Health with input from an academic partner (RW) designed a campaign called ‘Stoptober’ and, rather than focusing on the harms of smoking, it aimed to create a positive mass quitting trigger and actively support a social movement around a very specific activity: stopping smoking …