Director of Public Health Report 2025 – Time to stop smoking for good
Directors of Public Health produce an independent annual report on the health and wellbeing of their local population. Each annual report highlights a pressing public health challenge and opportunity and makes recommendations for change.
This year’s Director of Public Health Report “Time to stop smoking for good”, focusses on the current landscape of smoking in North Somerset. Together we have achieved a significant reduction in smoking rates across North Somerset however, a significant health inequality remains.
We have a collective vision to achieve a smokefree North Somerset by 2030. We want to see smoking prevalence reduced to 5% or less in the next 6 years. Details related to the harms of smoking in North Somerset, and current and future work to reduce these harms can be found throughout this report, read the report to see how you and your organisations along with our partners can help us to realise our ambition of eradicating smoking and it’s harmful effects on individuals and society as a whole.
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Smokefree North Somerset – DPH Report 2025 (PDF, 6 MB)
