Local tobacco control profiles for England: August 2016 data update
The Local Tobacco Control Profiles for England provides a snapshot of the extent of tobacco use, tobacco related harm, and measures being taken to reduce this harm at local level. The profiles have been designed to help local government and health services assess the effect of tobacco on their local populations. The tool allows you to compare your local authority with others in the region and benchmark against the England average. This release will include 3 new indicators: smoking prevalence in adults (from the Annual Population Survey), smoking prevalence in routine and manual workers (also from the APS), years of life lost before age 75 for smoking related deaths; 2 updated indicators: lung cancer registrations, oral cancer registrations; 2 indicators with revised definitions: accidental fires ignited by smoking related materials, fatalities from fires ignited by smoking materials.