Key issues
Smoking in pregnancy is 1.7 times more common in the most deprived groups compared to the least in England. In North Tyneside 170 women a year are smokers when they give birth, and 13,093 children live in households with adults who smoke. Smoking in the home not only damages the health of children but increases their chance of becoming smokers by 4 times.
In North Tyneside 17.4%, of those in routine and manual occupations smoke in 2024 compared 11% for the total population. This is an increase of 3.6%. However, this is still a decreased figure from 2021’s recorded prevalence of 31.8% and 2020’s 23.7%. 22.6% of those who have never worked or are long term unemployed smoke, this is nearly 3 times as high as those in professional and managerial roles.
Smoking rates are much higher among people with a mental health condition. It’s estimated that a quarter of people with long term mental health conditions smoke. Among those with a diagnosed serious mental health problem rates for 2022-2023 are estimated to be 41.7% in North Tyneside.