A Person Stop Smoking Episode is a period of time during which a PERSON attempts to stop smoking as a result of structured stop smoking interventions, delivered by NHS staff or their trained agents. During this time, it is expected that the PERSON will set a SMOKING QUIT DATE.

The Person Stop Smoking Episode:

• starts when the PERSON has consented to a programme of treatment and presents themselves to the Stop Smoking Service for a treatment session and has set a SMOKING QUIT DATE
• ends 28 days after their specified SMOKING QUIT DATE (or within 25 to 42 days of the SMOKING QUIT DATE) when it is confirmed that the PERSON:
  • has stopped smoking
  • has not been successful or
  • are lost to follow up (where the PERSON could not be contacted at four weeks (-3 days or +14 days)).

A PERSON who has participated in an assessment session but failed to attend for treatment should not be counted as having started a Person Stop Smoking Episode.

For further information, see the Department of Health part of the gov.uk website at Stop Smoking Service: monitoring and guidance update.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	Person Stop Smoking Episodes