Local Stop Smoking Services - Self-assessment and service improvement tool (SASIT)

SASIT is a tool commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), as part of the conditions of the Public Health Grant, to support local authority Stop Smoking Services benchmark activity, ensure a minimum standard of service and identify areas for improvement. The tool and supporting resources can be downloaded from this page.

All local authorities are encouraged to use the tool as part of ongoing service improvement, however any area achieving less than 5% of their local smoking population who set a quit date must submit a completed self-assessment to DHSC within the financial year.

SASIT toolkit

• Click here to download the SASIT Excel file
• Frequently asked questions

Completed SASIT examples
To assist local authorities with completing the SASIT, below are examples of completed SASIT submissions.

• Sheffield SASIT
• Newcastle SASIT

SASIT webinar
On 2nd June 2026, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the NCSCT hosted a webinar on the SASIT process.

Speakers: Gemma Kane (DHSC), Jo Locker (DHSC), Sophia Papadakis (NCSCT) and Louise Pennock (Newcastle City Council).

Click here to view the webinar slides



Other resources
Below are additional resources that address good practice that may be useful.

• Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence (NG209)
• Local Stop Smoking Services and support: commissioning, delivery and monitoring guidance
• Maximising the impact of stop smoking services: latest evidence and best practice
• Priority groups: good practices for targeting and tailoring tobacco dependence treatment
• Tobacco dependence treatment for people with severe mental illness: guiding principles and best practice
• Cut Down to Stop resources
• Making prescription stop smoking medications available
• Transfer of care