Once again, the campaign will encourage people to pack it in and join the 2.5million people who were inspired by Stoptober in the past.
We delved into the Echo archives to find scenes from 2003 to 2011 and from Fawcett Street to Town End Farm.
5. A helping hand in 2008
HM Revenue and Customs staff from Washington got help to quit smoking in 2008. Pictured are Simon Ayre from the NHS, left; Steve Thorpe, Viv Wallace and Mark Bradley. | se
6. Byron Place memories
Members of the NHS Stop Smoking Service were pictured escorting a cigarette out of the Byron Place Shopping Centre in Seaham in 2009. | se
7. Outside the stadium
Fans going to the Stadium of Light in 2010 were greeted by Donna Jobling, Diane Jones and Helen Pearce - from the NHS South Tyne and Wearside Stop Smoking Team. | se
8. Town End Farm in 2011
Dorothy McKay, the Cluster manager for Extended Schools, spent a day with the Stop Smoking Group at Town End Farm Primary School, in 2011. | se