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Tobacco Use
During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for 1 day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?
Denominator excludes respondents not reporting having smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and those reporting not still smoking, respondents with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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All Adults |
2125 |
55.9 |
53.3-58.5 |
44.1 |
41.5-46.7 |
Smoking Cessation by Age
|
Age Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
|
C.I.
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No
|
C.I.
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18-24 |
135 |
65.8 |
56.9-74.8 |
34.2 |
25.2-43.1 |
25-34 |
348 |
58.3 |
52.3-64.3 |
41.7 |
35.7-47.7 |
35-44 |
545 |
55.3 |
50.4-60.2 |
44.7 |
39.8-49.6 |
45-54 |
521 |
57.0 |
51.8-62.2 |
43.0 |
37.8-48.2 |
55-64 |
289 |
48.3 |
41.7-54.8 |
51.8 |
45.2-58.3 |
65+ |
258 |
44.6 |
36.7-52.6 |
55.4 |
47.4-63.3 |
Smoking Cessation by Sex
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Gender Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
|
C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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Male |
902 |
56.1 |
52.2-60.0 |
43.9 |
40.0-47.8 |
Female |
1223 |
55.7 |
52.3-59.0 |
44.3 |
41.0-47.7 |
Smoking Cessation by Income
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Income Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
|
C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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< $15,000 |
173 |
64.5 |
55.7-73.4 |
35.5 |
26.6-44.3 |
$15,000-24,999 |
352 |
55.8 |
49.1-62.5 |
44.2 |
37.5-50.9 |
$25,000-34,999 |
222 |
57.3 |
49.6-65.0 |
42.7 |
35.0-50.4 |
$35,000-49,999 |
331 |
54.3 |
47.9-60.7 |
45.7 |
39.3-52.1 |
$50,000-74,999 |
349 |
54.8 |
48.6-61.0 |
45.2 |
39.0-51.4 |
$75,000+ |
469 |
54.9 |
49.6-60.3 |
45.0 |
39.7-50.4 |
Smoking Cessation by Education
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Education Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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Less than H.S. |
225 |
58.1 |
50.0-66.2 |
41.9 |
33.8-50.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
766 |
55.2 |
50.9-59.5 |
44.8 |
40.5-49.1 |
Some Post-H.S. |
587 |
55.0 |
49.9-60.0 |
45.0 |
40.0-50.1 |
College Graduate |
541 |
57.4 |
52.5-62.3 |
42.6 |
37.7-47.5 |
Smoking Cessation by Race/Ethnicity
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Racial/Ethnic Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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White/ Non-Hispanic
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1611 |
50.4 |
47.4-53.3 |
49.6 |
46.7-52.6 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
214 |
65.7 |
58.0-73.5 |
34.3 |
26.5-42.0 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
73 |
63.2 |
49.2-77.1 |
36.8 |
22.9-50.8 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
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20 |
79.1 |
61.0-97.3 |
20.9 |
2.75-39.0 |
Hispanic |
182 |
70.6 |
63.3-78.0 |
29.4 |
22.0-36.7 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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