State-Specific Cessation Behaviors Among Adult Cigarette Smokers — United States, 2014–2015.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Wang TW, Walton K, Jamal A,Babb SD, Schecter A, Prutzman YM, et al.
State-Specific Cessation Behaviors Among Adult Cigarette Smokers — United States, 2014–2015.
Prev Chronic Dis 2019;16:180349. DOI:https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd16.180349.
This study assessed state-specific smoking cessation behaviors among US adult cigarette smokers aged 18 years or older. Estimates came from the 2014–2015 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (N = 163,920). Prevalence of interest in quitting ranged from 68.9% (Kentucky) to 85.7% (Connecticut); prevalence of making a quit attempt in the past year ranged from 42.7% (Delaware) to 62.1% (Alaska); prevalence of recently quitting smoking ranged from 3.9% (West Virginia) to 11.1% (District of Columbia); and prevalence of receiving quit advice from a medical doctor in the past year ranged from 59.4% (Nevada) to 81.7% (Wisconsin). These findings suggest that opportunities exist to encourage and help more smokers to quit.
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