Quitting e-cigarettes

Quit attempts

Bar chart showing number of quit attempts made in the past 12 months by past 30-day e-cigarette users, in 2020. Trends described in text. Data table below with 95% confidence intervals.

In 2020, more than one-third (36.4%a) of past 30-day e-cigarette users reported that they had attempted to quit vaping in the past year, most of whom had made multiple attempts (Figure 11.41).

This represented no significant change since 2019, where 35.4%b of past 30-day e-cigarette users reported attempting to quit in the past 12 months.141

Figure 11.41 Data table with 95% confidence intervals
Figure 11.41: Number of quit attempts made in the past 12 months by past 30-day e-cigarette users, 2020
Number of quit attempts % of respondents
0 63.6 [57.8-69.3]
1 9.5 [5.9-13.0]
2 or 3 11.6 [8.1-15.0]
4 15.4 [11.5-19.4]

Data source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2020.

95% confidence intervals for in-text estimates

a: 36.4 [30.7-42.2]
b: 35.4 [29.8-41.0]