Prevalence of use of various quit methods among current and former smokers who had quit or attempted to quit smoking in the past two years, 2003-2015
|
SSM (NRT, Zyban) |
Reduce # of cigarettes |
Deal with friends/family |
Workplace cessation program |
Quit smoking contest |
1-800 Quitline |
Internet website |
2003 |
48.6 [45.3-51.9] |
55.1 [51.9-58.2] |
25.3 [22.5-28.1] |
-- |
6.0 [4.3-7.8] |
1.0 [0.4-1.6] |
1.9 [1.0-2.7] |
2004 |
49.0 [45.5-52.6] |
56.3 [52.9-59.8] |
23.7 [21.1-26.3] |
-- |
3.6 [2.4-4.9] |
1.6 [0.7-2.5] |
2.7 [1.4-4.1] |
2005 |
44.0 [40.4-47.5] |
52.2 [48.4-55.9] |
24.5 [21.6-27.4] |
-- |
6.8 [5.1-8.5] |
1.8 [1.0-2.7] |
3.3 [2.2-4.5] |
2006 |
45.3 [42.1-48.6] |
62.2 [59.0-65.4] |
28.3 [25.4-31.2] |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2007 |
47.9 [44.5-51.4] |
64.9 [61.7-68.1] |
26.2 [23.3-29.0] |
2.3 [1.1-3.5] |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2008 |
45.5 [41.6-49.3] |
62.7 [58.8-66.5] |
24.2 [21.2-27.3] |
2.3 [1.0-3.6] |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2009 |
47.4 [43.7-51.0] |
65.4 [61.8-69.0] |
28.3 [24.7-31.8] |
1.7 [1.0-2.4] |
-- |
3.3 [2.0-4.6] |
-- |
2010 |
48.3 [44.5-52.2] |
68.8 [65.3-72.3] |
28.6 [25.0-32.2] |
4.5 [2.4-6.6] |
-- |
3.2 [2.0-4.5] |
-- |
2011 |
45.6 [41.6-49.6] |
64.9 [60.8-68.8] |
22.2 [18.8-25.5] |
1.2 [0.8-1.6] |
-- |
3.2 [1.9-4.4] |
-- |
2012 |
44.2 [39.6-48.7] |
63.8 [59.2-68.4] |
21.4 [17.6-25.3] |
2.4 [0.6-4.2] |
-- |
4.5 [2.5-6.5] |
-- |
2013 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
-- |
5.6 [3.2-7.9] |
-- |
2015 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
6.9 [4.1-9.6] |
-- |
*In 2013 and 2015, only current smokers who had tried to quit in the last year (rather than past two years) were included, as well as former smokers who stopped smoking.
Data sources: Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, 1999-2012; Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey, 2013, 2015.