Figure 5.8: Percentage of smokers and recent quitters* who attempted to quit in the past 12 months, 1999** - 2020
Year |
% Attempted |
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1999 |
50.4 |
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2000 |
51.2 |
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2001 |
51.8 [48.4-55.2] |
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2002 |
46.2 [43.7-48.8] |
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2003 |
* |
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2004 |
48.2 [45.4-51.0] |
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2005 |
50.5 [47.3-53.6] |
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2006 |
49.3 [46.5-52.1] |
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2007 |
50.1 [47.2-53.0] |
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2008 |
50.8 [47.6-54.0] |
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2009 |
47.6 [44.5-50.7] |
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2010 |
46.6 [43.5-49.7] |
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2011 |
45.4 [42.2-48.5] |
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2012 |
47.6 [43.9-51.3] |
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2013 |
49.6 [45.5-53.7] |
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2015 |
52.3 [48.1-56.5] |
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2017 |
46.2 [41.1-51.3] |
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2019 |
45.1 [41.2-48.9] |
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2020 |
44.5 [40.2-48.9] |
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*Note: In 1999-2002, this question was asked of current smokers; 2003 (data not shown) included only smokers who had tried to quit in the past two years; 2004-2020 included current smokers and former smokers who had quit in the past 12 months.
**In 1999, only Cycle 2 was asked the relevant survey items.
Data source: Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, 1999-2012; Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey, 2013, 2015, 2017; Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2019, 2020.