Quit attempts among males and females

Bar chart showing percentage of smokers and recent quitters who attempted to quit in the past 12 months, among males and females, in 2020. Trends described in text. Data table below with 95% confidence intervals. In 2020, the percentages of males and females who had made a quit attempt in the past year did not differ significantly²⁹ (Figure 5.9).

Between 1999 and 2020, the percentages of males and females who had made an attempt were similar in most years, despite greater variation in some survey years (Figure 5.10).

Figure 5.9 data table with 95% confidence intervals

Figure 5.9: Percentage of smokers and recent quitters* who attempted to quit in the past 12 months, among males and females, 2020
	Males	Females
2020	42.2 [36.5-47.9]	47.7 [41.3-54.2]

*Includes current smokers and former smokers who had quit in the past 12 months.
Data source: Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 2020.

Line graph showing percentage of smokers and recent quitters who attempted to quit in the past 12 months, among males and females, from 1999 to 2020. Trends described in text. Data table below with 95% confidence intervals.

Figure 5.10 data table with 95% confidence intervals

Figure 5.10: Percentage of smokers (and recent quitters)* who attempted to quit in the past 12 months, among males and females, 1999**-2020
	Males	Females
1999	48.4	52.8
2000	53.2	48.9
2001	50.5 [45.3-55.8]	53.3 [49.3-57.2]
2002	45.4 [42.1-48.7]	47.2 [43.4-51.0]
2003	*	*
2004	48.5 [44.5-52.4]	47.9 [43.9-51.8]
2005	50.7 [46.4-55.0]	50.2 [45.7-54.6]
2006	49.1 [45.2-53.0]	49.6 [45.6-53.5]
2007	51.0 [47.0-54.9]	49.3 [44.8-53.7]
2008	50.6 [46.0-55.1]	51.1 [56.7-55.5]
2009	49.2 [44.9-53.5]	45.8 [41.4-50.2]
2010	44.3 [40.2-48.5]	49.7 [45.4-54.0]
2011	44.6 [39.7-49.4]	46.3 [42.1-50.5]
2012	51.0 [45.7-56.3]	43.0 [38.2-47.8]
2013	56.5 [51.0-62.1]	41.4 [35.5-47.2]
2015	49.1 [43.3-54.8]	56.6 [50.7-62.5]
2017	46.4 [39.2-53.5]	46.0 [38.3-53.6]
2019	46.7 [41.2-52.3]	43.1 [37.8-48.3]
2020	42.2 [36.5-47.9]	47.7 [41.3-54.2]

*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.