![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.](/tobacco-use-canada/sites/default/files/uploads/images/5_9_2022_figure_0.jpg)
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).
![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.](/tobacco-use-canada/sites/default/files/uploads/images/5_10_2022_figure_0.jpg)