Quit intentions

See data table below with 95% confidence intervals. In 2017, the majority of smokers (57.9%) were seriously considering quitting in the next 6 months (Figure 6.7). Of those, about half
(47.5%)^a were considering quitting within the next 30 days, which was equivalent to 26.9% of all current smokers.

Between 2015 and 2017, the percentage of smokers seriously considering quitting in the next 6 months decreased significantly,⁶⁴ while there was no significant change in the percentage considering quitting in the next 30 days.⁶⁵

Between 1999 and 2017, while the percentage of smokers seriously considering quitting in the next 6 months appears to have increased in some years, there was little net change. The pattern over time was similar for the percentage seriously considering quitting in the next 30 days (Figure 6.8).

See data table below with 95% confidence intervals.

Figure 6.7 and 6.8 data tables with 95% confidence intervals

Figure 6.7 Percentage of smokers who were seriously considering quitting in the next six months, and in the next 30 days, 2017
	% of all smokers
In the next six months	57.9 [52.6-63.1]
In the next thirty days	26.9 [22.2-31.6]

Data source: Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey, 2017

Figure 6.8 Percentage of smokers who were seriously considering quitting in the next six months, and in the next 30 days, 1999*-2017
	In the next six months	In the next thirty days
1999	55.2	27.9
2000	55.5	29.4
2001	57.7 [54.8-60.7]	28.7 [26.0-31.4]
2002	60.3 [57.8-62.8]	28.3 [26.0-30.5]
2003	57.0 [54.2-59.8]	27.3 [24.6-29.9]
2004	57.8 [54.6-60.9]	26.9 [24.2-29.7]
2005	58.0 [54.9-61.2]	28.5 [25.6-31.3]
2006	65.3 [62.5-68.0]	32.5 [29.5-35.5]
2007	63.9 [61.0-66.8]	32.9 [29.9-35.9]
2008	65.6 [62.5-68.6]	37.1 [33.7-40.5]
2009	61.5 [58.7-64.4]	29.2 [25.9-32.5]
2010	60.2 [56.9-63.6]	27.3 [24.0-30.5]
2011	65.8 [62.7-68.9]	30.9 [27.6-34.2]
2012	63.2 [33.3-40.3]	28.7 [24.8-32.6]
2013	64.4 [60.3-68.5]	31.2 [27.4-35.0]
2015	65.8 [61.4-70.1]	31.1 [27.1-35.2]
2017	57.9 [52.6-63.1]	26.9 [22.2-31.6]

* 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.