Quit intentions

Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey, 2015. See data table with 95% confidence intervals below. In 2015, nearly two-thirds (65.8%) of smokers were seriously considering quitting in the next 6 months (Figure 6.7). Of those, about half (48.2%^a) were considering quitting within the next 30 days, which was equivalent to 31.1% of all current smokers.

Between 2013 and 2015, there was no significant change in the percentage of smokers seriously considering quitting, either in the next 6 months⁵¹ or in the next 30 days.⁵²

Between 1999 and 2015, the percentage of smokers seriously considering quitting in the next 6 months appears to have increased slightly. Although the pattern of variation over time was similar for the percentage seriously considering quitting in the next 30 days, there was little net change (Figure 6.8).

Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, 1999-2012; Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey, 2013, 2015. See data table with 95% confidence intervals below.

Figure 6.7 and 6.8 data tables with 95% confidence intervals

Percentage of smokers who were seriously considering quitting in the next six months, and in the next 30 days, 2015
	% of all smokers
In the next six months	65.8 [61.4-70.1]
In the next thirty days	31.1 [27.1-35.2]

Data source: Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey, 2015

Percentage of smokers who were seriously considering quitting in the next six months, and in the next 30 days, 1999*-2015
	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]

* 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.