Quit intentions by sex

See data table below with 95% confidence intervals. In 2017, similar proportions of males and females were seriously considering quitting in the next 6 months⁶⁶ and in the next 30 days⁶⁷ (Figure 6.9).

Since 1999, the percentages of male and female smokers considering quitting have been similar in most years, although with some variation from year to year (Figure 6.10).

See data table below with 95% confidence intervals.

Figure 6.9 and 6.10 data tables with 95% confidence intervals

Figure 6.9 Percentage of smokers who were seriously considering quitting in the next 6 months, and in the next 30 days, by sex, 2017
	Male	Female
In the next 6 months	55.2 [47.9-62.5]	61.0 [53.3-68.6]
In the next 30 days	25.3 [18.9-31.7]	28.8 [21.8-35.7]

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

Figure 6.10 Percentage of smokers who were seriously considering quitting in the next 6 months, and in the next 30 days, by sex, 1999*-2017
	Next 6 months			Next 30 days
	Overall	Male	Female	Overall	Male	Female
1999	55.2	51.9	58.9	27.9	26.8	29.2
2000	55.5	54.9	56.0	29.4	31.5	27.0
2001	57.7 [54.8-60.7]	57.6 [54.0-61.2]	57.9 [53.0-62.7]	28.7 [26.0-31.4]	29.4 [25.9-32.9]	27.9 [23.6-32.3]
2002	60.3 [57.8-62.8]	62.4 [58.9-65.9]	57.9 [54.5-61.4]	28.3 [26.0-30.5]	31.7 [28.5-34.9]	24.4 [21.0-27.8]
2003	57.0 [54.2-59.8]	56.9 [52.7-61.2]	57.0 [52.8-61.3]	27.3 [24.6-29.9]	26.2 [22.5-30.0]	28.5 [24.6-32.5]
2004	57.8 [54.6-60.9]	58.3 [53.7-62.8]	57.2 [53.0-61.3]	26.9 [24.2-29.7]	28.5 [24.3-32.7]	25.0 [21.6-28.4]
2005	58.0 [54.9-61.2]	58.9 [54.5-63.4]	56.8 [52.1-61.5]	28.5 [25.6-31.3]	28.9 [24.6-33.1]	28.0 [23.8-32.1]
2006	65.3 [62.5-68.0]	66.2 [62.4-70.0]	64.2 [60.2-68.2]	32.5 [29.5-35.5]	33.9 [29.9-37.9]	30.8 [26.4-35.2]
2007	63.9 [61.0-66.8]	64.6 [60.3-68.8]	63.1 [59.2-67.1]	32.9 [29.9-35.9]	34.1 [30.0-38.2]	31.7 [27.5-35.8]
2008	65.6 [62.5-68.6]	64.3 [60.0-68.6]	67.2 [63.2-71.1]	37.1 [33.7-40.5]	38.3 [33.5-43.0]	35.7 [31.1-40.4]
2009	61.5 [58.7-64.4]	63.3 [59.1-67.4]	59.5 [55.2-63.7]	29.2 [25.9-32.5]	32.3 [27.6-37.0]	25.6 [21.1-30.0]
2010	60.2 [56.9-63.6]	59.4 [54.8-63.9]	61.5 [56.9-66.1]	27.3 [24.0-30.5]	27.9 [23.6-32.2]	26.4 [21.9-30.9]
2011	65.8 [62.7-68.9]	66.2 [61.6-70.8]	65.2 [61.0-69.5]	30.9 [27.6-34.2]	32.9 [28.1-37.7]	28.3 [24.0-32.5]
2012	63.2 [33.3-40.3]	65.2 [60.6-70.0]	60.6 [54.9-66.2]	28.7 [24.8-32.6]	32.5 [26.7-38.3]	23.8 [19.4-28.3]
2013	64.4 [60.3-68.5]	69.7 [64.7-74.7]	58.1 [51.5-64.6]	31.2 [27.4-35.0]	36 [30.3-41.7]	25.5 [20.4-30.5]
2015	65.8 [61.4-70.1]	67.2 [61.4-72.9]	63.7 [57.6-69.8]	31.1 [27.1-35.2]	32.5 [27.0-38.0]	29.2 [23.2-35.2]
2017	57.9 [52.6-63.1]	55.2 [47.9-62.5]	61.0 [53.3-68.6]	26.9 [22.2-31.6]	25.3 [18.9-31.7]	28.8 [21.8-35.7]

* 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.