Quit attempts among students in Grades 7-9
![Bar chart showing number of quit attempts ever made by current smokers, grades 7 to 9, from 2018 to 2019. Trends described in text. Data table below with 95% confidence intervals.](/tobacco-use-canada/sites/default/files/uploads/images/10_1_2022_figure_0.jpg)
Among current smokers in grades 7-9, the majority (61.3%) had ever tried to quit smoking.
Most smokers who had ever tried to quit had made one to three attempts, with 13% having made four or more attempts (Figure 10.1).
Between 2016-17 and 2018-19, there was a significant decrease in the percentage of smokers in grades 7-9 who had ever tried to quit smoking.56
The percentage of current smokers who had ever attempted to quit has remained fairly stable over time at around two-thirds, although there was slight variation from wave to wave (Figure 10.2).
![Line graph showing percentage of current smokers who have ever made a quit attempt, grades 7 to 9, from 1994 to 2018-19. Trends described in text. Data table below with 95% confidence intervals.](/tobacco-use-canada/sites/default/files/uploads/images/10_2_2022_figure_0.jpg)