Smoking Cessation - Prevention Summary Table
Only one measure per topic is displayed in the summary table. A complete set of measures, where they exist, can be found by following the More Information link in the table below.
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green - headed in the right direction |
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red - headed in the wrong direction |
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black - stable or non-significant change (NSC) |
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purple - indeterminate |
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blue - Healthy People 2030 target |
Measure Name | Quitting Smoking | Clinicians' Advice to Quit Smoking | Evidence-based Cessation Aids |
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Year Range | 1998-2020 | 1992-2019 | 2003-2019 |
Measure |
Attempt to quit: The percentage of adult smokers aged 18 years and older who attempted smoking cessation within the past 12 months. The attempt-to-quit measure includes both current smokers who smoke every day or some days and who, at the time of the survey, had quit smoking for at least 1 day during the past 12 months, as well as recent former smokers, who quit smoking less than or equal to 1 year ago. |
The percentage of adult smokers (aged 18 years and older) who have seen a physician in the past 12 months and report that the physician advised them to quit smoking. |
Denominator: The three measures presented here (“Any Cessation Aid,” “Any Cessation Medication,” and “Any Cessation Counseling”) use a common denominator for any given data time point consisting of current smokers at time of interview who report a quit attempt during the past 12 months and recent former smokers who quit smoking within the past 12 months. |
Recent Summary Trend | Rising | Rising | Stable |
Recent Summary Trend Year Range | 2016-2020 | 2014-2019 | 2010-2019 |
Desired Direction | Rising | Rising | Rising |
Summary Graph |
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Trends and Most Recent Estimates | In 2020, 53.9% of adult smokers attempted to quit smoking within the past year. | In 2018 to 2019, 69.5% of adult smokers who had seen a physician during the past 12 months reported being advised by that doctor to quit smoking. | In 2018 to 2019, 33.7% of smokers aged 18 years and older who attempted to quit in the past year used a smoking cessation aid in the quit attempt. |
Healthy People 2030 Target | Increase to 65.7% the proportion of adult everyday smokers ages 18 and older, who stopped smoking for a day or longer because they were trying to quit. | Data presented in this report cannot be directly compared to the HP2030 target. | No Healthy People Target for this measure. |
More Information | Quitting Smoking | Clinicians' Advice to Quit Smoking | Evidence-based Cessation Aids |
Last Updated | April 2022 | April 2022 | April 2022 |
Measure Name | Evidence-based Cessation Aids |
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Year Range | 2003-2019 |
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Denominator: The three measures presented here (“Any Cessation Aid,” “Any Cessation Medication,” and “Any Cessation Counseling”) use a common denominator for any given data time point consisting of current smokers at time of interview who report a quit attempt during the past 12 months and recent former smokers who quit smoking within the past 12 months. |
Recent Summary Trend | Stable |
Recent Summary Trend Year Range | 2010-2019 |
Desired Direction | Rising |
Summary Graph |
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Trends and Most Recent Estimates | In 2018 to 2019, 33.7% of smokers aged 18 years and older who attempted to quit in the past year used a smoking cessation aid in the quit attempt. |
Healthy People 2020 Target | No Healthy People Target for this measure. |
More Information | Evidence-based Cessation Aids |
Measure Name | Clinicians' Advice to Quit Smoking |
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Year Range | 1992-2019 |
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The percentage of adult smokers (aged 18 years and older) who have seen a physician in the past 12 months and report that the physician advised them to quit smoking. |
Recent Summary Trend | Rising |
Recent Summary Trend Year Range | 2014-2019 |
Desired Direction | Rising |
Summary Graph |
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Trends and Most Recent Estimates | In 2018 to 2019, 69.5% of adult smokers who had seen a physician during the past 12 months reported being advised by that doctor to quit smoking. |
Healthy People 2020 Target | Data presented in this report cannot be directly compared to the HP2030 target. |
More Information | Clinicians' Advice to Quit Smoking |
Measure Name | Quitting Smoking |
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Year Range | 1998-2020 |
Measure |
Attempt to quit: The percentage of adult smokers aged 18 years and older who attempted smoking cessation within the past 12 months. The attempt-to-quit measure includes both current smokers who smoke every day or some days and who, at the time of the survey, had quit smoking for at least 1 day during the past 12 months, as well as recent former smokers, who quit smoking less than or equal to 1 year ago. |
Recent Summary Trend | Rising |
Recent Summary Trend Year Range | 2016-2020 |
Desired Direction | Rising |
Summary Graph |
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Trends and Most Recent Estimates | In 2020, 53.9% of adult smokers attempted to quit smoking within the past year. |
Healthy People 2020 Target | Increase to 65.7% the proportion of adult everyday smokers ages 18 and older, who stopped smoking for a day or longer because they were trying to quit. |
More Information | Quitting Smoking |