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.

Legend:
green line green - headed in the right direction
red line red - headed in the wrong direction
black line black - stable or non-significant change (NSC)
purple purple - indeterminate
blue blue - Healthy People 2030 target
Measure Name Quitting Smoking Clinicians' Advice to Quit Smoking Evidence-based Cessation Aids
Year Range 1998-2020 1992-2019 2003-2019
Measure

Attempt to quit: The percentage of adults (aged 18 years and older) who attempted smoking cessation within the past 12 months. The numerator of this measure includes both people who currently 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 people who quit smoking less than or equal to 1 year ago. The denominator of this measure includes all adults who smoked 12 months prior to the survey.

The percentage of adults who smoke (aged 18 years and older) and have seen a physician in the past 12 months who report that the physician advised them to quit smoking.

The three measures presented here (“Any Cessation Aid,” “Any Cessation Medication,” and “Any Cessation Counseling”) use a common denominator consisting of people who smoke at the time of interview and report a quit attempt during the past 12 months as well as people who formerly smoked but quit smoking within the past 12 months. The numerators for each measure consist of individuals reporting the following behaviors:
Recent Summary Trend Rising Rising Stable
Recent Summary Trend Year Range 2016-2020 2014-2019 2010-2019
Desired Direction Rising Rising Rising
Summary Graph Summary graph for Quitting Smoking, Click to see detailed view of graph Summary graph for Clinicians' Advice to Quit Smoking, Click to see detailed view of graph Summary graph for Evidence-based Cessation Aids, Click to see detailed view of graph
Trends and Most Recent Estimates In 2020, 53.9% of adults who smoke attempted to quit smoking within the past year. In 2018 to 2019, 69.5% of adults who smoked and 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 adults aged 18 years and older who smoke and 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 August 2023 August 2023 August 2023
Measure Name: Evidence-based Cessation Aids
Measure Name Evidence-based Cessation Aids
Year Range 2003-2019
Measure

The three measures presented here (“Any Cessation Aid,” “Any Cessation Medication,” and “Any Cessation Counseling”) use a common denominator consisting of people who smoke at the time of interview and report a quit attempt during the past 12 months as well as people who formerly smoked but quit smoking within the past 12 months. The numerators for each measure consist of individuals reporting the following behaviors:
Recent Summary Trend Stable
Recent Summary Trend Year Range 2010-2019
Desired Direction Rising
Summary Graph Summary graph for Evidence-based Cessation Aids, Click to see detailed view of graph
Trends and Most Recent Estimates In 2018 to 2019, 33.7% of adults aged 18 years and older who smoke and 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: Quitting Smoking
Measure Name Quitting Smoking
Year Range 1998-2020
Measure

Attempt to quit: The percentage of adults (aged 18 years and older) who attempted smoking cessation within the past 12 months. The numerator of this measure includes both people who currently 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 people who quit smoking less than or equal to 1 year ago. The denominator of this measure includes all adults who smoked 12 months prior to the survey.
Recent Summary Trend Rising
Recent Summary Trend Year Range 2016-2020
Desired Direction Rising
Summary Graph Summary graph for Quitting Smoking, Click to see detailed view of graph
Trends and Most Recent Estimates In 2020, 53.9% of adults who smoke 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
Measure Name: Clinicians' Advice to Quit Smoking
Measure Name Clinicians' Advice to Quit Smoking
Year Range 1992-2019
Measure

The percentage of adults who smoke (aged 18 years and older) and have seen a physician in the past 12 months who 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 Summary graph for Clinicians' Advice to Quit Smoking, Click to see detailed view of graph
Trends and Most Recent Estimates In 2018 to 2019, 69.5% of adults who smoked and 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