Quitting behaviour and attitudes towards quitting
| n | Weighted % | 95% CI | |
| Quit intention | |||
| Within the next month | 377 | 8.0% | 7.0% to 9.0% |
| Within the next 6 months | 297 | 6.7% | 5.3% to 8.5% |
| Sometime in the future beyond 6 months | 437 | 9.7% | 7.9% to 12.0% |
| Not planning to quit/don't know | 3602 | 75.6% | 71.9% to 79.5% |
| Ever tried to quit smoking? | |||
| Yes | 2512 | 52.7% | 50.7% to 54.7% |
| No | 2219 | 47.3% | 45.2% to 49.3% |
| Number of previous quit attempts | |||
| NA/Don’t know/can't say | 45 | 1.8% | 1.2% to 3.0% |
| 1 | 810 | 32.3% | 30.2% to 34.5% |
| 2–5 | 1368 | 53.2% | 50.2% to 56.1% |
| 6–10 | 151 | 6.8% | 5.0% to 9.1% |
| >10 | 149 | 5.9% | 4.8% to 7.1% |
| How sure are you that you would succeed at quitting? | |||
| Don't know/can't say | 334 | 6.5% | 5.4% to 7.9% |
| Not at all sure | 2004 | 42.9% | 40.3% to 45.5% |
| Somewhat sure | 1158 | 24.1% | 22.4% to 25.9% |
| Very sure | 622 | 13.9% | 12.1% to 15.9% |
| Extremely sure | 612 | 12.6% | 11.2% to 14.1% |
| How much do you think you would benefit from health and other gains if you were to quit smoking permanently in the next 6 months? | |||
| Not at all | 944 | 19.4% | 17.6% to 21.4% |
| A little | 1532 | 32.0% | 29.1% to 35.1% |
| Very much | 1613 | 35.1% | 31.8% to 38.6% |
| Don't know/can't say | 639 | 13.4% | 11.7% to 15.4% |
| The government should do more to control smoking | |||
| Strongly agree/agree | 3539 | 75.2% | 69.9% to 80.9% |
| Strongly disagree/disagree/neutral/don't know | 1193 | 24.8% | 21.0% to 29.5% |