Demographic characteristics of current smoker by their intention to quit status
| Respondent characteristics | Intention to quit (total n=1279) | |||
| Planning to quit in next 1 month† (n=190) % (95% CI) | Planning to quit in next >1 month someday, but not to a year ‡ (n=458) % (95% CI) | Plan to quit someday, but not within next year (n=444) % (95% CI) | Never plan to quit (n=187) % (95% CI) | |
| Total | 16.1 (13.1 to 19.2) | 35.2 (31.5 to 39.0) | 33.5 (29.8 to 37.3) | 15.1 (12.1 to 18.1) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 15.6 (11.6 to 19.6) | 34.2 (28.8 to 39.6) | 33.4 (28.0 to 38.8) | 16.8 (12.2 to 21.5) |
| Female | 16.6 (12.2 to 21.0) | 36.2 (30.9 to 41.4) | 33.7 (28.5 to 38.9) | 13.5 (9.7 to 17.4) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 18–34 | 15.9 (10.7 to 21.1) | 37.0 (29.9 to 44.1) | 34.5 (27.5 to 41.5) | 12.6 (7.6 to 17.7) |
| 35–54 | 18.2 (12.6 to 23.7) | 35.7 (29.7 to 41.7) | 34.0 (27.9 to 40.1) | 12.1 (7.4 to 16.9) |
| >55 | 13.7 (9.4 to 18.0) | 32.5 (26.1 to 38.9) | 31.7 (25.5 to 37.9) | 22.1 (16.3 to 27.9) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 15.7 (12.1 to 19.3) | 36.0 (31.6 to 40.3) | 34.1 (29.8 to 38.4) | 14.3 (11.3 to 17.3) |
| Other | 16.9 (11.6 to 22.2) | 34.1 (27.3 to 41.0) | 32.7 (25.8 to 39.5) | 16.3 (10.3 to 22.4) |
| Education ∗ | ||||
| High school or less | 14.7 (10.4 to 18.9) | 32.3 (27.0 to 37.6) | 36.6 (31.2 to 42.1) | 16.4 (12.0 to 20.8) |
| Some college | 15.0 (10.0 to 20.0) | 40.5 (33.8 to 47.2) | 32.8 (26.3 to 39.2) | 11.7 (7.3 to 16.1) |
| College degree+ | 23.8 (16.2 to 31.3) | 36.2 (27.9 to 44.5) | 23.4 (16.8 to 30.0) | 16.7 (9.4 to 24.0) |
| Household income ∗ | ||||
| <$30 000 | 17.7 (12.0 to 23.3) | 28.3 (22.5 to 34.1) | 35.0 (28.5 to 41.5) | 19.1 (13.1 to 25.0) |
| $30 000–$60 000 | 10.7 (6.6 to 14.9) | 36.6 (29.3 to 43.9) | 37.8 (30.4 to 45.1) | 14.9 (9.5 to 20.4) |
| $>60 000 | 18.6 (13.6 to 23.7) | 41.4 (35.1 to 47.7) | 28.9 (23.1 to 34.6) | 11.1 (7.4 to 14.8) |
| US region | ||||
| Northeast | 16.6 (9.9 to 23.2) | 38.5 (29.5 to 47.5) | 34.5 (25.5 to 43.6) | 10.4 (5.3 to 15.4) |
| Midwest | 17.2 (11.8 to 22.6) | 33.8 (27.2 to 40.4) | 34.8 (28.1 to 41.4) | 14.3 (9.0 to 19.5) |
| South | 13.8 (8.7 to 18.9) | 35.5 (28.7 to 42.2) | 35.0 (28.1 to 41.9) | 15.7 (10.3 to 21.2) |
| West | 18.5 (11.5 to 25.4) | 34.3 (26.3 to 42.4) | 29.3 (22.1 to 36.6) | 17.9 (11.0 to 24.7) |
| Perceived health status | ||||
| Excellent/very good | 18.8 (13.6 to 24.0) | 33.6 (27.4 to 39.9) | 34.4 (28.4 to 40.4) | 13.1 (8.6 to 17.7) |
| Good | 14.0 (9.5 to 18.4) | 35.2 (29.5 to 41.0) | 36.0 (30.0 to 42.1) | 14.8 (10.3 to 19.3) |
| Fair/poor | 15.3 (8.9 to 21.8) | 38.4 (29.9 to 46.8) | 29.3 (21.5 to 37.1) | 17.0 (10.1 to 23.9) |
| Presence of children under 18 years in the household | ||||
| Yes | 17.2 (11.9 to 22.4) | 35.9 (29.4 to 42.3) | 33.6 (27.0 to 40.2) | 13.4 (8.2 to 18.6) |
| No | 15.6 (11.9 to 19.3) | 34.9 (30.3 to 39.6) | 33.5 (28.9 to 38.0) | 15.9 (12.3 to 19.6) |
*P<0.05.
†Combined ‘intend to quit in the next 7 days’ and ‘intend to quit in the next month’.
‡Combined ‘intend to quit in the next 6 months’ and ‘intend to quit in the next year’.