Table 5.

The percentage of daily smokers who during the past 12 months stopped using tobacco for 24 h or longer because were trying to quit

Age	2007	2009	2007	2009	2007	2009
	Total		Male		Female
All	26.6	30.3	26.6	29.1	26.2	34.6*
18–19 years	41.8	28.8*	45.9	21.3*	0.0	72.4*
20–24 years	26.3	32.7	28.5	33.3	16.7	30.4*
25–34 years	22.5	33.3*	23.1	31.6*	18.8	40.3*
35–44 years	24.6	28.8	24.2	26.8	26.9	38.7*
45–54 years	28.2	28.0	28.6	27.1	25.4	31.6
55–64 years	23.1	28.9	21.6	29.2*	28.8	28.1
Over 65 years	35.4	30.5	35.4	30.1	35.5	31.3

Sample size was 4000. All estimates are weighted.

^*Difference in 2009 from the year 2007 is statistically significant at the 95% confidence level.