Table 3. Comparison of characteristics across smoking groups based on the 2011 National Health and Wellness Survey (NHWS).

	Smoking group
	Current Smokers	Attempting Quitters	Former Smokers
	(A)	(B)	(C)
Unweighted sample sizes	5,923	2,215	15,142
Adults age 18+ years	30,676,446	11,507,751	66,493,664
	Column percentage
	[95% confidence interval]
Gender
Men	54.5BC	51.3	51.0
	[53.1–55.9]	[48.9–53.7]	[50.1–52.0]
Women	45.5BC	48.7	49.0
	[44.1–46.9]	[46.3–51.1]	[48.0–49.9]
Age group
Age 18–44 years	47.8BC	51.1	34.8
	[46.4–49.3]	[48.7–53.5]	[33.9–35.7]
Age 45–64 years	43.2BC	39.1	35.6
	[41.8–44.6]	[36.9–41.4]	[34.7–36.5]
Age 65+ years	9.0C	9.8	29.6
	[8.2–9.8]	[8.5–11.3]	[28.8–30.6]
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	13.0B	15.3	12.4
	[11.8–14.2]	[13.2–17.6]	[11.6–13.3]
Non-Hispanic White/Caucasian	70.4BC	64.1	73.4
	[69.0–71.9]	[61.7–66.5]	[72.4–74.4]
Non-Hispanic African American	11.4BC	13.9	8.5
	[10.4–12.4]	[12.2–15.7]	[7.9–9.1]
Non-Hispanic Asian	2.3	3.2	2.5
	[2.0–2.7]	[2.6–3.9]	[2.2–2.8]
Non-Hispanic Others	2.9	3.6	3.2
	[2.5–3.4]	[2.9–4.4]	[2.9–3.5]
Marital status
Married	40.1C	41.2	54.1
	[38.7–41.5]	[38.9–43.6]	[53.1–55.0]
Not married	59.9C	58.8	45.9
	[58.5–61.3]	[56.5–61.1]	[45.0–46.9]
Employment status
Employed	55.7C	55.4	47.9
	[54.3–57.1]	[53.1–57.8]	[46.9–48.8]
Not employed	44.3C	44.6	52.1
	[42.9–45.7]	[42.2–46.9]	[51.2–53.1]
Education
High School or less	35.5BC	29.8	25.0
	[34.1–36.9]	[27.6–32.1]	[24.2–25.9]
Some college, or Associate's degree	51.8B	54.7	51.2
	[50.4–53.2]	[52.3–57.0]	[50.2–52.1]
College degree or higher	12.7BC	15.5	23.8
	[12.0–13.5]	[14.3–16.7]	[23.1–24.5]
Total annual household income
$0 to $24,999	29.2BC	26.6	18.8
	[27.9–30.5]	[24.4–28.8]	[18.1–19.7]
$25,000 to $49,999	32.9C	31.0	29.3
	[31.6–34.2]	[28.8–33.2]	[28.5–30.2]
$50,000 to $74,999	16.5BC	18.6	20.4
	[15.5–17.5]	[16.9–20.5]	[19.6–21.1]
≥$75,000	15.3C	16.8	22.2
	[14.3–16.3]	[15.2–18.6]	[21.5–23.0]
Decline to answer	6.2C	7.1	9.2
	[5.5–6.9]	[6.0–8.3]	[8.7–9.8]
Have health insurance	67.6BC	74.5	84.9
	[66.2–69.0]	[72.3–76.6]	[84.2–85.6]
Body mass index (BMI)
Underweight (<19)	4.0C	3.4	1.7
	[3.5–4.6]	[2.7–4.3]	[1.5–2.0]
Normal (≥19 & <25)	33.5C	32.0	26.1
	[32.2–34.9]	[29.8–34.3]	[25.2–26.9]
Overweight (≥25 & <30)	31.5C	31.6	33.2
	[30.2–32.9]	[29.5–33.8]	[32.3–34.1]
Obese (≥30)	30.9C	33.0	39.0
	[29.6–32.3]	[30.8–35.3]	[38.1–40.0]
Mean days exercised in the past month	5.6BC (SD = 8.25)	7.3 (SD = 8.71)	7.6 (SD = 8.91)
Weight control
Taken steps to lose weight	34.7 BC	53.6	55.4
	[33.3–36.0]	[51.1–55.9]	[54.5–56.4]
Flu vaccine in the past year	26.9BC	34.8	44.3
	[25.7–28.2]	[32.6–37.0]	[43.4–45.3]
Drink alcohol	72.5C	74.1	68.7
	[71.2–73.7]	[72.0–76.1]	[67.8–69.6]
Comorbidities
Respiratory/cardiovascular†	32.3BC	37.4	43.5
	[31.0–33.7]	[35.1–39.7]	[42.5–44.4]
Mental health‡	43.5BC	49.2	33.3
	[42.0–44.9]	[46.8–51.6]	[32.5–34.3]
Diabetes	10.1C	9.3	14.6
	[9.3–11.0]	[8.0–10.7]	[13.9–15.3]
Headache/migraine‡‡	17.5BC	21.4	15.3
	[16.5–18.6]	[19.5–23.4]	[14.6–16.0]
Family history of COPD	5.9BC	7.9	4.3
	[5.3–6.6]	[6.8–9.2]	[4.0–4.7]
Living with children under 18 years of age	35.0C	36.9	26.1
	[33.6–36.4]	[34.5–39.2]	[25.2–26.9]

Note. Superscripts represent columns whose percentage is significantly different from the column (A) at p<.05. The reference group for statistical tests was column A, Current Smokers. Superscripts for significant differences across columns B–C only are not shown. SD  =  standard deviation.

^†Respiratory/cardiovascular conditions include diagnoses of any of the following: COPD, asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, hypertension, and heart attack.

^‡Mental health conditions include any of the following: diagnoses of bipolar disorder, depression, GAD, anxiety, and OCD; and experiences of insomnia and alcoholism.

^‡‡Headache/migraine conditions include diagnoses of any of the following: headache and migraine.