TABLE 2—
Adult Current Cigarette Smokers Who Visited a Dentist or Physician In the Past Year and Received a Smoking Cessation Intervention: Current Population Survey Tobacco Use Supplement, United States, 2010–2011
| Dentist Visit |
Physician Visit |
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| Variable | Advised to Quit Smoking (n = 10 675), % (95% CI) | Offered Any Additional Assistance (n = 3331),a % (95% CI) | Referred to a Telephone Quit Line (n = 3318), % (95% CI) | Referred to a Smoking Cessation Class, Program, or Counseling (n = 3322), % (95% CI) | Helped to set a definite quit date (n = 3322), % (95% CI) | Advised to Use Medication (n = 3331),b % (95% CI) | Advised to Quit Smoking (n = 17 409), % (95% CI) | Offered Any Additional Assistance n = 11 445,a % (95% CI) | Referred to a Telephone Quit Line (n = 11 382), % (95% CI) | Referred to a Smoking Cessation Class, Program, or Counseling (n = 11 389), % (95% CI) | Helped to set a definite quit date (n = 11 379), % (95% CI) | Advised to Use Medication (n = 11 420),b % (95% CI) |
| Total | 31.2 (30.2, 32.3) | 24.5 (22.7, 26.2) | 13.8 (12.4, 15.2) | 10.0 (8.8, 11.2) | 9.8 (8.6, 11.0) | 12.4 (11.0, 13.7) | 64.8 (63.9, 65.6) | 52.7 (51.7, 53.8) | 19.3 (18.4, 20.1) | 17.1 (16.3, 17.9) | 18.4 (17.5, 19.2) | 39.4 (38.3, 40.5) |
| Type of tobacco used | ||||||||||||
| Cigarettes only | 31.3 (30.2, 32.3) | 24.5 (22.7, 26.3) | 13.7 (12.3, 15.2) | 10.0 (8.8, 11.3) | 9.6 (8.4, 10.8) | 12.5 (11.1, 13.8) | 65.1 (64.2, 66.0) | 52.8 (51.6, 53.9) | 19.0 (18.1, 19.8) | 17.0 (16.2, 17.9) | 18.3 (17.4, 19.1) | 39.4 (38.3, 40.5) |
| Cigarettes and other productsc | 30.8 (25.4, 36.2) | 24.1 (15.4, 32.9) | 11.7 (5.2, 18.2) | 8.7 (2.6, 14.9) | 13.8 (6.4, 21.2) | 10.1 (3.4, 16.8) | 55.4 (50.6, 60.1) | 54.0 (47.7, 60.4) | 23.3 (17.8, 28.8) | 16.7 (12.1, 21.2) | 22.0 (16.8, 27.1) | 38.7 (32.6, 44.9) |
| Cigarettes/d | ||||||||||||
| 1–10 | 30.2 (28.8, 31.6) | 24.3 (21.9, 26.7) | 14.5 (12.6, 16.5) | 9.9 (8.3, 11.6) | 10.1 (8.4, 11.8) | 12.0 (10.2, 13.9) | 60.5 (59.2, 61.7) | 49.6 (48.0, 51.1) | 19.1 (17.9, 20.3) | 16.4 (15.2, 17.5) | 16.8 (15.7, 18.0) | 34.6 (33.1, 36.1) |
| 11–20 | 33.0 (31.3, 34.8) | 24.9 (22.1, 27.7) | 12.7 (10.5, 14.8) | 9.6 (7.7, 11.4) | 9.7 (7.8, 11.6) | 12.6 (10.5, 14.7) | 69.3 (68.0, 70.6) | 55.5 (53.8, 57.2) | 19.0 (17.7, 20.4) | 17.0 (15.7, 18.2) | 20.3 (18.9, 21.7) | 43.2 (41.5, 44.9) |
| 21–30 | 32.2 (27.3, 37.1) | 26.5 (18.3, 34.7) | 14.5 (8.0, 20.9) | 15.3 (8.5, 22.1) | 8.4 (3.3, 13.6) | 15.1 (8.4, 21.9) | 75.1 (71.8, 78.4) | 59.7 (55.4, 64.0) | 19.3 (15.9, 22.7) | 21.9 (18.2, 25.5) | 19.6 (16.3, 23.0) | 47.5 (43.1, 51.8) |
| ≥ 31 | 38.0 (30.6, 45.3) | 22.2 (11.6, 32.8) | 9.7 (2.1, 17.3) | 9.5 (2.3, 16.6) | . . . | 11.4 (3.0, 19.9) | 76.0 (71.9, 80.1) | 57.7 (52.1, 63.2) | 21.5 (16.9, 26.2) | 19.9 (15.3, 24.5) | 17.8 (13.5, 22.0) | 48.8 (43.1, 54.5) |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 33.4 (31.8, 35.0) | 25.5 (23.0, 28.1) | 14.0 (11.9, 16.0) | 10.7 (9.0, 12.5) | 10.5 (8.8, 12.3) | 13.5 (11.5, 15.4) | 63.4 (62.1, 64.7) | 52.4 (50.7, 54.1) | 19.6 (18.3, 20.9) | 17.9 (16.6, 19.1) | 17.5 (16.2, 18.7) | 39.7 (38.1, 41.3) |
| Female | 29.2 (27.8, 30.6) | 23.3 (20.9, 25.7) | 13.3 (11.4, 15.1) | 9.1 (7.5, 10.7) | 8.9 (7.3, 10.5) | 11.1 (9.3, 12.9) | 66.0 (64.9, 67.1) | 53.1 (51.6, 54.5) | 18.8 (17.7, 19.9) | 16.3 (15.3, 17.4) | 19.2 (18.1, 20.3) | 39.0 (37.6, 40.4) |
| Age, y | ||||||||||||
| ≤ 24 | 31.7 (28.1, 35.4) | 22.0 (16.5, 27.5) | 11.7 (7.6, 15.8) | 7.7 (4.3, 11.1) | 8.8 (5.0, 12.6) | 11.7 (7.5, 16.0) | 51.6 (48.3, 54.9) | 45.9 (41.4, 50.4) | 18.5 (15.0, 21.9) | 11.5 (8.6, 14.3) | 17.6 (14.2, 20.9) | 28.4 (24.3, 32.5) |
| 25–44 | 34.2 (32.5, 35.9) | 23.6 (21.1, 26.2) | 13.6 (11.5, 15.7) | 8.0 (6.4, 9.6) | 9.2 (7.5, 10.9) | 11.0 (9.1, 12.9) | 61.4 (60.0, 62.9) | 50.5 (48.6, 52.4) | 20.2 (18.8, 21.7) | 15.4 (14.1, 16.7) | 18.5 (17.1, 20.0) | 37.3 (35.5, 39.1) |
| 45–64 | 29.7 (28.1, 31.3) | 26.0 (23.2, 28.8) | 14.1 (11.9, 16.3) | 12.2 (10.1, 14.2) | 10.5 (8.6, 12.5) | 13.5 (11.4, 15.7) | 70.4 (69.2, 71.5) | 57.3 (55.8, 58.9) | 19.6 (18.3, 20.8) | 19.6 (18.4, 20.9) | 19.4 (18.2, 20.6) | 44.1 (42.6, 45.7) |
| ≥ 65 | 22.2 (19.0, 25.3) | 26.4 (19.3, 33.5) | 15.8 (9.8, 21.7) | 16.6 (10.5, 22.7) | 11.3 (6.0, 16.6) | 16.7 (10.7, 22.8) | 69.2 (66.9, 71.5) | 47.2 (44.3, 50.2) | 14.8 (12.7, 16.9) | 16.6 (14.4, 18.9) | 14.5 (12.4, 16.6) | 35.6 (32.7, 38.4) |
| US Census region | ||||||||||||
| Northeast | 33.8 (31.3, 36.3) | 24.2 (20.4, 28.1) | 14.5 (11.4, 17.7) | 9.8 (7.1, 12.4) | 9.1 (6.5, 11.6) | 13.4 (10.4, 16.4) | 69.9 (67.9, 71.9) | 58.2 (55.7, 60.8) | 21.0 (18.9, 23.2) | 17.0 (15.1, 18.9) | 20.5 (18.4, 22.5) | 45.5 (42.9, 48.1) |
| Midwest | 31.3 (29.4, 33.3) | 22.1 (19.1, 25.2) | 11.1 (8.8, 13.4) | 8.3 (6.4, 10.3) | 10.4 (8.1, 12.6) | 10.6 (8.4, 12.8) | 65.7 (64.1, 67.3) | 52.4 (50.3, 54.4) | 17.5 (16.0, 19.0) | 15.5 (14.1, 16.9) | 18.5 (16.9, 20.0) | 39.4 (37.4, 41.3) |
| South | 29.9 (28.0, 31.7) | 24.9 (21.7, 28.1) | 13.7 (11.1, 16.2) | 10.8 (8.5, 13.0) | 9.1 (7.1, 11.2) | 13.0 (10.5, 15.5) | 62.6 (61.1, 64.0) | 50.0 (48.1, 51.8) | 15.8 (14.4, 17.1) | 15.1 (13.8, 16.4) | 17.2 (15.8, 18.6) | 38.4 (36.6, 40.1) |
| West | 31.0 (28.6, 33.3) | 27.4 (23.3, 31.5) | 16.2 (12.9, 19.6) | 11.1 (8.2, 13.9) | 10.7 (7.7, 13.8) | 12.5 (9.4, 15.6) | 63.1 (61.0, 65.1) | 53.3 (50.7, 56.0) | 27.1 (24.8, 29.4) | 23.7 (21.5, 25.9) | 18.5 (16.6, 20.5) | 34.5 (32.0, 36.9) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| White | 30.5 (29.3, 31.7) | 23.5 (21.5, 25.4) | 12.5 (11.0, 14.0) | 9.2 (7.9, 10.5) | 9.2 (7.8, 10.5) | 11.9 (10.4, 13.4) | 65.6 (64.6, 66.5) | 54.0 (52.7, 55.2) | 18.9 (17.9, 19.8) | 16.7 (15.8, 17.5) | 19.5 (18.6, 20.5) | 40.9 (39.7, 42.1) |
| Black | 35.0 (31.1, 38.8) | 28.1 (22.0, 34.3) | 16.7 (11.4, 22.0) | 13.6 (9.0, 18.2) | 12.0 (7.7, 16.3) | 13.3 (8.6, 17.9) | 64.3 (61.5, 67.0) | 49.2 (45.7, 52.7) | 19.4 (16.8, 22.1) | 18.9 (16.2, 21.5) | 14.1 (11.7, 16.5) | 35.4 (32.2, 38.7) |
| Hispanic | 30.5 (26.4, 34.5) | 25.1 (18.3, 31.9) | 17.0 (11.1, 22.9) | 9.5 (4.9, 14.1) | 9.1 (4.7, 13.4) | 12.3 (7.2, 17.4) | 57.9 (54.3, 61.5) | 43.4 (38.6, 48.1) | 19.6 (15.9, 23.4) | 17.2 (13.6, 20.8) | 11.4 (8.4, 14.3) | 30.3 (26.0, 34.6) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 26.9 (17.6, 36.3) | 22.2 (6.6, 37.8) | . . . | 3.2 (0.1, 7.0) | . . . | . . . | 57.2 (49.1, 65.3) | 61.3 (50.9, 71.6) | 25.1 (16.8, 33.5) | 27.8 (18.4, 37.3) | 26.6 (17.1, 36.2) | 40.5 (30.2, 50.9) |
| Asian or Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander | 40.7 (33.4, 48.0) | 35.5 (24.0, 47.0) | 22.5 (12.7, 32.2) | 15.9 (7.8, 24.1) | 17.8 (8.1, 27.4) | 21.6 (11.9, 31.2) | 62.8 (56.3, 69.2) | 52.5 (44.0, 60.9) | 23.4 (16.1, 30.8) | 19.3 (12.5, 26.0) | 13.0 (7.2, 18.8) | 30.3 (22.6, 38.1) |
| Multiple | 36.5 (27.6, 45.4) | 24.1 (12.7, 35.6) | 15.0 (6.0, 24.0) | 13.9 (4.9, 22.8) | 10.2 (2.2, 18.1) | 9.8 (2.3, 17.4) | 69.3 (63.1, 75.5) | 52.4 (44.1, 60.7) | 20.0 (13.8, 26.2) | 14.7 (9.5, 20.0) | 22.7 (16.3, 29.1) | 36.5 (28.8, 44.3) |
| Marital status | ||||||||||||
| Married | 31.2 (29.7, 32.7) | 25.4 (22.9, 28.0) | 13.4 (11.4, 15.4) | 10.5 (8.7, 12.2) | 10.5 (8.8, 12.3) | 12.5 (10.6, 14.5) | 66.4 (65.2, 67.7) | 54.1 (52.5, 55.7) | 19.8 (18.5, 21.1) | 17.4 (16.2, 18.6) | 19.6 (18.3, 20.8) | 40.9 (39.3, 42.5) |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 29.4 (27.4, 31.4) | 26.8 (23.1, 30.5) | 15.4 (12.4, 18.5) | 12.8 (9.9, 15.6) | 9.9 (7.5, 12.4) | 13.8 (10.9, 16.7) | 68.4 (67.0, 69.9) | 53.7 (51.8, 55.6) | 19.0 (17.6, 20.5) | 18.5 (17.1, 20.0) | 18.1 (16.7, 19.5) | 41.0 (39.2, 42.9) |
| Single, never married | 32.8 (30.7, 34.9) | 21.4 (18.3, 24.5) | 12.7 (10.2, 15.1) | 7.2 (5.3, 9.1) | 8.5 (6.4, 10.7) | 11.0 (8.6, 13.3) | 58.3 (56.4, 60.1) | 49.2 (46.8, 51.6) | 18.2 (16.4, 20.0) | 14.6 (12.9, 16.2) | 16.6 (14.9, 18.4) | 34.4 (32.1, 36.6) |
| Education, y | ||||||||||||
| < 12 | 32.9 (29.5, 36.3) | 28.3 (22.6, 34.0) | 19.4 (14.4, 24.4) | 10.9 (7.3, 14.5) | 8.5 (5.3, 11.6) | 14.6 (10.2, 19.0) | 64.9 (62.7, 67.2) | 48.6 (45.9, 51.4) | 18.9 (16.8, 21.1) | 16.4 (14.4, 18.5) | 16.2 (14.1, 18.2) | 35.4 (32.8, 38.0) |
| 12/GED | 31.6 (29.8, 33.4) | 23.8 (21.0, 26.7) | 13.9 (11.6, 16.3) | 10.0 (8.0, 12.0) | 9.0 (7.1, 10.8) | 11.0 (9.0, 13.0) | 66.1 (64.7, 67.5) | 53.1 (51.3, 54.9) | 20.0 (18.6, 21.4) | 16.2 (14.9, 17.5) | 16.8 (15.5, 18.1) | 39.1 (37.4, 40.8) |
| > 12 | 30.7 (29.3, 32.1) | 24.1 (21.7, 26.5) | 12.2 (10.4, 14.0) | 9.7 (8.1, 11.4) | 10.6 (8.8, 12.3) | 12.7 (10.8, 14.6) | 63.7 (62.4, 64.9) | 53.8 (52.2, 55.4) | 18.6 (17.3, 19.8) | 17.9 (16.7, 19.2) | 20.4 (19.1, 21.7) | 40.8 (39.2, 42.3) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; GED = general educational development. Ellipses indicate estimates not shown because they were statistically unreliable (relative SE ≥ 40%). Adult current cigarette smokers were aged 18 years or older, had smoked at least 100 cigarettes during their lifetime, and at the time of the survey, smoked daily or on some days. A quit attempt was defined as report by a current cigarette smoker of stopping smoking for 1 day or longer during the past year in an attempt to quit.
a
Defined as being offered at least 1 of the following help by a dentist or a physician to stop smoking; referral to a telephone quit line; referral to a smoking cessation class, program, or counseling; help to set a definite quit date; or recommendation of any medication for smoking cessation.
b
Defined as recommendation of nicotine replacement product or prescription medication (nicotine patch, gum, lozenge, nasal spray or inhaler, Chantix, Varenicline, Zyban, Bupropion, or Wellbutrin) during a quit attempt in the past year.
c
Cigars, pipes, water pipes (hookah), or smokeless tobacco products.