Table 4.
Quit Attempts by Daily or Intermittent Smokers With Better or With Poor Mental Health
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| Daily smoker | Intermittent smoker | Daily smoker | Intermittent smoker | |||||||||
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| Year | N | % | 95% CI | N | % | 95% CI | N | % | 95% CI | N | % | 95% CI |
| 2001 | 750 | 51.6 | 46.8 - 56.4 | 295 | 73.4 | 67.1 - 79.6 | 173 | 55.3 | 44.8 - 65.8 | 53 | 75.4 | 57.6 - 93.2 |
| 2002 | 641 | 53.5 | 45.6 - 61.5 | 241 | 72.7 | 60.6 - 84.8 | 114 | 55.7 | 37.9 - 73.5 | 27 | 81.9 | 60.3 - 100.0 |
| 2003 | 1,260 | 49.5 | 46.2 - 52.9 | 487 | 67.4 | 62.3 - 72.5 | 274 | 57.9 | 50.5 - 65.4 | 71 | 66.6 | 53.1 - 80.0 |
| 2004 | 1,224 | 49.3 | 45.8 - 52.8 | 518 | 74.5 | 69.5 - 79.4 | 288 | 50.8 | 43.6 - 58.1 | 96 | 89.2 | 82.5 - 96.0 |
| 2005 | 1,412 | 51.4 | 47.7 - 55.1 | 528 | 76.5 | 70.6 - 82.3 | 300 | 51.3 | 41.3 - 61.4 | 93 | 76.6 | 62.0 - 91.3 |
| 2006 | 1,237 | 51.3 | 47.3 - 55.3 | 500 | 75.4 | 69.7 - 81.2 | 294 | 60.6 | 52.0 - 69.2 | 100 | 80.8 | 70.0 - 91.6 |
| 2007 | 698 | 55.7 | 50.2 - 61.2 | 254 | 75.5 | 67.7 - 83.3 | 177 | 68.1 | 59.7 - 76.6 | 57 | 86.0 | 71.2 - 100.0 |
| 2008 | 988 | 53.1 | 48.0 - 58.1 | 388 | 69.8 | 62.1 - 77.5 | 209 | 58.5 | 48.4 - 68.6 | 60 | 76.0 | 62.9 - 89.1 |
| 2009 | 980 | 52.4 | 47.7 - 57.1 | 465 | 72.6 | 64.4 - 80.8 | 262 | 64.7 | 55.0 - 74.4 | 99 | 62.7 | 45.8 - 79.6 |
| 2010 | 1,052 | 50.3 | 45.8 - 54.9 | 363 | 75.1 | 68.0 - 82.3 | 230 | 54.3 | 45.0 - 63.6 | 95 | 79.2 | 61.1 - 97.2 |
Note: Quit attempts = Stopped smoking for at least one day in the past year.
Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05) between daily and intermittent smokers within each mental health group at 95% CI. A significantly higher proportion of intermittent smokers make quit attempts as compared to daily smokers regardless of mental health status.