Table 3.
Prevalence of smoking cessation among current smokers by sex, age group and level of educations in the last 12 months, weighted prevalence (95%CI).
| Characteristics | Smoking Quitting Behavior | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Have Tried to Quit Smoking In The Last 12 Months | Plan to Quit Smoking Within 12 Months | Plan to Quit Smoking, But Not Within 12month | Have No Desire to Quit Smoking | |
| Overall | 24.5 (18.4–31.8) | 8.1 (4.9–13.2) | 30.9 (22.4–40.9) | 53.4 (43.4–63.1) |
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 23.2 (17.3–30.4) | 7.6 (4.4–12.9) | 31.3 (22.2–42.0) | 53.5 (42.5–64.1) |
| Women | 39.2 (22.7–58.7) | 14.2 (7.1–26.4) | 25.9 (16.0–39.1) | 52.8 (36.4–68.6) |
| Age(years) | ||||
| 15–24 | 25.1 (13.4–42.1) | 14.3 (7.6–25.3) | 43.7 (31.5–56.7) | 34.2 (21.8–49.3) |
| 25–44 | 19.4 (13.3–27.3) | 4.7 (2.4–8.9) | 33.4 (23.2–45.4) | 55.7 (43.6–67.3) |
| 45–64 | 30.3 (20.9–41.7) | 10.4 (5.8–17.8) | 27.8 (18.3–39.9) | 52.2 (40.1–63.9) |
| ≥65 | 24.6 (13.9–39.7) | 8.7 (2.4–26.9) | 17.6 (8.5–32.9) | 67.4 (48.5–82.0) |
| Level of education | ||||
| Primary or less | 27.8 (16.9–42.1) | 13.5 (5.8–27.9) | 13.8 (6.4–27.1) | 66.0 (52.3–77.5) |
| Junior middle school | 27.2 (16.7–41.0) | 7.8 (3.4–16.9) | 30.3 (19.4–43.8) | 52.6 (40.2–64.8) |
| Senior middle school | 26.7 (18.7–36.5) | 6.9 (2.6–17.1) | 33.0 (21.6–46.9) | 54.7 (40.1–68.5) |
| College or more | 19.7 (10.7–33.6) | 6.1 (2.4–14.7) | 30.4 (21.0–41.9) | 54.4 (41.0–67.2) |