Table 3.
Correlates of reasons to quit among US young adult current smokers aged 18–34 with a past-year quit attempt (n = 402) and former smokers (n = 289) in 2011, %a
| Info about health hazards | Cost of tobacco | Illness of a friend or relative | Physical fitness | Encouragement from friend or relative | Restrictions at workplace or school | Restrictions at home | Full sample | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 59.7 | 63.6 | 39.0 | 64.3 | 55.2 | 15.7 | 18.7 | 100.0 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18–24 | 58.6 | 62.0 | 39.6 | 63.4 | 56.3 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 31.5 |
| 25–34 | 60.3 | 64.4 | 38.8 | 64.7 | 54.7 | 15.5 | 19.3 | 68.5 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 58.7 | 63.9 | 35.6 | 65.9 | 54.5 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 53.9 |
| Female | 61.0 | 63.3 | 43.0 | 62.3 | 56.1 | 14.3 | 21.7 | 46.1 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 58.6 | 67.1 | 39.1 | 65.0 | 57.3 | 15.1 | 16.7 | 61.1 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 64.1 | 53.4 | 36.4 | 58.3 | 37.5 | 15.7 | 21.7 | 9.2 |
| Hispanic | 56.1 | 53.8 | 37.4 | 64.5 | 63.8 | 19.2 | 27.4 | 18.6 |
| Other, non-Hispanic | 68.6 | 69.7 | 45.0 | 65.6 | 44.0 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 11.1 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 53.2 | 67.3 | 45.1 | 60.6 | 50.4 | 24.2 | 19.8 | 18.3 |
| High school graduation | 58.1 | 66.8 | 37.3 | 57.7 | 57.0 | 12.9 | 19.6 | 26.9 |
| Some college/tech | 60.1 | 64.0 | 39.7 | 69.8 | 59.0 | 15.8 | 20.0 | 38.3 |
| College graduation or more | 68.9 | 54.5 | 34.2 | 66.8 | 49.8 | 11.1 | 13.6 | 16.5 |
| Cigarette use | * | ** | ** | |||||
| Everyday | 59.7 | 72.2 | 52.9 | 65.8 | 57.2 | 17.0 | 25.1 | 35.6 |
| Some days | 70.0 | 69.5 | 41.4 | 68.9 | 62.7 | 24.8 | 26.9 | 23.7 |
| Not at all (former smoker) | 53.7 | 52.7 | 25.5 | 60.2 | 49.1 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 40.7 |
FDR, false discovery rate.
aMissing observations: responses of ‘Don’t Know’ and ‘Refused’ were excluded tablewise for each comparison.
*FDR-adjusted P < 0.05, **FDR-adjusted P < 0.01.