Table 6.

Patterns of quitting smoking among male and female ever-smokers (current and former).

Questions	Male current smokers (%)	Male former smokers (%)	Female current smokers (%)
Have you ever tried to quit smoking?	2,916 (32.7)	490 (100.0)	26 (31.3)
Methods used
Just quit/stopped suddenly	1,632 (64.8)	317 (81.3)	10 (50.0)
Gradually decreased the number of cigarettes	637 (25.3)	66 (16.9)	9 (45.0)
Products such as nicotine chewing gum/patch	47 (1.87)	2 (0.51)	0
Other methods such as cessation counseling by phone/acupuncture	201 (7.99)	5 (1.28)	1 (5.00)

There were no female former smokers.