TABLE 1. Percentage of current and former smokers aged ≥18 years who reported a past-year quit attempt,* by state/territory — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2011–2017.
| State/Territory | % (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
| Alabama† |
62.6 (59.3–65.8) |
64.5 (61.3–67.8) |
68.9 (65.2–72.5) |
71.6 (68.6–74.5) |
67.8 (64.5–71.1) |
64.3 (60.8–67.7) |
67.5 (64.1–70.9) |
| Alaska |
65.4 (61.1–69.8) |
65.5 (61.4–69.5) |
65.8 (61.9–69.7) |
65.6 (61.5–69.8) |
68.0 (62.7–73.3) |
64.0 (58.3–69.7) |
63.6 (57.2–70.0) |
| Arizona |
63.8 (58.3–69.3) |
66.3 (62.2–70.3) |
67.3 (61.7–72.9) |
66.1 (62.9–69.3) |
65.2 (61.2–69.2) |
63.2 (59.3–67.0) |
66.6 (64.2–69.0) |
| Arkansas |
64.5 (60.2–68.8) |
65.5 (61.9–69.2) |
62.9 (59.0–66.8) |
63.8 (59.6–68.1) |
70.6 (66.1–75.1) |
63.2 (58.2–68.2) |
66.7 (61.6–71.8) |
| California |
66.8 (64.4–69.3) |
63.4 (60.4–66.4) |
67.3 (64.1–70.4) |
65.3 (61.9–68.8) |
66.8 (63.9–69.7) |
69.5 (66.6–72.3) |
68.0 (64.2–71.7) |
| Colorado |
67.0 (64.2–69.8) |
66.2 (63.5–68.8) |
64.0 (61.3–66.6) |
70.3 (67.8–72.9) |
69.1 (66.1–72.1) |
67.8 (65.3–70.4) |
68.2 (65.2–71.1) |
| Connecticut |
68.2 (64.3–72.1) |
70.6 (67.3–73.9) |
72.5 (69.1–75.8) |
68.0 (64.1–71.9) |
66.6 (63.2–70.0) |
70.5 (67.3–73.7) |
71.6 (68.2–74.9) |
| Delaware |
68.0 (63.9–72.1) |
62.5 (58.4–66.7) |
60.2 (55.9–64.6) |
65.7 (60.8–70.6) |
68.2 (63.5–73.0) |
64.1 (59.3–68.9) |
71.0 (66.5–75.4) |
| District of Columbia |
69.6 (64.7–74.4) |
74.8 (69.7–80.0) |
74.4 (69.6–79.1) |
71.7 (65.4–77.9) |
76.0 (70.1–81.9) |
71.4 (67.0–75.8) |
70.5 (65.8–75.2) |
| Florida |
68.4 (65.6–71.2) |
71.4 (67.9–75.0) |
69.0 (66.6–71.4) |
72.5 (69.7–75.3) |
71.3 (68.0–74.5) |
69.6 (67.4–71.9) |
67.6 (64.4–70.9) |
| Georgia |
67.7 (64.6–70.7) |
66.1 (62.3–69.9) |
65.1 (61.7–68.5) |
72.0 (68.4–75.5) |
71.8 (67.8–75.8) |
67.6 (63.7–71.4) |
64.3 (60.5–68.1) |
| Hawaii† |
60.7 (56.5–64.9) |
66.7 (62.6–70.8) |
70.3 (66.5–74.1) |
67.7 (64.0–71.5) |
68.0 (64.0–72.0) |
66.7 (62.9–70.5) |
67.0 (63.1–70.8) |
| Idaho |
65.0 (60.4–69.6) |
63.1 (57.5–68.6) |
68.9 (64.8–73.0) |
65.6 (61.2–70.0) |
66.3 (62.1–70.6) |
61.4 (56.4–66.3) |
62.2 (57.3–67.1) |
| Illinois |
65.6 (61.3–69.8) |
68.2 (64.0–72.4) |
64.2 (60.1–68.3) |
65.7 (61.5–69.9) |
68.6 (64.5–72.7) |
67.0 (62.8–71.2) |
64.8 (60.7–68.9) |
| Indiana |
63.0 (60.2–65.9) |
63.0 (60.3–65.7) |
63.6 (60.9–66.2) |
63.8 (61.1–66.4) |
64.7 (60.6–68.8) |
62.3 (59.5–65.2) |
62.0 (59.6–64.3) |
| Iowa |
60.6 (57.4–63.8) |
64.1 (61.0–67.3) |
59.8 (56.5–63.2) |
63.0 (59.9–66.2) |
62.4 (58.6–66.3) |
59.2 (55.6–62.9) |
59.9 (56.9–63.0) |
| Kansas†,§ |
61.1 (59.1–63.0) |
63.0 (60.4–65.7) |
63.6 (61.9–65.4) |
65.6 (63.4–67.9) |
62.7 (60.9–64.6) |
63.1 (60.5–65.7) |
64.3 (62.4–66.2) |
| Kentucky |
58.2 (55.3–61.1) |
59.6 (56.7–62.4) |
56.2 (53.3–59.1) |
61.6 (58.5–64.7) |
58.7 (55.1–62.3) |
59.1 (56.1–62.1) |
62.1 (58.7–65.5) |
| Louisiana†,§ |
65.0 (62.1–67.9) |
64.4 (61.0–67.8) |
65.9 (61.3–70.5) |
71.1 (68.4–73.8) |
66.0 (62.1–69.9) |
66.8 (62.3–71.3) |
69.7 (66.3–73.1) |
| Maine |
64.5 (61.9–67.0) |
66.5 (63.8–69.1) |
64.0 (60.7–67.3) |
62.3 (58.9–65.6) |
63.9 (60.4–67.4) |
63.5 (60.0–66.9) |
62.2 (58.5–66.0) |
| Maryland |
61.8 (58.1–65.4) |
66.7 (63.3–70.2) |
67.6 (64.4–70.7) |
67.3 (63.3–71.3) |
66.0 (61.4–70.7) |
67.4 (64.5–70.3) |
65.9 (62.4–69.3) |
| Massachusetts |
67.2 (64.7–69.7) |
67.7 (65.3–70.0) |
67.5 (64.6–70.4) |
71.5 (68.6–74.4) |
68.0 (64.7–71.3) |
67.6 (63.9–71.2) |
64.6 (59.8–69.3) |
| Michigan |
65.5 (62.6–68.5) |
68.5 (65.7–71.2) |
68.0 (65.5–70.4) |
66.9 (63.9–69.9) |
67.9 (65.2–70.7) |
64.7 (62.2–67.1) |
66.2 (63.6–68.8) |
| Minnesota |
64.3 (61.8–66.8) |
64.5 (61.9–67.0) |
68.3 (65.2–71.4) |
67.2 (65.2–69.3) |
65.1 (62.8–67.4) |
64.3 (62.2–66.5) |
63.8 (61.4–66.1) |
| Mississippi |
64.9 (62.0–67.8) |
66.0 (62.8–69.2) |
69.4 (66.2–72.6) |
68.2 (63.9–72.5) |
72.1 (68.6–75.6) |
67.7 (63.9–71.4) |
61.1 (56.8–65.5) |
| Missouri |
58.6 (55.2–62.1) |
60.9 (57.5–64.4) |
63.8 (60.3–67.3) |
59.9 (56.2–63.6) |
64.3 (60.7–67.8) |
61.4 (57.6–65.3) |
59.7 (56.2–63.1) |
| Montana |
58.2 (55.1–61.3) |
61.3 (58.3–64.4) |
60.9 (57.9–63.8) |
64.7 (61.1–68.3) |
63.4 (59.3–67.5) |
62.5 (58.4–66.5) |
60.6 (56.6–64.7) |
| Nebraska |
62.0 (60.1–63.9) |
62.9 (60.7–65.1) |
64.0 (61.3–66.8) |
65.2 (62.8–67.6) |
65.8 (63.2–68.5) |
61.6 (58.5–64.6) |
63.9 (61.0–66.9) |
| Nevada |
58.4 (53.9–62.9) |
66.6 (62.5–70.6) |
62.5 (57.1–67.8) |
71.5 (66.5–76.4) |
72.0 (66.4–77.7) |
63.2 (58.4–68.0) |
62.7 (57.2–68.2) |
| New Hampshire |
61.9 (58.0–65.7) |
66.0 (62.0–70.1) |
66.8 (63.1–70.5) |
66.5 (62.4–70.7) |
65.6 (61.5–69.6) |
64.0 (59.3–68.6) |
63.7 (58.8–68.6) |
| New Jersey |
68.7 (66.1–71.3) |
69.6 (67.0–72.1) |
71.0 (68.3–73.7) |
71.2 (68.3–74.1) |
70.8 (67.4–74.1) |
68.8 (64.5–73.1) |
71.3 (67.7–75.0) |
| New Mexico |
69.5 (66.8–72.3) |
63.9 (60.9–66.8) |
63.1 (59.9–66.3) |
68.7 (65.2–72.1) |
69.5 (65.6–73.4) |
68.5 (64.4–72.6) |
65.5 (61.8–69.3) |
| New York†,¶ |
71.6 (68.5–74.7) |
73.1 (69.6–76.5) |
70.5 (67.4–73.6) |
70.2 (66.7–73.8) |
70.2 (67.5–72.9) |
67.4 (65.0–69.9) |
66.4 (63.3–69.5) |
| North Carolina |
66.9 (63.9–69.8) |
68.4 (66.1–70.8) |
65.1 (62.2–68.1) |
66.3 (63.3–69.3) |
68.0 (64.8–71.1) |
67.7 (64.5–70.9) |
65.4 (61.3–69.6) |
| North Dakota |
59.6 (55.7–63.4) |
59.2 (55.0–63.3) |
58.7 (55.1–62.2) |
63.0 (59.0–66.9) |
64.2 (60.1–68.3) |
61.0 (57.3–64.7) |
62.2 (58.7–65.8) |
| Ohio§ |
61.2 (58.3–64.0) |
61.9 (59.5–64.4) |
65.9 (63.3–68.4) |
67.4 (64.3–70.4) |
65.0 (61.8–68.2) |
63.4 (60.5–66.2) |
61.7 (58.9–64.6) |
| Oklahoma |
62.8 (59.8–65.7) |
66.4 (63.6–69.2) |
64.9 (62.1–67.7) |
66.9 (64.0–69.9) |
63.4 (59.7–67.1) |
63.6 (60.0–67.2) |
65.9 (62.5–69.2) |
| Oregon |
65.4 (61.8–69.0) |
69.9 (66.2–73.7) |
65.1 (61.3–69.0) |
66.9 (62.9–70.9) |
64.6 (60.6–68.5) |
66.4 (62.7–70.0) |
62.5 (58.8–66.2) |
| Pennsylvania |
65.8 (63.3–68.3) |
66.2 (64.0–68.5) |
66.7 (64.2–69.1) |
65.4 (62.6–68.2) |
67.1 (63.5–70.7) |
65.3 (61.8–68.7) |
64.3 (60.9–67.6) |
| Rhode Island |
68.1 (64.6–71.6) |
65.5 (61.3–69.6) |
69.5 (65.8–73.2) |
70.2 (66.0–74.4) |
67.3 (62.8–71.7) |
67.1 (62.6–71.5) |
69.6 (64.9–74.3) |
| South Carolina |
65.0 (62.1–67.8) |
68.6 (66.0–71.1) |
67.4 (64.7–70.1) |
68.4 (65.7–71.1) |
68.0 (65.2–70.9) |
68.9 (66.1–71.7) |
65.8 (62.9–68.7) |
| South Dakota |
63.6 (59.3–68.0) |
60.5 (57.0–63.9) |
63.1 (59.1–67.2) |
62.5 (58.2–66.9) |
64.1 (59.5–68.6) |
62.5 (57.3–67.7) |
64.5 (59.4–69.6) |
| Tennessee¶ |
66.2 (61.1–71.4) |
66.6 (63.5–69.8) |
66.8 (63.3–70.4) |
64.3 (60.1–68.4) |
62.1 (58.1–66.0) |
65.0 (61.3–68.6) |
60.3 (56.6–64.0) |
| Texas |
69.4 (66.6–72.3) |
67.3 (64.2–70.4) |
69.9 (67.0–72.9) |
72.2 (69.3–75.0) |
67.6 (64.2–70.9) |
71.1 (67.5–74.6) |
70.7 (66.6–74.7) |
| Utah |
70.0 (66.8–73.1) |
71.7 (68.5–74.9) |
69.5 (66.5–72.6) |
71.1 (68.3–73.8) |
65.5 (62.0–69.1) |
69.3 (65.5–73.2) |
66.4 (62.8–70.1) |
| Vermont |
62.7 (59.0–66.5) |
69.3 (65.6–72.9) |
63.9 (60.1–67.6) |
66.0 (62.6–69.4) |
63.6 (59.9–67.4) |
58.2 (54.1–62.4) |
66.0 (62.1–70.0) |
| Virginia§ |
63.9 (60.2–67.7) |
65.4 (62.1–68.8) |
65.8 (62.8–68.8) |
66.4 (63.5–69.4) |
69.0 (65.8–72.1) |
67.8 (64.9–70.8) |
66.4 (63.2–69.5) |
| Washington |
64.7 (61.4–68.0) |
65.8 (63.3–68.3) |
67.5 (64.7–70.3) |
68.9 (65.7–72.0) |
65.0 (62.3–67.7) |
63.7 (61.0–66.4) |
68.1 (65.4–70.8) |
| West Virginia§ |
57.4 (54.1–60.6) |
56.1 (53.0–59.1) |
59.7 (56.8–62.7) |
59.1 (56.1–62.0) |
60.5 (57.5–63.4) |
60.8 (58.1–63.5) |
61.6 (58.5–64.8) |
| Wisconsin† |
67.0 (62.9–71.1) |
68.3 (64.2–72.3) |
71.3 (67.6–75.1) |
66.3 (62.5–70.2) |
66.8 (63.0–70.7) |
67.6 (63.6–71.6) |
58.6 (54.3–62.8) |
| Wyoming |
61.3 (57.9–64.7) |
61.6 (56.9–66.3) |
62.7 (58.8–66.6) |
63.0 (58.2–67.7) |
63.3 (58.7–67.9) |
60.3 (55.2–65.5) |
65.0 (60.9–69.0) |
| Guam† |
63.5 (58.5–68.6) |
71.9 (66.8–76.9) |
76.4 (71.6–81.2) |
74.0 (69.1–78.9) |
70.3 (63.9–76.7) |
69.1 (62.0–76.3) |
72.3 (66.6–77.9) |
| Puerto Rico |
66.0 (62.1–70.0) |
70.5 (66.5–74.4) |
76.4 (72.1–80.8) |
72.4 (68.1–76.7) |
73.8 (68.9–78.6) |
74.4 (69.7–79.1) |
67.1 (61.5–72.7) |
| Median | 64.9 | 66.1 | 65.9 | 66.9 | 66.8 | 65.0 | 65.4 |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
* Quit attempt percentages were calculated among current cigarette smokers who answered yes to the question “During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for 1 day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?” and also among former cigarette smokers who answered “within the past month,” “within the past 3 months,” “within the past 6 months,” or “within the past year” to the question “How long has it been since you last smoked a cigarette, even one or two puffs?”
† Statistically significant difference (p<0.05) between 2011 and 2017.
§ Statistically significant increasing linear trend during 2011–2017.
¶ Statistically significant decreasing linear trend during 2011–2017.