Table 4.
Stratified analyses by education on reported quitting activity and use of cessation assistance in 2016 across eight European countries (weighted results)
| England (n=3536) % (95%CI) | Germany (n=1003) % (95%CI) | Greece (n=1000) % (95%CI) | Hungary (n=1000) % (95%CI) | Netherlands (n=1136) % (95%CI) | Poland (n=1006) % (95%CI) | Romania (n=1001) % (95%CI) | Spain (n=1001) % (95%CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made quit attempt in past 12 months | ||||||||
| Low | 46.4 (45.4-47.4) | 17.2 (13.4-21.9) | 12.2 (8.7-16.8) | 9.3 (6.8-12.5) | 24.0 (18.4-30.8) | 16.0 (9.4-25.8) | 29.1 (22.1-37.2) | 14.5 (10.3-19.9) |
| Moderate | 45.8 (44.8-46.8) | 16.3 (12.6-20.9) | 13.8 (10.5-18.1) | 10.4 (7.0-15.2) | 32.3 (27.6-37.5) | 14.7 (11.4-18.7) | 27.3 (23.0-32.0) | 19.6 (14.8-25.4) |
| High | 48.7 (47.7-49.7) | 19.1 (14.4-24.7) | 21.6 (14.8-30.4) | 22.6 (13.5-35.3) | 35.7 (29.6-42.2) | 27.5 (19.8-36.9) | 22.2 (13.6-33.9) | 24.4 (14.6-37.7) |
| Intends to quit | ||||||||
| Within 1 month | ||||||||
| Low | 12.3 (10.1-14.9) | 4.3 (2.6-7.0) | 1.8 (0.8-4.0) | 1.8 (0.9-3.6) | 4.7 (2.2-9.6) | 3.7 (1.5-9.2) | 4.0 (2.1-7.8) | 3.5 (2.0-6.0) |
| Moderate | 14.1 (11.9-16.5) | 3.0 (1.8-5.2) | 0.7 (0.2-1.8) | 2.0 (0.8-4.5) | 6.2 (3.8-10.0) | 4.2 (2.5-6.8) | 8.8 (6.4-11.9) | 5.8 (3.6-9.3) |
| High | 17.4 (14.6-20.4) | 6.6 (2.3-17.6) | 5.4 (2.9-9.7) | 7.4 (3.3-16.1) | 10.8 (6.9-16.4) | 6.5 (2.4-16.2) | 2.6 (0.8-8.3) | 6.6 (2.8-14.6) |
| Within 6 months | ||||||||
| Low | 22.6 (19.7-25.7) | 5.8 (3.7-9.0) | 4.9 (2.8-8.4) | 7.7 (5.4-10.8) | 16.7 (10.7-25.0) | 5.3 (2.4-11.2) | 10.7 (6.5-17.1) | 6.7 (4.2-10.7) |
| Moderate | 27.0 (24.2-30.0) | 9.6 (6.4-14.2) | 6.7 (4.7-9.5) | 8.1 (5.0-12.8) | 20.2 (15.9-25.2) | 9.9 (7.1-13.7) | 8.1 (5.8-11.1) | 8.5 (6.5-11.0) |
| High | 27.1 (23.9-30.6) | 6.6 (2.5-16.2) | 6.4 (3.7-10.8) | 14.2 (8.5-22.8) | 29.8 (23.7-36.9) | 13.4 (7.9-21.6) | 12.6 (8.0-19.3) | 14.1 (6.7-27.3) |
| Beyond 6 months | ||||||||
| Low | 33.7 (30.4-37.2) | 42.8 (36.5-49.4) | 29.2 (23.1-36.2) | 20.9 (16.6-25.9) | 48.7 (40.8-56.7) | 23.9 (16.1-33.9) | 31.5 (23.7-40.5) | 20.1 (14.6-26.9) |
| Moderate | 35.2 (32.2-38.3) | 48.1 (41.7-54.5) | 29.7 (24.6-35.3) | 23.8 (18.4-30.1) | 55.3 (49.5-61.0) | 28.0 (23.7-32.7) | 39.2 (33.3-45.4) | 25.8 (19.7-33.1) |
| High | 31.7 (28.2-35.4) | 55.6 (46.0-64.9) | 43.1 (35.2-51.5) | 17.1 (11.6-24.5) | 46.2 (39.3-53.3) | 29.1 (20.5-39.4) | 41.9 (31.5-53.0) | 28.5 (18.9-40.4) |
| Not at all | ||||||||
| Low | 31.4 (28.2-34.8) | 47.0 (40.2-53.9) | 64.1 (57.6-70.1) | 69.7 (64.2-74.7) | 29.9 (23.3-37.6) | 67.1 (55.8-76.6) | 53.8 (44.7-62.7) | 69.7 (62.3-76.3) |
| Moderate | 23.8 (21.2-26.6) | 39.3 (32.2-46.8) | 63.0 (57.1-68.5) | 66.2 (59.8-72.0) | 18.3 (14.0-23.5) | 58.0 (51.7-64.0) | 43.9 (37.3-50.8) | 59.9 (52.9-66.5) |
| High | 23.8 (20.8-27.2) | 31.2 (24.6-38.6) | 45.1 (36.1-54.4) | 61.3 (48.2-72.9) | 13.1 (8.9-18.9) | 51.1 (40.8-61.3) | 42.9 (33.1-53.4) | 50.8 (37.8-63.6) |
| Used medication* | ||||||||
| Low | 16.3 (15.6-17.0) | 1.5 (0.7-3.2) | 0.9 (0.3-2.6) | 1.0 (0.3-3.6) | 7.6 (7.1-8.1) | 3.6 (1.4-8.7) | 3.5 (1.7-7.0) | 1.2 (0.5-2.9) |
| Moderate | 15.8 (15.1-16.5) | 2.2 (1.2-4.2) | 1.2 (0.5-3.3) | 2.2 (1.0-4.7) | 7.7 (7.2-8.2) | 5.1 (3.6-7.1) | 3.1 (1.6-5.7) | 3.4 (2.0-5.8) |
| High | 17.9 (17.1-18.7) | 2.2 (0.6-8.3) | 2.6 (0.9-7.4) | 7.0 (4.4-10.8) | 7.6 (7.1-8.1) | 3.7 (1.0-12.6) | 2.7 (0.9-8.0) | 2.2 (0.6-8.1) |
| Used quitline** | ||||||||
| Low | 1.5 (1.3-1.7) | 0.8 (0.1-4.9) | Not applicable | 0 | 4.0 (3.6-4.4) | 4.9 (0.6-29.3) | 0 | 0 |
| Moderate | 2.6 (2.3-2.9) | 2.3 (0.3-14.8) | Not applicable | 0 | 0.7 (0.5-0.9) | 1.8 (0.4-8.5) | 1.7 (0.3-10.5) | 0 |
| High | 5.4 (5.0-5.8) | 0 | Not applicable | 0 | 1.5 (1.3-1.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Used internet** | ||||||||
| Low | 6.5 (4.3-9.6) | 3.9 (0.6-22.4) | 0 | 4.7 (0.7-26.6) | 3.4 (3.0-3.8) | 10.4 (2.3-36.1) | 1.5 (0.2-10.0) | 0 |
| Moderate | 10.8 (8.2-14.0) | 7.1 (2.3-19.7) | 0 | 0 | 5.8 (5.3-6.3) | 3.3 (1.2-8.8) | 4.5 (1.3-14.5) | 0 |
| High | 17.0 (13.3-21.4) | 0 | 1.2 (0.2-8.7) | 0 | 7.4 (6.9-7.9) | 9.8 (2.4-32.8) | 0 | 0 |
| Used smoking cessation service** | ||||||||
| Low | 8.8 (6.4-12.0) | 2.0 (0.5-7.9) | 0 | 0 | 2.7 (2.4-3.0) | 0 | 0.8 (0.1-5.4) | 0 |
| Moderate | 7.7 (5.7-10.5) | 0 | 2.7 (0.7-10.0) | 2.0 (0.3-13.7) | 3.7 (3.3-4.1) | 3.0 (1.2-7.5) | 0 | 4.1 (1.0-16.1) |
| High | 7.7 (5.5-10.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 (5.1-6.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Used e-cigarettes to quit | ||||||||
| Low | 57.6 (51.7-63.4) | 16.9 (9.8-27.7) | 25.0 (13.8-41.2) | 14.8 (7.6-26.8) | 64.1 (42.9-80.9) | 5.5 (0.7-32.2) | 13.9 (4.4-36.4) | 8.0 (3.3-18.4) |
| Moderate | 50.2 (45.1-55.3) | 14.0 (8.0-23.3) | 28.1 (16.5-43.6) | 21.0 (7.0-48.1) | 36.9 (25.4-50.1) | 12.3 (6.4-22.1) | 11.5 (7.4-17.3) | 3.5 (0.7-16.5) |
| High | 50.7 (44.6-56.8) | 13.3 (1.8-56.0) | 33.4 (19.1-51.7) | 11.8 (2.8-38.7) | 42.6 (28.2-58.3) | 21.4 (12.1-34.9) | 2.3 (0.3-14.7) | 1.9 (1.2-3.1) |
| Received advice about quitting from health professional during visit*** | ||||||||
| Low | 36.0 (32.1-40.1) | 40.0 (32.5-48.1) | 73.4 (60.5-83.2) | 23.6 (16.8-32.1) | 24.8 (23.9-25.7) | 33.2 (24.4-43.3) | 52.3 (41.3-63.2) | 48.6 (37.2-60.1) |
| Moderate | 39.4 (35.8-43.0) | 39.7 (30.2-50.1) | 39.5 (29.5-50.5) | 13.9 (7.8-23.5) | 22.6 (21.8-23.4) | 19.0 (13.8-25.7) | 59.0 (51.3-66.2) | 42.7 (35.3-50.4) |
| High | 34.5 (30.3-38.9) | 33.1 (24.7-42.7) | 43.7 (31.9-56.3) | 35.5 (20.6-53.9) | 19.4 (18.6-20.2) | 15.1 (7.4-28.6) | 49.9 (36.1-63.6) | 46.2 (30.3-62.9) |
| Talked about e-cigarettes with health professional | ||||||||
| Low | 5.3 (3.8-7.4) | 0.3 (0.3-0.4) | 3.0 (1.3-6.7) | 10.7 (5.9-18.7) | 10.2 (3.9-23.9) | 5.4 (4.2-7.0) | 8.2 (3.2-19.5) | 4.3 (1.8-10.1) |
| Moderate | 6.2 (4.8-7.9) | 0.4 (0.1-2.8) | 7.2 (3.1-15.7) | 8.7 (3.1-22.0) | 2.5 (1.2-5.3) | 2.8 (0.9-8.1) | 9.3 (5.7-14.6) | 1.3 (0.4-4.1) |
| High | 10.4 (7.9-13.4) | 0 | 2.8 (1.1-6.8) | 5.8 (1.8-17.2) | 9.0 (4.7-16.6) | 0 | 3.8 (0.5-22.5) | 1.3 (0.2-8.8) |
*
Netherlands: in the last 12 months. Other countries: as part of your last quit attempt.
**
Netherlands: in the last 6 months. Other countries: as part of your last quit attempt.
***
Netherlands: in the last 6 months. Other countries: in the last 12 months.