Table 5.
Stratified analyses by age 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 | ||||||||
| 18-24 years | 50.2 (49.2-51.2) | 22.4 (14.9-32.3) | 25.2 (14.8-39.6) | 8.4 (3.8-17.8) | 29.2 (22.9-36.4) | 30.2 (21.0-41.3) | 29.2 (21.0-39.0) | 17.2 (11.1-25.6) |
| 25-39 years | 54.6 (53.6-55.6) | 21.8 (16.2-28.7) | 16.6 (11.4-23.6) | 12.1 (8.4-17.2) | 40.7 (33.5-48.2) | 20.6 (15.3-27.1) | 26.2 (20.7-32.7) | 17.7 (13.1-23.6) |
| 40-54 years | 41.9 (40.9-42.9) | 15.3 (11.4-20.3) | 12.9 (9.9-16.5) | 9.6 (6.5-13.9) | 25.5 (19.9-32.0) | 8.1 (5.5-11.9) | 25.5 (20.4-31.4) | 19.2 (12.9-27.7) |
| 55+ years | 37.6 (36.7-38.5) | 13.5 (9.7-18.7) | 13.2 (9.1-18.7) | 9.8 (6.7-14.2) | 30.1 (25.1-35.7) | 15.8 (11.7-20.9) | 30.1 (23.6-37.5) | 15.0 (10.7-20.7) |
| Intends to quit | ||||||||
| Within 1 month | ||||||||
| 18-24 years | 14.8 (11.4-18.9) | 2.0 (0.9-4.3) | 3.1 (0.9-10.0) | 2.5 (0.6-9.7) | 4.2 (2.1-8.5) | 5.0 (2.0-12.3) | 8.2 (3.7-17.2) | 4.1 (1.9-8.9) |
| 25-39 years | 18.5 (15.2-22.4) | 7.4 (4.3-12.5) | 1.7 (0.6-4.7) | 1.9 (0.8-4.6) | 11.6 (7.2-18.0) | 3.0 (1.4-6.5) | 4.1 (2.3-7.3) | 2.7 (1.3-5.4) |
| 40-54 years | 11.9 (9.5-14.7) | 3.0 (1.6-5.8) | 2.3 (1.1-4.7) | 2.3 (1.1-4.8) | 5.9 (3.1-10.9) | 4.6 (2.2-9.3) | 10.0 (6.2-15.6) | 6.2 (3.6-10.6) |
| 55+ years | 10.7 (8.4-13.5) | 2.6 (1.3-5.1) | 1.5 (0.8-3.0) | 2.3 (0.7-7.4) | 6.7 (3.7-11.8) | 5.2 (2.6-10.0) | 6.7 (3.6-12.2) | 5.6 (3.1-10.1) |
| Within 6 months | ||||||||
| 18-24 years | 21.5 (17.6-26.1) | 3.4 (1.0-11.0) | 5.2 (2.3-11.3) | 7.5 (3.0-17.3) | 18.8 (13.2-26.0) | 14.8 (8.7-24.0) | 8.9 (5.0-15.3) | 4.7 (2.3-9.6) |
| 25-39 years | 32.4 (28.2-36.9) | 10.9 (7.9-15.0) | 5.1 (3.0-8.6) | 10.5 (7.0-15.4) | 26.6 (19.6-35.0) | 11.5 (7.7-16.7) | 9.3 (5.9-14.1) | 8.9 (6.1-13.0) |
| 40-54 years | 26.7 (23.4-30.3) | 7.0 (4.3-11.4) | 8.1 (6.0-11.0) | 7.7 (5.1-11.5) | 21.5 (15.9-28.4) | 9.5 (6.1-14.4) | 8.2 (5.4-12.2) | 7.9 (5.2-11.8) |
| 55+ years | 19.1 (16.2-22.5) | 6.2 (3.2-11.6) | 5.2 (2.6-10.2) | 5.9 (3.6-9.4) | 21.9 (16.9-27.9) | 6.4 (4.0-10.2) | 12.0 (7.7-18.2) | 9.7 (6.2-14.7) |
| Beyond 6 months | ||||||||
| 18-24 years | 40.4 (35.4-45.7) | 57.0 (42.7-70.1) | 34.8 (23.8-47.7) | 30.3 (18.9-44.8) | 64.1 (56.1-71.4) | 27.3 (17.0-40.8) | 27.2 (19.2-37.1) | 24.7 (15.4-37.1) |
| 25-39 years | 32.6 (28.4-37.0) | 46.6 (39.3-54.0) | 37.6 (28.8-47.4) | 19.6 (14.8-25.6) | 48.4 (40.3-56.6) | 27.0 (20.9-34.1) | 38.5 (30.9-46.6) | 22.5 (16.6-29.8) |
| 40-54 years | 34.4 (30.7-38.4) | 48.2 (41.6-54.9) | 30.5 (24.5-37.3) | 20.2 (15.5-25.9) | 51.0 (43.3-58.8) | 27.6 (21.2-35.0) | 38.4 (31.3-46.1) | 24.8 (19.3-31.4) |
| 55+ years | 31.1 (27.5-35.0) | 40.3 (33.2-47.9) | 28.1 (22.7-34.3) | 22.8 (17.2-29.6) | 47.3 (40.9-53.8) | 27.4 (21.6-34.1) | 41.7 (34.1-49.6) | 21.7 (13.7-32.5) |
| Not at all | ||||||||
| 18-24 years | 23.3 (19.0-28.1) | 37.7 (25.8-51.2) | 56.9 (44.3-68.6) | 59.8 (46.3-71.9) | 12.9 (8.0-19.9) | 52.8 (42.4-63.0) | 55.7 (44.6-66.3) | 66.4 (56.1-75.4) |
| 25-39 years | 16.5 (13.4-20.1) | 35.1 (27.0-44.1) | 55.5 (45.5-65.1) | 68.0 (60.7-74.5) | 13.4 (8.3-21.0) | 58.5 (51.6-65.2) | 48.2 (39.9-56.5) | 65.8 (57.6-73.2) |
| 40-54 years | 27.0 (23.5-30.7) | 41.7 (33.8-50.1) | 59.1 (51.9-65.9) | 69.8 (63.2-75.7) | 21.6 (15.9-28.8) | 58.4 (50.5-65.8) | 43.4 (36.2-50.9) | 61.0 (54.1-67.5) |
| 55+ years | 39.1 (35.2-43.2) | 50.9 (42.1-59.6) | 65.1 (58.0-71.6) | 69.0 (61.4-75.7) | 24.1 (19.2-29.9) | 61.0 (53.1-68.4) | 39.6 (31.4-48.4) | 63.1 (52.7-72.4) |
| Used medication* | ||||||||
| 18-24 years | 15.6 (14.9-16.3) | 5.2 (2.1-12.3) | 4.0 (0.9-15.8) | 0 | 1.9 (1.6-2.2) | 6.3 (3.1-12.4) | 4.1 (1.0-15.1) | 0 |
| 25-39 years | 16.4 (15.7-17.1) | 2.0 (0.8-5.1) | 0.8 (0.2-3.7) | 2.4 (1.1-5.3) | 11.1 (10.5-11.7) | 6.9 (4.2-11.3) | 2.5 (1.2-5.1) | 2.6 (0.9-7.1) |
| 40-54 years | 17.9 (17.1-18.7) | 1.4 (0.7-2.9) | 1.5 (0.5-4.2) | 1.9 (0.8-4.8) | 10.0 (9.4-10.6) | 2.0 (1.0-3.8) | 4.3 (2.2-8.3) | 3.2 (1.6-6.4) |
| 55+ years | 14.1 (13.4-14.8) | 1.4 (0.7-2.8) | 1.3 (0.5-3.6) | 1.0 (0.3-4.0) | 4.9 (4.5-5.3) | 4.4 (2.3-8.5) | 1.3 (0.5-3.0) | 1.7 (0.8-3.3) |
| Used quitline** | ||||||||
| 18-24 years | 4.4 (4.0-4.8) | 0 | Not applicable | 0 | 1.0 (0.8-1.2) | 3.7 (0.5-22.4) | 0 | 0 |
| 25-39 years | 4.2 (3.8-4.6) | 0 | Not applicable | 0 | 0.5 (0.4-0.6) | 1.5 (0.4-6.3) | 0 | 0 |
| 40-54 years | 1.7 (1.4-2.0) | 0 | Not applicable | 0 | 2.5 (2.2-2.8) | 4.0 (0.6-23.8) | 3.7 (0.5-22.0) | 0 |
| 55+ years | 1.0 (0.8-1.2) | 5.6 (1.3-21.6) | Not applicable | 0 | 2.1 (1.8-2.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Used internet** | ||||||||
| 18-24 years | 20.7 (15.7-26.9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 (2.7-3.3) | 12.1 (2.8-39.9) | 12.1 (2.5-42.9) | 0 |
| 25-39 years | 13.5 (9.9-18.2) | 7.1 (2.9-16.3) | 0 | 0 | 9.2 (8.6-9.8) | 8.3 (3.3-19.3) | 0.6 (0.1-4.3) | 0 |
| 40-54 years | 7.3 (5.0-10.6) | 5.5 (1.4-19.2) | 1.2 (0.2-8.3) | 0 | 6.6 (6.1-7.1) | 2.8 (0.4-17.6) | 3.7 (0.5-22.0) | 0 |
| 55+ years | 1.6 (0.7-3.5) | 3.0 (0.8-11.5) | 0 | 12.3 (1.8-51.7) | 3.3 (2.9-3.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Used smoking cessation service** | ||||||||
| 18-24 years | 8.8 (5.5-13.8) | 9.0 (3.7-19.9) | 4.4 (0.7-23.1) | 0 | 2.5 (2.2-2.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25-39 years | 7.8 (5.2-11.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 (4.4-5.2) | 1.5 (0.4-6.2) | 0 | 2.2 (0.5-8.8) |
| 40-54 years | 9.2 (6.5-13.0) | 0 | 0 | 1.9 (0.3-12.9) | 4.3 (3.9-4.7) | 1.7 (0.2-11.8) | 0 | 3.7 (0.5-21.9) |
| 55+ years | 8.2 (5.2-12.5) | 0 | 2.4 (0.3-15.5) | 0 | 3.9 (3.5-4.3) | 4.2 (1.0-16.5) | 1.1 (0.2-7.4) | 0 |
| Used e-cigarettes to quit | ||||||||
| 18-24 years | 44.7 (37.3-52.4) | 28.0 (12.4-51.7) | 15.7 (3.3-50.6) | 24.8 (2.7-79.7) | 44.5 (25.5-65.2) | 15.9 (5.2-39.5) | 8.3 (2.6-23.4) | 0 |
| 25-39 years | 51.4 (44.7-58.0) | 13.5 (5.5-29.3) | 32.3 (19.4-48.8) | 24.1 (12.2-42.1) | 34.9 (19.7-53.9) | 19.9 (12.4-30.3) | 12.4 (4.8-28.6) | 1.1 (0.2-7.6) |
| 40-54 years | 58.2 (51.2-64.8) | 13.6 (6.9-25.2) | 28.4 (15.7-45.9) | 13.7 (5.2-31.4) | 52.7 (35.1-69.6) | 4.8 (1.5-14.7) | 12.0 (5.2-25.4) | 9.8 (4.2-21.4) |
| 55+ years | 51.1 (43.7-58.5) | 16.8 (8.3-31.2) | 31.9 (18.7-48.8) | 2.7 (0.4-16.9) | 44.2 (29.6-59.8) | 5.5 (1.6-17.2) | 9.2 (3.9-20.1) | 3.3 (0.8-12.1) |
| Received advice about quitting from health professional during visit*** | ||||||||
| 18-24 years | 28.9 (23.4-35.1) | 19.1 (15.2-23.7) | 38.7 (14.4-70.3) | 17.5 (10.0-28.9) | 9.9 (9.3-10.5) | 0 | 47.5 (32.4-63.0) | 32.2 (23.4-42.5) |
| 25-39 years | 37.3 (31.8-43.1) | 27.3 (18.3-38.6) | 34.6 (24.4-46.3) | 18.3 (11.0-28.8) | 25.2 (24.3-26.1) | 15.4 (9.2-24.6) | 51.6 (43.1-60.1) | 33.4 (23.5-45.1) |
| 40-54 years | 38.7 (34.3-43.4) | 41.2 (33.8-49.1) | 54.5 (41.8-66.7) | 18.3 (12.3-26.5) | 26.7 (25.8-27.6) | 21.7 (16.8-27.6) | 55.2 (45.2-64.9) | 50.6 (42.8-58.3) |
| 55+ years | 44.0 (39.6-48.5) | 47.0 (36.8-57.5) | 64.7 (46.5-79.4) | 28.4 (20.7-37.8) | 19.0 (18.2-19.8) | 28.3 (21.8-36.0) | 69.4 (60.1-77.3) | 56.9 (46.1-67.1) |
| Talked about e-cigarettes with health professional | ||||||||
| 18-24 years | 9.0 (6.2-12.9) | 0 | 0 | 11.3 (8.3-15.1) | 4.8 (1.3-16.5) | 0 | 22.7 (15.0-32.8) | 0 |
| 25-39 years | 7.3 (5.2-10.1) | 0 | 1.8 (0.2-12.0) | 9.8 (3.4-25.2) | 5.0 (1.4-15.8) | 0.4 (0.1-3.0) | 3.0 (0.9-9.4) | 1.9 (0.6-5.8) |
| 40-54 years | 5.7 (4.0-8.1) | 0.7 (0.1-5.2) | 7.6 (4.3-13.0) | 4.9 (2.4-10.0) | 6.7 (2.7-15.6) | 4.9 (3.1-7.5) | 8.9 (3.7-19.9) | 1.1 (0.5-2.4) |
| 55+ years | 5.6 (4.0-7.9) | 0.9 (0.3-2.4) | 5.0 (2.0-12.1) | 14.9 (7.2-28.2) | 7.1 (3.8-13.0) | 3.7 (0.8-14.7) | 8.9 (4.5-16.9) | 8.2 (4.8-13.6) |
*
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.