Table 1.

PATH Study Descriptive Statistics for US Young and Older Adults Who Reported a Quit Attempt at Wave 2

	Young adults (18–24) (n = 745)	Older adults (25–64) (n = 2057)	All Adults (18–64) (n = 2802)
	Weighted%	Weighted%	Weighted%
Outcomes a
Cessation (Wave 2)	23.67	20.02	20.69
Cessation (Wave 3)	24.43	21.87	22.35
Cessation Patterns (Waves 2 and 3)b
Sustained quit	13.24	12.10	12.31
Temporary quit	11.12	7.06	7.82
Delayed quit	11.19	9.77	10.03
No quit	64.46	71.07	69.84
Cessation strategies (Wave 2)
Behavioral support alone	1.95	2.40	2.32
Pharmacotherapy alone	2.75	15.10	12.83
Product substitution alone	26.88	21.06	22.13
With e-cigarettes	22.63	18.99	19.66
Without e-cigarettes	4.25	2.07	2.47
2+ strategies	6.02	10.13	9.38
Behavioral + pharma	2.47	1.37	2.26
Unassisted	62.39	51.31	53.35
Covariates (Wave 1)
Female (ref: male)	43.58	46.42	45.90
Race/ethnicity
NH White (reference)	76.69	75.63	75.82
NH Black or Afr. Am.	11.74	16.09	15.29
Other race/ethnicity	11.57	8.28	8.88
LGB+ (ref: heterosexual)	13.16	6.77	7.95
Unable to pay bills	26.99	30.82	30.12
Education, high school+	84.70	87.16	86.71
Uses non-cigarette tobacco	39.33	22.32	25.45
Lives with tobacco user	67.40	51.55	54.46
Light or intermittent smoker	46.84	32.61	35.22
	Mean	Mean	Mean
# of quit attempts	2.34	2.34	2.34

NH = Non-Hispanic; OA = older adults; YA = young adults; LGB = lesbian, gay, bisexual.

^aWeighted percentages report the percent of respondents who had quit at Wave 2 (of all Wave 1 smokers who made a quit attempt at Wave 2), who had quit at Wave 3, and who had each cessation pattern across Waves 2 and 3.

^bReported for Wave 1 smokers who made a quit attempt at Wave 2 with Wave 3 follow-up, n = 2502 (YA: 662; OA: 1840).