Table 1. Prevalence of Recent Successful Cessationa Among Adult Cigarette Smokers, Overall and by Sociodemographic Characteristics, Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, United States, 2018.
| Demographic Characteristic | Recent Successful Smoking Cessation, % (95% CI) | P Valueb |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.1 (6.4–7.9) | NA |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 6.8 (5.8–7.9) | .47 |
| Female | 7.4 (6.3–8.8) | |
| Age, y | ||
| 18–24 | 13.7 (9.9–18.8) | <.001 |
| 25–44 | 8.2 (7.0–9.6) | |
| 45–64 | 5.0 (4.1–6.0) | |
| ≥65 | 5.8 (4.3–7.8) | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic White | 7.1 (6.3–8.1) | .17 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 4.7 (3.2–7.0) | |
| Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native | —c | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander | —c | |
| Hispanic | 8.2 (5.6–11.7) | |
| Other | —d | |
| Education | ||
| Less than high school | 4.4 (3.0–6.3) | <.001 |
| High school graduate/GED | 6.2 (4.9–7.7) | |
| Some college | 8.7 (7.4–10.3) | |
| College graduate | 8.5 (6.5–11.1) | |
| Annual household income, $ | ||
| <25,000 | 5.9 (4.6–7.6) | .25 |
| 25,000–49,999 | 7.2 (5.8–9.0) | |
| 50,000–99,999 | 7.5 (6.2–9.1) | |
| ≥100,000 | 8.3 (6.4–10.7) | |
| Occupation | ||
| White collare | 8.7 (7.3–10.4) | .03 |
| Servicef | 8.7 (6.3–11.9) | |
| Blue collarg | 6.6 (4.7–9.2) | |
| Constructionh | 4.5 (2.4–8.0) | |
| Metropolitan statusi | ||
| Metropolitan | 7.4 (6.6–8.3) | .098 |
| Nonmetropolitan | 5.7 (4.5–7.2) | |
| US regionj | ||
| Northeast | 6.1 (4.5–8.2) | .52 |
| Midwest | 7.0 (5.6–8.7) | |
| South | 7.0 (5.9–8.3) | |
| West | 8.2 (6.4–10.5) | |
| Disability/limitationk | ||
| Yes | 5.3 (4.1–6.9) | .006 |
| No | 7.5 (6.7–8.4) | |
| Noncigarette tobacco product usel | ||
| Current e-cigarette use without use of other noncigarette tobacco products | 15.1 (11.2–20.1) | <.001 |
| Current use of noncigarette tobacco products other than e-cigarettes | 3.3 (1.8–6.0) | |
| Current use of e-cigarettes together with other noncigarette tobacco products | —c | |
| No current noncigarette tobacco product use (including e-cigarettes) | 6.6 (5.8–7.4) | |
| Past-year menthol cigarette smokingm | ||
| Yes | 8.3 (6.8–10.0) | .07 |
| No | 6.5 (5.6–7.5) | |
Abbreviations: GED, general education diploma; NA, not applicable.
Recent successful smoking cessation was defined as quitting smoking within the past year for ≥6 months among current cigarette smokers who smoked for ≥2 years and among former smokers who quit during the past year.
Determined by using χ2 test; significance set at P < .05. Data were weighted to account for the complex survey design.
Estimate not presented because relative standard error is >30%.
Insufficient data.
White-collar occupations were defined as management; business and financial operations; computer and mathematical science; architecture and engineering; life, physical, and social science; community and social service; legal; education, training, and library; arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media; health care practitioner and technical; sales; and office and administrative support occupations.
Service occupations were defined as health care support; protective service; food preparation and serving related; building and grounds cleaning and maintenance; and personal care and service occupations.
Blue-collar occupations were defined as installation, maintenance, and repair; production; and transportation and material moving occupations.
Construction occupations were defined as construction and extraction occupations.
Metropolitan was defined as metropolitan statistical area having at least 1 urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants.
Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Respondents who reported deafness or difficulty hearing; blindness or difficulty seeing; serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition; serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; difficulty dressing or bathing; or difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition.
Current e-cigarette use was defined as using e-cigarettes every day or some days; current other tobacco use was defined as using regular cigars, cigarillos, little filtered cigars, regular pipe filled with tobacco, water pipe or hookah pipe filled with tobacco, smokeless tobacco, or dissolvable tobacco every day or some days; and no current tobacco product use was defined as not using e-cigarettes, regular cigars, cigarillos, little filtered cigars, regular pipe filled with tobacco, water pipe or hookah pipe filled with tobacco, smokeless tobacco, and dissolvable tobacco every day or some days.
Past-year menthol cigarette smoking was defined as usually smoking menthol cigarettes during the 12 months before quitting smoking.