Table 3:
Quit intentions and attempts among past 30-day e-cigarette users and past 30-day smokers, 2017 to 2019, by country, weighted %(n)
| CANADA | ENGLAND | US | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| VAPING | (n=340) | (n=463) | (n=738) | (n=347) | (n=351) | (n=439) | (n=454) | (n=635) | (n=736) |
| Are you planning to quit using e-cigarettes/ vaping… | |||||||||
| Within the next month | 9.8 (33) | 11.6 (54) | 15.0 (109) | 9.7 (33) | 11.9 (42) | 10.6 (46) | 9.1 (41) | 10.0 (63) | 12.1 (89) |
| Between 1–6 months from now | 10.3 (35) | 8.5 (39) | 15.0 (110) | 12.7 (44) | 12.1 (42) | 9.8 (43) | 11.5 (52) | 16.7 (106) | 12.3 (90) |
| Sometime in the future, beyond 6 months | 15.7 (53) | 18.6 (86) | 19.3 (141) | 16.8 (58) | 19.3 (68) | 16.7 (73) | 19.2 (87) | 20.9 (133) | 24.4 (180) |
| Not planning to quit | 26.4 (90) | 26.2 (121) | 21.3 (156) | 25.6 (88) | 26.9 (94) | 30.3 (133) | 32.0 (145) | 30.2 (192) | 24.7 (182) |
| I don’t currently use e-cigarettes | 18.7 (64) | 25.5 (118) | 17.0 (124) | 19.9 (69) | 22.5 (79) | 21.2 (93) | 12.2 (55) | 12.2 (77) | 10.9 (81) |
| Don’t know | 19.1 (65) | 9.7 (45) | 12.5 (91) | 15.4 (53) | 7.2 (25) | 11.5 (51) | 15.8 (72) | 10.0 (63) | 15.6 (115) |
| Have you tried to completely stop using e-cigarettes/vaping in the LAST 12 MONTHS? | |||||||||
| Yes | 12.2 (41) | 18.7 (86) | 26.8 (196) | 12.7 (44) | 16.5 (58) | 21.0 (92) | 15.3. (69) | 21.9 (138) | 25.0 (184) |
| Noa | 46.7 (159) | 51.4 (236) | 52.6 (384) | 49.6 (170) | 57.7 (202) | 53.0 (231) | 55.1 (249) | 63.3 (398) | 62.6 (461) |
| Not applicableb | 37.8 (128) | 25.6 (118) | 17.1 (124) | 35.7 (122) | 22.5 (79) | 21.3 (93) | 28.1 (127 | 12.3 (77) | 10.9 (81) |
| Don’t knowc | 3.3 (11)* | 4.4 (20) | 3.5 (25) | 1.9 (7)* | 3.3 (11)* | 4.6 (20) | 1.5 (7)* | 2.5 (15) | 1.5 (11)* |
| CIGARETTE SMOKING | (n=431) | (n=383) | (n=384) | (n=622) | (n=645) | (n=519) | (n=451) | (n=470) | (n=315) |
| Are you planning to quit smoking… | |||||||||
| Within the next month | 12.2 (52) | 12.8 (49) | 15.6 (60) | 9.7 (60) | 10.7 (69) | 11.7 (60) | 17.2 (78) | 17.7 (83) | 15.3 (48) |
| Between 1–6 months from now | 13.2 (57) | 16.6 (63) | 15.3 (59) | 12.2 (75) | 13.0 (84) | 10.8 (56) | 15.7 (71) | 18.2 (86) | 16.5 (52) |
| Sometime in the future, beyond 6 months | 25.3 (108) | 23.7 (90) | 23.7 (91) | 22.7 (140) | 30.9 (199) | 21.5 (111) | 24.3 (110) | 25.5 (120) | 25.1 (79) |
| Not planning to quit | 15.0 (64) | 23.9 (91) | 16.7 (64)1 | 17.0 (105) | 18.8 (122) | 20.4 (106) | 16.0 (72) | 16.9 (80) | 18.1 (57) |
| I don’t currently smoke | 19.1 (82) | 14.2 (54) | 14.2 (54) | 27.4 (170) | 20.3 (131) | 21.6 (112) | 9.8 (44) | 11.0 (52) | 10.0 (31) |
| Don’t know | 15.1 (65) | 8.8 (33) | 14.6 (56) | 11.2 (69) | 6.3 (41) | 14.1 (73) | 17.0 (77) | 10.6 (50) | 15.0 (47) |
| Have you tried to completely stop smoking in the LAST 12 MONTHS? | |||||||||
| Yes | 19.6 (85) | 14.6 (56) | 22.7 (87) | 14.8 (92) | 15.3 (99) | 18.8 (97) | 20.5 (93) | 12.6 (59) | 16.7 (53) |
| Noa | 25.8 (111) | 23.5 (90) | 21.0 (81) | 22.7 (141) | 26.2 (169) | 22.5 (117) | 19.5 (88) | 21.6 (100) | 21.5 (68) |
| Not applicabled | 54.6 (235) | 60.8 (232) | 55.5 (213) | 61.7 (384) | 58.4 (377) | 58.2 (302) | 59.8 (270) | 65.4 (304) | 61.2 (193) |
| Don’t knowc | 0.0 (0) | 1.0 (4)* | 0.8 (3)* | 0.8 (5)* | 0.1 (0) | 0.5 (2)* | 0.2 (1)* | 0.4 (2)* | 0.7 (2)* |
Respondents who refused (missing values) are excluded (removed from the denominator)
a
Includes those who said “No” to ever trying to stop in a previous (not shown) item
b
Responded to previous item (plans to quit) with “Don’t currently use” [or, in 2017, with “Don’t know”]
c
Includes those who said “Don’t know” to ever trying to stop in a previous (not shown) item
d
Respondents who were not asked because they were not classified as current smoker (i.e,. had not smoked at least 100 cigarettes) but did smoke in the last 30 days
*
High variability (coefficient of variation >33.3%); interpret with caution