Table 2. Smoking cessation and current smokers’ willingness to quit smoking next month in China, 2021.

Region	Characteristics	Total						Males						Females
		Planned to quit smoke next month*			Smoking cessation			Planned to quit smoke next month*			Smoking cessation			Planned to quit smoke next month*			Smoking cessation
		N	%		N	%		N	%		N	%		N	%		N	%
Abbreviations: CCMC/CCPM=Colleges Directly Under the Central Ministries and Commissions or Colleges Co-sponsored by Province and Ministry; PC=Provincial Colleges; HVC=Higher Vocational Colleges. * Current smokers who planned to or were thinking about quitting in the next month.
Total	Overall	3,008	31.2		3,389	26.0		2,820	31.5		2,736	23.2		188	27.2		653	49.0
	School type
	CCMC/CCPM	26	16.9		69	32.1		26	20.2		48	27.1		0	0.0		21	50.0
	PC	898	26.4		1,441	30.3		838	27.2		1,186	27.9		60	19.9		255	46.2
	HVC	2,084	33.9		1,879	23.5		1,956	33.8		1,502	20.7		128	35.3		377	51.2
East	Overall	1,083	28.5		1,298	25.6		1,005	29.2		1,011	22.5		78	21.9		287	45.0
	School type
	CCMC/CCPM	13	15.4		43	35.0		13	18.8		30	30.3		0	0.0		13	50.0
	PC	333	25.1		555	30.2		298	26.4		427	27.5		35	18.8		128	41.3
	HVC	737	30.6		700	22.6		694	30.8		554	19.8		43	27.7		146	48.5
Middle	Overall	812	31.0		885	25.2		759	31.1		727	22.7		53	30.0		158	47.9
	School type
	CCMC/CCPM	4	15.9		14	37.2		4	16.7		9	27.3		0	0.0		5	83.3
	PC	206	24.2		360	30.2		196	24.6		316	28.5		10	19.6		44	46.8
	HVC	602	34.2		511	22.6		559	34.2		402	19.8		43	34.7		109	47.4
West	Overall	1,113	34.4		1,206	27.2		1,056	34.3		998	24.4		57	36.2		208	57.1
	School type
	CCMC/CCPM	9	20.3		12	22.1		9	25.0		9	20.0		0	0.0		3	30.0
	PC	359	29.4		526	30.6		344	29.8		443	27.8		15	23.1		83	56.1
	HVC	745	37.5		668	25.3		703	36.9		546	22.4		42	50.0		122	59.2