2006-07 TUS-CPS Data, Table 3

Table 3. 2006-07 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS):

Cigarette Smoking Quit Attempts and Cessation - Percentage Estimates (95% Confidence Intervals) of the US Household Population, 25 Years and Over:

Those smoking everyday one year previously who at the time of the TUS-CPS interview --
  Had any cessation activity in the past year, including quitting* %
(CI)
Had quit smoking for 3+ months* %
(CI)
Had quit smoking for 6+ months* %
(CI)
Population size
(denominator)
Sample size
(denominator)
Total 35.8
(35.0-36.6)
4.7
(4.4-5.1)
3.3
(3.0-3.6)
28,430,486 23,586
Sex:
Male 34.7
(33.7-35.8)
4.6
(4.1-5.1)
3.2
(2.8-3.7)
15,165,233 11,310
Female 37
(36.0-38.0)
4.9
(4.4-5.4)
3.4
(3.0-3.9)
13,265,253 12,276
Region:
Northeast 40.2
(38.5-41.9)
5.4
(4.5-6.4)
3.8
(3.1-4.6)
4,955,288 4,382
Midwest 36.5
(35.1-37.9)
4.4
(3.9-5.0)
3
(2.6-3.6)
7,577,146 6,493
South 32.6
(31.3-33.9)
4.2
(3.7-4.8)
3
(2.5-3.5)
11,006,286 7,889
West 37.6
(35.7-39.5)
5.7
(4.9-6.6)
4
(3.3-4.8)
4,891,766 4,822
Race/Ethnicity:
White
(NH)
34.7
(33.9-35.5)
4.8
(4.5-5.2)
3.3
(3.0-3.6)
22,477,970 19,544
Black
(NH)
40.8
(38.0-43.8)
3.5
(2.6-4.7)
2.7
(1.9-3.7)
2,736,312 1,685
Hispanic 39.4
(36.2-42.7)
5.3
(3.9-7.2)
4
(2.8-5.7)
1,939,628 1,136
American Indian/Alaska Native
(NH)
38.1
(31.2-45.6)
6.1
(3.2-11.3)
5
(2.4-10.3)
206,797 280
Asian/Pacific Islander
(NH)
39.6
(34.0-45.6)
4.2
(2.5-7.0)
3.5
(1.9-6.1)
588,440 426
2 or more races
(NH)
38.6
(33.3-44.2)
3.7
(2.3-6.1)
2.9
(1.4-5.6)
481,340 515
Age:
25-44 38.5
(37.3-39.7)
4.9
(4.4-5.4)
3.5
(3.1-4.0)
13,527,223 10,653
45-64 33.7
(32.6-34.8)
4.3
(3.9-4.8)
2.9
(2.5-3.3)
12,463,907 10,574
65+ 31.7
(29.6-33.9)
6
(4.9-7.3)
4.3
(3.4-5.4)
2,439,356 2,359
Education:
< 12 years 30.2
(28.3-32.1)
2.9
(2.3-3.6)
2.1
(1.6-2.7)
5,030,772 4,026
12 years
(HS)
33.7
(32.5-34.9)
4.2
(3.7-4.7)
3
(2.6-3.5)
11,686,581 9772
13-15 years 39.8
(38.3-41.2)
5.8
(5.1-6.5)
4
(3.4-4.6)
8,354,687 7,066
16+ years 41.8
(39.8-43.8)
6.8
(5.7-8.0)
4.6
(3.8-5.6)
3,358,446 2,722

* Any cessation activity includes a) current everyday smokers having one or more (24-hour or longer) quit attempts in past year, b) current some-day smokers who had previously smoked daily about 12 months ago and c) former smokers who completely quit within the past 12 months. (For more information on this definition of quitting behavior, see Shopland, Burns, Amacher, and Ruppert, 2000, Chapter 2).

The second and third columns, labeled "Had quit smoking for 3+/6+ months," refer to former smokers at the time of the interview who had completely quit smoking cigarettes 3+/6+ months ago, but had been daily smokers about a year ago.

† In the 2006-07 CPS, multiple races were allowed. Here "White" equals non-Hispanic, only White race reported; "Black" equals non-Hispanic, only Black race reported; "American Indian/Alaska Native" equals non-Hispanic, only American Indian/Alaska Native race reported; "Asian/Pacific Islander" equals non-Hispanic, only Asian/Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander race reported; "2 or more races reported" equals non-Hispanic, 2 or more races reported. Note more than half of this last category is composed of non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Natives also reporting one or more other races. Also, Asian/Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islanders reporting some other race(s) make up the next largest subcategory within this grouping (mainly the Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islanders).

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