Smoking Cessation Prevalence and Inequalities in the United States: 2014-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking is a leading cause of premature death and health inequities in the United States.

Methods

We estimated cross-sectional prevalence of smoking cessation indicators among US adult recent smokers (n = 43 602) overall and by sociodemographic subgroups in the Current Population Survey Tobacco Use Supplement 2014-2015 and 2018-2019 timepoints. Respondents reported past-year quit smoking interest, attempts, sustained (successful) cessation for 6 or more months and use of e-cigarettes or behavioral or pharmacological cessation treatments to quit smoking.

Results

Past-year quit smoking attempts declined slightly from 2014-2015 (52.9%) to 2018-2019 (51.3%) overall. Quit interest (pooled = 77.1%) and sustained cessation (pooled = 7.5%) did not change across tim

SUBMITTER: Leventhal AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8902346 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature