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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of adults who get advice to quit smoking from a health care provider — TU‑12

Status: Little or no detectable change

  
Little or no detectable change
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Most Recent Data:
46.8 percent (2022) *

Target:
58.1 percent  *

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
48.1 percent of adult current cigarette smokers and former cigarette smokers aged 18 years and over who quit in the past 12 months reported receiving advice from a medical doctor, dentist, or other health professional to quit smoking or to quit using other kinds of tobacco in 2020 1 *

*  Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Increase the proportion of adult smokers who receive advice to quit from a health professional

Target-Setting Method
Percentage point improvement

Data Source:  National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC/NCHS

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Summary

Cigarette smoking causes cancer and early death. Health care providers can help their patients quit smoking by asking them about tobacco use, advising them to quit, and providing counseling and medication.

Topics:  Tobacco Use, Health Care

Workgroup: Tobacco Use Workgroup

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1. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.