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Increase successful quit attempts in adults who smoke — TU‑14

Status: Target met or exceeded

  
Target met or exceeded
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Most Recent Data:
11.4 percent (2024) *

Target:
10.6 percent 1  *

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
8.5 percent of cigarette smokers aged 18 years and over successfully quit in 2020 2 *

*  Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Increase recent smoking cessation success among adult smokers

Target-Setting Method
Projection

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

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Summary

Cigarette smoking causes cancer and early death. Counseling and medication make it more likely that people will quit smoking — and strategies to raise awareness and provide insurance coverage for these treatments make it more likely that people will use them.

Topic:  Tobacco Use

Workgroup: Tobacco Use Workgroup

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

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