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Increase use of smoking cessation counseling and medication in adults who smoke — TU‑13 Data

National Status: Baseline only

  
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Most Recent Data:
38.4 percent (2022) *

National Target:
43.8 percent  *

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

National Baseline:
38.4 percent of current adult smokers aged 18 years and over who tried to quit during the past year and former adult smokers who quit during the past 2 years reported using cessation counseling and/or medication during the past year as part of a quit attempt in 2022 1 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Smoking cessation counseling and/or medication use by adult smokers, 2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Total
38.4
CI 36.1 / 40.6
SE 1.175

Smoking cessation counseling and/or medication use by adult smokers by Sex, 2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Male
37.7
CI 34.5 / 41.0
SE 1.636
Female
39.4
CI 36.2 / 42.7
SE 1.738

Smoking cessation counseling and/or medication use by adult smokers by Race/Ethnicity, 2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
American Indian or Alaska Native only
DSU
Asian only
16.0
CI 7.7 / 28.0
SE 4.183
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
DSU
Black or African American only
33.1
CI 27.3 / 39.4
SE 3.435
White only
40.9
CI 38.3 / 43.5
SE 1.348
2 or more races
34.5
CI 22.1 / 48.7
SE 6.425
Hispanic or Latino
29.8
CI 23.9 / 36.2
SE 3.093
Not Hispanic or Latino
39.7
CI 37.2 / 42.2
SE 1.315
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
32.1
CI 25.9 / 38.7
SE 3.673
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
42.4
CI 39.6 / 45.2
SE 1.472
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
34.1
CI 21.3 / 48.7
SE 6.378

Smoking cessation counseling and/or medication use by adult smokers by Age group, 2022 † ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
18-44 years
30.5
CI 27.1 / 34.0
SE 1.736
18-24 years
28.3
CI 19.2 / 39.0
SE 4.825
25-44 years
30.9
CI 27.4 / 34.5
SE 1.793
45-64 years
46.7
CI 42.8 / 50.5
SE 1.937
45-54 years
41.7
CI 35.9 / 47.8
SE 2.971
55-64 years
50.9
CI 45.9 / 55.9
SE 2.501
65 years and over
47.3
CI 42.0 / 52.7
SE 2.651
65-74 years
50.1
CI 43.9 / 56.3
SE 3.080
75-84 years
40.0
CI 28.4 / 52.5
SE 5.892
85 years and over
DSU

Smoking cessation counseling and/or medication use by adult smokers by Educational attainment (25 years and over), 2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Less than High school
30.1
CI 24.3 / 36.5
SE 3.148
High school
37.7
CI 33.7 / 41.7
SE 1.962
Some college or Associate degree
45.4
CI 41.1 / 49.8
SE 2.161
4-year college degree or more
44.8
CI 39.5 / 50.2
SE 2.642

Smoking cessation counseling and/or medication use by adult smokers by Family income (percent poverty threshold), 2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
<100
41.6
CI 36.0 / 47.3
SE 2.840
100-199
32.0
CI 27.6 / 36.5
SE 2.193
200-399
38.3
CI 34.0 / 42.7
SE 2.238
400+
42.2
CI 37.6 / 47.0
SE 2.618

Smoking cessation counseling and/or medication use by adult smokers by Health insurance status (18-64 years), 2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Insured
39.7
CI 36.9 / 42.5
SE 1.501
Private
38.3
CI 34.5 / 42.1
SE 2.053
Public
42.5
CI 37.8 / 47.4
SE 2.463
Uninsured
21.4
CI 15.9 / 27.7
SE 2.950

Smoking cessation counseling and/or medication use by adult smokers by Geographic location, 2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Metropolitan
38.1
CI 35.5 / 40.7
SE 1.320
Non-metropolitan
39.7
CI 34.9 / 44.7
SE 2.631

Smoking cessation counseling and/or medication use by adult smokers by Marital status, 2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Married/​Cohabiting partner
37.4
CI 34.2 / 40.7
SE 1.704
Divorced, separated, widowed
42.1
CI 37.7 / 46.6
SE 4.887
Never married
35.3
CI 30.7 / 40.1
SE 2.633

Smoking cessation counseling and/or medication use by adult smokers by Country of birth, 2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
US
40.6
CI 38.2 / 43.0
SE 1.266
Outside US
18.5
CI 12.9 / 25.2
SE 2.861

Smoking cessation counseling and/or medication use by adult smokers by Veteran status (20 years and over), 2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Veteran
51.2
CI 43.4 / 59.0
SE 4.257
Non-veteran
37.7
CI 35.3 / 40.1
SE 1.195

Smoking cessation counseling and/or medication use by adult smokers by Disability status, 2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
People with disabilities
46.0
CI 40.1 / 52.0
SE 3.483
People without disabilities
36.9
CI 34.5 / 39.5
SE 1.298

Smoking cessation counseling and/or medication use by adult smokers by Sexual orientation, 2022 * ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2022
Straight
37.4
CI 35.0 / 39.8
SE 1.285
Straight, Male
37.1
CI 33.8 / 40.6
SE 1.729
Straight, Female
37.7
CI 34.1 / 41.3
SE 2.121
Gay/​Lesbian
40.9
CI 27.6 / 55.2
SE 6.964
Gay, Male
DSU
Gay/​Lesbian, Female
DSU
Bisexual
48.4
CI 37.8 / 59.2
SE 4.913
Bisexual, Male
DSU
Bisexual, Female
48.2
CI 35.9 / 60.7
SE 6.623

Disparity