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. 2023 Nov 23:20:E107.
doi: 10.5888/pcd20.230132.

State-Specific Prevalence of Adult Tobacco Product Use and Cigarette Smoking Cessation Behaviors, United States, 2018-2019

Monica E Cornelius  1 , Teresa W Wang  2 , Ahmed Jamal  2 , Caitlin G Loretan  2 , Gordon Willis  3 , Bria Graham-Glover  4 , Linda Neff  2
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State-Specific Prevalence of Adult Tobacco Product Use and Cigarette Smoking Cessation Behaviors, United States, 2018-2019

Monica E Cornelius et al. Prev Chronic Dis. .

Abstract

Introduction: Increasing quitting among people who smoke cigarettes is the quickest approach to reducing tobacco-related disease and death.

Methods: We analyzed data from the 2018-2019 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey for 137,471 adult self-respondents from all 50 US states and the District of Columbia to estimate state-specific prevalence of current tobacco product use, interest in quitting smoking, past-year quit attempts, recent successful cessation (past-year quit lasting ≥6 months), receipt of advice to quit smoking from a medical doctor, and use of cessation medications and/or counseling to quit.

Results: Prevalence of current any-tobacco use (use every day or some days) ranged from 10.2% in California to 29.0% in West Virginia. The percentage of adults who currently smoked cigarettes and were interested in quitting ranged from 68.2% in Alabama to 87.5% in Connecticut; made a past-year quit attempt ranged from 44.1% in Tennessee to 62.8% in Rhode Island; reported recent successful cessation ranged from 4.6% in West Virginia and Wisconsin to 10.8% in South Dakota; received advice to quit from a medical doctor ranged from 63.3% in Colorado to 86.9% in Rhode Island; and used medications and/or counseling to quit ranged from 25.5% in Nevada to 50.1% in Massachusetts. Several states with the highest cigarette smoking prevalence reported the lowest prevalence of interest in quitting, quit attempts, receipt of advice to quit, and use of counseling and/or medication, and the highest prevalence of e-cigarette, smokeless tobacco, and cigar use.

Conclusion: Adults who smoke struggle with smoking cessation and could benefit from additional intervention.

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State-level prevalence of smoking cessation and cessation treatment indicators among adults aged ≥18 years who reported currently or formerly smoking cigarettes, by quartile, Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, United States, 2018–2019. All categories are defined in the Methods section. [A text description of this figure is available.]
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