Tobacco Use in Canada
Patterns and Trends - 2012 Edition

quitting smoking: QUIT SUCCESS


By Sex | By Age

Quit Success (Point Abstinence)

In 2010, of all respondents who had tried to quit for at least 24 hours in the past year (46.6% of smokers), 10.1% were still quit for at least one month at the time they were surveyed. This represents no significant change in quit success since 2009 (53).

While comparison from 1999 to 2010 is not possible due to changes in question coverage and availability of data*, since 2004, quit success appears to have remained near 10-12%, with some year-by-year fluctuation (Figure 5.19).

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