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• About This Report
• Highlights
• Table of Contents
• I: Adult Tobacco Use
• II: Quitting Smoking
• III: Youth Tobacco Use
• Smoking Initiation
• Current Smoking
• Sources of Cigarettes
• Other Tobacco Products
• Quitting Smoking
  Quit Intentions
  Quit Attempts
• End Material
• Policy Supplement

youth: QUITTING SMOKIng

Quit Intentions

In 2010, 65.4% of smokers aged 15 to 19 were seriously considering quitting in the next 6 months, and half (50.8%) of those were considering doing so in the next 30 days (Figure 11.1). Since 2000, the percentage of smokers seriously considering quitting has fluctuated between 60 to 70% (Figure 11.2).

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