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About the National Data
Data
Data Source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC/NCHS
Baseline: 8.5 percent of cigarette smokers aged 18 years and over successfully quit in 2020
Target: 10.6 percent
Methodology
This indicator measures the proportion of current adult smokers aged 18 years and over who are eligible to be a recent quitter who have had recent smoking cessation success. Persons who are eligible to quit smoking in the last year include persons who have ever smoked 100 cigarettes and who report that they stopped smoking within the past 1 year as well as current (everyday or someday) smokers who initiated smoking 2 or more years ago.
Time since initiation is determined by subtracting the age reported for when the respondent first started smoking regularly from the respondent's current age. If the difference is 2 years or greater these persons are considered to be eligible to be a recent quitter. Persons who responded that they were 85 years or older when they first started smoking regularly are counted as initiating at age 85.
Persons who reported that they stopped smoking in the past 1 year can report time since quitting in days, weeks, months, and years and are included in the denominator if they reported as follows: (1-94 days; 1-52 weeks; 1-12 months; 1 year). Recent success in smoking cessation included persons who reported that they stopped smoking 6 months to 1 year ago and are included in the numerator if they reported as follows: (26-52 weeks; 6-12 months; 1 year).
This indicator uses age-adjustment groups: 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-64, 65+.
History
In 2022, due to the 2019 NHIS redesign, the baseline was revised from 8.3% in 2018 to 8.5% in 2020.
The target was revised from 10.2% to 10.6% using the original target setting method.
1. Because Healthy People 2030 objectives have a desired direction (e.g., increase or decrease), the confidence level of a one-sided prediction interval can be used as an indication of how likely a target will be to achieve based on the historical data and fitted trend.