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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase successful quit attempts in pregnant women who smoke — TU‑15 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
19.7 percent (2022)

Target:
24.4 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
20.2 percent of females reported smoking cessation during pregnancy (i.e., they had smoked in their first or second trimesters but reported no smoking in their third trimester) in 2018

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Pregnant female smokers ceasing smoking during pregnancy, 2018-2022
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total
20.2
CI 20.0 / 20.4
SE 0.081
20.3
CI 20.1 / 20.4
SE 0.085
20.0
CI 19.8 / 20.1
SE 0.090
19.9
CI 19.7 / 20.1
SE 0.097
19.7
CI 19.5 / 19.9
SE 0.109