State-Specific Prevalence of Quit Attempts Among Adult Cigarette Smokers --- United States, 2011--2017

Published on July 18, 2019

From 1965 to 2017, the prevalence of cigarette smoking among U.S. adults aged ≥18 years decreased from 42.4% to 14.0%, in part because of increases in smoking cessation.

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