Skip to main content

Table 4 Current smokers: Whether wanted to quit smoking and whether tried to quit smoking in past year, by level of non-specific psychological distress, US National Health Interview Survey (n = 6,511)

From: Non-specific psychological distress, smoking status and smoking cessation: United States National Health Interview Survey 2005

 

Want to quit smoking

Tried to quit smoking

 

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

K6 level of non-specific psychological distress

    

0 - 2

61.6

(59.7 - 63.4)

37.8

(36.0 - 39.7)

3 - 7

69.5

(66.7 - 72.3)

48.8

(45.8 - 51.8)

8 - 12

73.0

(69.2 - 76.9)

52.8

(48.4 - 57.3)

13 - 24

67.5

(62.0 - 72.9)

46.6

(41.1 - 52.0)