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Table 3 Age-standardized short-term and long-term quit ratios (%) in men and women in 1994-2010

From: The effect of tobacco control policy on smoking cessation in relation to gender, age and education in Lithuania, 1994–2010

Study year

Short-term quit ratio

Long-term quit ratio

Men

Women

Men

Women

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

1994

3.9

1.9-6.0

12.8

5.5-20.2

17.0

13.4-20.5

14.3

7.2-21.5

1996

6.3

4.1-8.5

11.9

6.1-11.7

17.2

14.1-20.4

19.8

13.3-26.2

1998

4.0

2.0-5.9

15.4

9.5-21.3

15.9

12.6-19.1

13.8

8.6-19.1

2000

4.5

2.7-6.2

7.4

3.8-11.1

16.6

13.7-19.5

14.3

9.8-18.8

2002

5.4

3.1-7.7

11.8

6.5-17.0

24.1

20.4-27.8

22.8

16.8-28.9

2004

7.8

4.9-10.7

11.5

6.6-16.4

20.3

16.4-24.2

18.1

12.8-23.5

2006

7.8

5.0-10.7

16.2

10.7-21.6

20.3

16.5-24.2

22.3

16.8-27.7

2008

9.6

6.4-12.9

16.0

10.5-21.5

24.8

20.6-29.0

24.6

19-30.2

2010

9.5

6.1-12.9

20.4

15.2-25.7

29.7

25.2-31.2

30.5

25.5-35.5

  1. Short-term quit ratio = the number of ex-smokers given up smoking 1–12 months ago/daily smokers plus ex-smokers given up smoking 1–12 months ago.
  2. Long-term quit ratio = the number of ex-smokers given up smoking more than 12 months ago/ever smokers.
  3. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval.