Receipt of evidence-based brief cessation interventions by health professionals and use of cessation assisted treatments among current adult cigarette-only smokers: National Adult Tobacco Survey, 2009–2010

Table 1 Characteristics of current cigarette-only smokers who visited a health professional within the past 12 months

	Current cigarette-only smokers^a
	(N = 10,801)
Characteristic	n	%^b	95 % CI
Sex
Men	3935	45.3	43.4–47.3
Women	6866	54.7	52.7–56.6
Age (years)
18–24	456	9.9	8.6–11.2
25–34	1432	21.7	19.9–23.4
35–54	4580	44.8	43.0–46.7
55+	4333	23.6	22.2–25.0
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	8783	74.0	72.1–76.0
Black, non-Hispanic	915	10.8	9.6–12.1
Hispanic	366	9.5	7.8–11.1
Other, non-Hispanic	737	5.6	4.8–6.4
Education
< High school	1191	20.3	18.4–22.2
High school diploma	3182	34.8	33.1–36.6
Some college	4007	32.8	31.2–34.5
≥ College	2421	12.1	11.2–12.9

^aCurrent cigarette-only smokers who were surveyed about whether a health care professional had provided any of the ‘5 A’s’ brief counseling intervention
^bPercentages are weighted for age, sex race/ethnicity, marital status, and education

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