Indexing Quit-Smoking Interest among Norwegian Smokers 2019-2021

Table 5

Last attempt to quit smoking (“Have you tried to quit smoking?”) by smoking status.

Attempt to quit	Smoking status			Index score
	Daily (%)	Occasional (%)	All smokers (%)
Yes….	(81.7)	(56.9)	(71.2)	—
Last month	3.4	6.2	4.6	5
1-3 months ago	4.2	8.2	5.9	4.5
4-6 months ago	5.3	6.4	5.8	4
7-12 months ago	8.3	5.7	7.2	3.5
1-2 years ago	13.4	9.4	11.7	3
More than 2 years ago	46.3	17.8	34.2	2
Yes, but do not remember when	0.8	3.2	1.8	1
No	16.2	33.5	23.5	0
Do not remember	2.1	9.4	5.2	0.5
Total; (=)	100; (760)	99.8; (561)	99.9; (1321)

Pearson’s chi-squared test 183,771; significance 0.000.