Indexing Quit-Smoking Interest among Norwegian Smokers 2019-2021

Table 4

Plans to quit smoking (“Do you have plans to quit smoking?”) by smoking status.

Plans to quit	Smoking status			Index score
	Daily (%)	Occasional (%)	All smokers (%)
Considering quitting smoking…	(63.9)	(46.3)	(56.4)	—
In the course of next month	10.9	18.7	14.2	5
In 1-3 months	16.2	13.4	15.0	4
In 4-6 months	13.4	6.4	10.4	3
But not in the course of the next 6 months	23.4	7.8	16.8	2
Are not considering quitting smoking	19.7	32.8	25.3	0
Do not know, do not wish to answer	16.3	20.9	18.2	1
Total; (=)	99.9; (760)	100; (561)	99.9; (1321)

Pearson’s chi-squared test 102,675; significance 0.000.