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<QuickStats> Percentage of those who have attempted to stop smoking and have stop-smoking plan among current smokers aged ≥ 19 years, South Korea, 2007-2017
- Date2019-06-13 20:41
- Update2021-04-15 17:44
- DivisionDivision of Strategic Planning for Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Percentage of those who have attempted to stop smoking and have stop-smoking plan among current smokers aged ≥ 19 years, South Korea, 2007-2017
The percentage of those who have attempted to stop smoking among current smokers aged 19 and over had declined from 60.7% in 2007 to 58.2% in 2017 (a decrease of 2.5% percentage point [%p]). Meanwhile, the percentage of those planning to stop smoking within one month had dropped from 20.2% in 2007 to 17.6% in 2017 (a decrease of 2.6%p). The 2017 data indicated that 5.8 out of 10 current smokers had attempted to stop smoking, and 1.8 responded that they had stop-smoking plan within the next one month (Figure A).
Source: Korea Health Statistics 2017, Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, http://knhanes.kdca.go.kr/
Reported by: Division of Chronic Disease Control, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevent
The percentage of those who have attempted to stop smoking among current smokers aged 19 and over had declined from 60.7% in 2007 to 58.2% in 2017 (a decrease of 2.5% percentage point [%p]). Meanwhile, the percentage of those planning to stop smoking within one month had dropped from 20.2% in 2007 to 17.6% in 2017 (a decrease of 2.6%p). The 2017 data indicated that 5.8 out of 10 current smokers had attempted to stop smoking, and 1.8 responded that they had stop-smoking plan within the next one month (Figure A).
Source: Korea Health Statistics 2017, Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, http://knhanes.kdca.go.kr/
Reported by: Division of Chronic Disease Control, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevent
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