Research Article

Heterogeneity in Past Year Cigarette Smoking Quit Attempts among Latinos

Table 2

Smoking characteristics of Latino past year smokers, overall and by English language proficiency and immigrant generation.

LatinoGood ELPPoor ELP1st Generation2nd Generation≥3rd Generation
( 𝑁 = 4 , 5 8 9 )( 𝑁 = 3 , 5 9 7 )( 𝑁 = 9 7 1 )( 𝑁 = 2 , 0 1 6 )( 𝑁 = 8 7 9 )( 𝑁 = 1 , 6 9 4 )
%95% CI%95% CI%95% CI%95% CI%95% CI%95% CI

Quit attempt, past 12 months 51.3(49.6, 53.0)51.3(49.4, 53.3)51.4(47.8, 55.0)51.0(48.5, 53.5)57.1(53.5, 60.7)48.2(45.4, 51.1)
Age smoked regularly
 <1851.9(50.3, 53.5)53.3(51.5, 55.1)47.5(43.8, 51.2)48.0(45.5, 50.6)56.3(53.4, 60.1)54.8(52.4, 57.1)
 18–24 years38.8(37.1, 40.4)37.9(36.1, 39.8)41.4(37.7, 45.2)41.2(38.7, 43.6)37.6(33.8, 41.5)36.0(33.4, 38.7)
 25 years or older9.4(8.5, 10.3)8.8(7.8, 9.8)11.1(9.0, 13.7)10.8(9.3, 12.6)6.1(4.7, 8.1)9.2(7.6, 11.1)
Time to first cigarette*
 <30 minutes20.7(19.3, 22.2)22.8(21.2, 24.4)14.4(12.1, 17.1)16.9(14.9, 19.1)22.4(19.3, 26.0)25.3(22.9, 28.0)
 ≥30 minutes76.1(74.6, 77.6)74.8(73.2, 76.7)79.8(76.5, 82.6)78.9(76.5, 81.2)75.1(71.4, 78.5)72.6(69.9, 75.2)
 Varies3.2 (2.5, 4.0)2.3(1.7, 3.1)5.8(4.2, 8.0)4.2(3.2, 5.5)2.5(1.4, 4.2)2.1(1.4, 3.1)
Advice to quit
 Yes32.5(30.9, 34.1)35.9(34.1, 37.8)21.7(19.0, 24.7)27.4(25.1, 29.7)38.3(35.0, 41.8)36.4(33.6, 39.2)
 No67.6(65.9, 69.2)64.1(62.2, 65.9)78.3(75.3, 81.0)72.6(70.3, 74.9)61.7(58.2, 65.1)63.7(60.9, 66.4)
Smoking status at time of survey
 Current daily57.0(55.3, 58.7)58.7(56.8, 60.6)51.8(48.3, 55.2)53.9(51.5, 56.3)57.4(53.3, 61.3)61.4(58.5, 64.3)
 Current someday30.4(28.8, 32.0)28.7(26.9, 30.5)36.0(32.9, 39.2)33.5(31.3, 35.8)27.8(24.4, 31.4)27.5(24.9, 30.2)
 Quit in past year12.6(11.4, 13.8)12.6(11.3, 14.1)12.2(10.2, 14.7)12.6(11.0, 14.4)14.9(12.4, 17.8)11.1(9.3, 13.1)

95%CI = 95% confidence interval.
> 5% missing; > 1% missing; < 1% missing.