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4.9. Time since quitting smoking

Table 4.9 reports on the time since former daily smokers current non-smokers have quit smoking, in four groups 1 year, 1 –5 years, 5–10 years and 10 years or more. Overall, 46.8 of current non-smokers quit smoking more than 10 years ago, 17.6 for 5 –10 years, 25.5 for 1–5 years and 10 for less than a year. A similar pattern is seen in men and women current non-smokers; however, only 4.4 of women current non-smokers have quit less than a year ago as compared to 10.6 of men. The percentage of current non-smokers who quit more than 10 years ago is 57.5 in the age group of 45 –64 years , 48.5 in the age group of 65+ years and 37.8 in the age group of 25 –44 years . By residence, 47.0 quit smoking for over 10 years in urban areas and 46.6 in rural areas. By educational level, the largest percentage of those who had quit smoking for more than 10 years ago is at the college and university level 53.5; the percentage in the high school completed group is 47.6, secondary school completed is 46.8, primary school completed is 47.7 and less than primary school completed is 42.4. There are 47.8 current non-smokers who have quit smoking for more than 10 years among the self-employed, 47.2 among the employed and 47.3 among the unemployed groups. Overall 3.3 2.8, 3.9 9.5 8.0, 11.3 Ma l e 6.0 5.0, 7.2 9.0 7.5, 10.7 Fe ma l e 0.6 0.4, 1.0 23.2 14.6, 34.7 15-24 0.4 0.1, 1.3 2.0 0.7, 6.0 25-44 2.6 2.0, 3.3 6.9 5.4, 8.9 45-64 5.6 4.4, 7.1 13.4 10.5, 17.0 65+ 9.8 7.6, 12.6 25.1 20.1, 30.8 Urba n 3.7 2.9, 4.6 11.4 8.9, 14.3 Rura l 2.9 2.3, 3.7 7.9 6.1, 10.2 Le s s tha n pri ma ry s chool compl e ted 4.1 3.1, 5.4 10.6 8.0, 13.9 Pri ma ry s chool compl e ted 3.2 2.3, 4.3 8.8 6.5, 11.8 Se conda ry s chool compl e ted 1.5 0.9, 2.3 5.0 3.2, 7.6 Hi gh s chool compl e ted 3.7 2.9, 4.8 10.7 8.2, 13.7 Col l e ge or Uni ve rs i ty + 5.3 3.6, 7.8 18.2 12.6, 25.6 Empl oye d 3.8 2.8, 5.0 8.0 6.0, 10.7 Se l f-e mpl oye d 4.5 3.6, 5.6 8.9 7.1, 11.1 Stude nts 0.1 0.0, 0.5 0.8 0.1, 5.6 Home ma ke rs 0.7 0.3, 1.5 28.5 14.2, 49.1 Un-e mpl oye d 6.6 4.7, 9.3 19.2 13.8, 26.1 Table 4.8: Per e tage of all adults a d e er daily s okers ≥1 years old ho are for er daily s okers, y sele ted de ographi hara teristi s – GAT“ I do esia, 11. Note: Smoki ng i ni ti a ti on a mong a ny da i l y s moke rs ci ga re tte s , kre teks or a ny othe r s moke d products da i l y. Former Daily Smokers 1 Among All Adults Percentage 95 CI 1 Curre nt non-s moke rs . 2 Al s o known a s the qui t ra ti o for da i l y s moki ng. Demographic Characteristics Former Daily Smokers 1 Among Ever Daily Smokers 2 OccupationWork status Education Level Residence Age years Gender 46 Tobacco Use

4.10. Type of current tobacco use