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Table 2
Percentage of and adjusted odds ratios for smokers considering quitting within next 30 days, by selected characteristics, household population aged 15 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2006

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	Considering quitting in next 30 days
	Percentage	95% confidence interval		Adjusted odds ratio	95% confidence interval
		from	to		from	to
Total	32.5	29.5	35.4	...	...	...
Sex
Males	33.9	30.0	37.9	1.3	0.9	1.8
Females†	30.8	26.5	35.2	1.0	...	...
Age group
15 to 19	34.5	28.8	40.2	0.8	0.4	1.3
20 to 24	32.8	28.4	37.1	0.7	0.5	1.2
25 to 34	37.2	29.3	45.1	1.1	0.6	1.8
35 to 44†	30.0	23.0	37.0	1.0	...	...
45 to 54	31.9	25.7	38.1	1.2	0.7	1.8
55 or older	29.2	22.2	36.2	1.6	0.9	2.9
Marital status (aged 25 or older)
Married/Common-law†	32.4	27.7	37.1	1.0	...	...
Widowed/Divorced/Separated	36.2	27.8	44.6	1.4	0.9	2.2
Never married	31.5	24.0	39.0	1.1	0.7	1.6
Education (aged 25 or older)
Less than secondary graduation†	26.5	19.3	33.7	1.0	...	...
Secondary graduation.	31.0	25.9	36.1	1.2	0.8	1.8
Postsecondary graduation	37.6*	31.4	43.9	1.4	0.9	2.3
Children younger than 15 in household
Yes	34.1	28.5	39.6	1.0	0.7	1.4
No†	31.7	28.5	35.0	1.0	...	...
Cigarettes per day
Occasional smoker	52.8*	46.9	58.7	4.1*	2.8	6.0
1 to 9	34.7*	28.1	41.4	1.4	0.9	2.0
10 to 24†	25.2	21.2	29.2	1.0	...	...
25 or more	20.0E	13.4	26.7	0.9	0.5	1.4
Number of quit attempts in past year lasting at least 24 hours
0†	17.2	13.9	20.4	1.0	...	...
1	35.3*	27.5	43.1	3.0*	2.0	4.6
2	46.6*	37.2	55.9	4.5*	2.8	7.3
3	54.8*	45.5	64.1	6.7*	4.2	10.9
4 or more	62.1*	55.1	69.1	8.9*	6.0	13.3
Strength of cigarettes
Ultra or extra light	43.7*	33.9	53.5	1.4	0.9	2.3
Light	30.8	25.9	35.6	0.9	0.7	1.4
Ultra or extra mild	36.2E	21.2	51.1	1.3	0.6	2.6
Mild	38.7	27.0	50.3	1.6	0.9	3.0
Regular†	28.7	24.7	32.6	1.0	...	...
† reference category * significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05) ... not applicable E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%) Note: Odds ratios adjusted for province and all other variables in table. Source: 2006 Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey.