Volume 9 — November 08, 2012
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
State Quitlines and Cessation Patterns Among Adults With Selected Chronic Diseases in 15 States, 2005–2008
| Abstinence Group | Unadjusted Quit Rates, % (95% Confidence Interval) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any Chronic Disease | No Disease | Asthma | Coronary Artery Disease | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | Diabetes | ≥2 Chronic Diseases | |
| 7-day | 25.9 (23.9–28.1) | 34.2 (32.4–35.9) | 29.5 (25.4– 33.7) | 23.5 (16.6–31.7) | 24.3 (19.2–30.0) | 25.1 (20.4–30.3) | 24.7 (21.2–28.5) |
| 30-day | 22.3 (20.4–24.4) | 29.7 (28.0–31.3) | 25.6 (21.8–29.7) | 20.5 (13.9–28.4) | 19.7 (15.0–25.1) | 21.6 (17.2–26.6) | 21.6 (18.3–25.3) |
Figure 1. Tobacco incidents in top-grossing US movies by year and movie rating, 1991–2011. Top-grossing movies were those that were among the 10 top-grossing movies in any calendar week of the year. An incident of tobacco use is 1 use or implied use of a tobacco product (almost exclusively smoking) by an actor. Historical data are from our earlier report (3).
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