This statistic shows the results of a 2013 survey among adult American former smokers regarding reasons and factors causing them to quit smoking. In 2013, 20 percent of former smokers stated that they quit smoking for health reasons.
Former smokers: What were some of the major reasons that caused you to quit smoking?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Health (non-specific)
20%
Concerned about link between smoking and health/death
16%
Too expensive
14%
Concerned for own health /Wanted to be healthier
12%
Had personal health problem due to smoking
12%
Pregnancy related / for health of baby
10%
Lost desire / didn't want to anymore / didn't care for it
8%
Bad habit / disgusting / bad tasting / smelly
7%
For my family / friends
5%
Grew up / got older
4%
Family history of related illnesses / death
3%
Bronchitis
1%
Significant other / family / friends quit / didn't smoke
According to the source: "Percentages total more than 100% due to multiple responses." The source poses the question as follows: "What were some of the major reasons or factors that caused you to quit smoking?"
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Gallup. (July 31, 2013). Former smokers: What were some of the major reasons that caused you to quit smoking? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263511/reasons-to-quit-smoking/
Gallup. "Former smokers: What were some of the major reasons that caused you to quit smoking?." Chart. July 31, 2013. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263511/reasons-to-quit-smoking/
Gallup. (2013). Former smokers: What were some of the major reasons that caused you to quit smoking?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263511/reasons-to-quit-smoking/
Gallup. "Former Smokers: What Were Some of The Major Reasons That Caused You to Quit Smoking?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263511/reasons-to-quit-smoking/
Gallup, Former smokers: What were some of the major reasons that caused you to quit smoking? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263511/reasons-to-quit-smoking/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Former smokers: What were some of the major reasons that caused you to quit smoking? [Graph], Gallup, July 31, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263511/reasons-to-quit-smoking/
