This statistic shows the results of a 2015 survey among adult American smokers on whether they would like to quit smoking or not. In 2015, 58 percent of surveyed smokers said they would like to give up smoking.
Smokers: All things considered, would you like to give up smoking?
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Gallup. (October 2, 2015). Smokers: All things considered, would you like to give up smoking? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://internal.statista.com/statistics/263503/smokers-who-would-like-to-quit/
Gallup. "Smokers: All things considered, would you like to give up smoking?." Chart. October 2, 2015. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/263503/smokers-who-would-like-to-quit/
Gallup. (2015). Smokers: All things considered, would you like to give up smoking?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/263503/smokers-who-would-like-to-quit/
Gallup. "Smokers: All Things Considered, Would You like to Give up Smoking?." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Oct 2015, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/263503/smokers-who-would-like-to-quit/
Gallup, Smokers: All things considered, would you like to give up smoking? Statista, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/263503/smokers-who-would-like-to-quit/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Smokers: All things considered, would you like to give up smoking? [Graph], Gallup, October 2, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://internal.statista.com/statistics/263503/smokers-who-would-like-to-quit/