Smoking cessation and cessation assistance (%) among non-Hispanic Black relative to non-Hispanic White adults in the US, 2022 and 2024
Compared to non-Hispanic White adults, non-Hispanic Black adults have higher prevalence of past-year quit attempts but lower successful cessation, which is associated with limited access to doctor advice to quit, doctor assistance to quit, medication, and counseling or medication.
Footnote
Past-year quit attempt: quit smoking for >1 day in past year in those who currently smoke/quit in past year. Recent successful cessation: quit smoking for ≥6 months in past year. Doctor advice to quit: received advice from a health professional to quit in those currently smoking/quit in past year that saw a health professional in the past year. January 2022 excluded due to survey error. Doctor assistance to quit: received advice from a health professional on ways to quit/prescribed cessation medication in those currently smoking/quit in past year that saw a health professional in the past year. Counseling: used one-on-one counseling, stop smoking clinic, class, or support group; a telephone help line or quitline to stop smoking in those currently smoking who tried to quit in past year/quit in past 2 years. Medication: used nicotine patch, gum, lozenge, nasal spray, or inhaler, varenicline, bupropion, or combination to stop smoking in those currently smoking who tried to quit in past year/quit in past 2 years. Estimates are statistically unstable and not shown.
Source
- American Cancer Society. Cancer Prevention & Early Detection Facts & Figures 2026. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2026. Available from https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/cancer-prevention-and-early-detection-facts-and-figures/2026-cped-files/cped-2026-tables-and-figures.pdf Accessed February 10, 2026.