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?
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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 September 26, 2023, 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 September 26, 2023. 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: September 26, 2023. 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 September 26, 2023)
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/