TY - JOUR AU - Caraballo, Ralph S. AU - Shafer, Paul R. AU - Patel, Deesha AU - Davis, Kevin C. AU - McAfee, Timothy A. PY - 2017 TI - Quit Methods Used by US Adult Cigarette Smokers, 2014-2016 T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E32 VL - 14 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - To quantify the prevalence of 10 quit methods commonly used by adult cigarette smokers, we used data from a nationally representative longitudinal (2014-2016) online survey of US adult cigarette smokers (n = 15,943). Overall, 74.7% of adult current cigarette smokers used multiple quit methods during their most recent quit attempt. Giving up cigarettes all at once (65.3%) and reducing the number of cigarettes smoked (62.0%) were the most prevalent methods. Substituting some cigarettes with e-cigarettes was used by a greater percentage of smokers than the nicotine patch, nicotine gum, or other cessation aids approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Further research into the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as a cessation aid is warranted. SN - 1545-1151 UR - https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.160600 DO - 10.5888/pcd14.160600 ER -