Association between tobacco and alcohol use among young adult bar patrons: a cross-sectional study in three cities

Table 1 Sample characteristics and prevalence of tobacco and alcohol use

	San Diego, CA (n = 1150) %	Portland, ME (n = 1019) %	Tulsa, OK (n = 1106) %	Total (N = 3275) %
Mean age (SD)	23.7 (1.96)	23.0 (1.83)	23.1 (2.43)	23.3 (2.11)
Gender
Male	50.6	56.1	54.9	53.3
Female	49.4	43.9	45.1	46.7
Race/Ethnicity
White	61.1	69.9	70.7	67.1
Black	4.2	7.6	4.2	5.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	9.0	7.4	2.0	6.1
Hispanic	14.2	8.2	7.4	10.1
Others	11.5	7.0	15.7	11.5
Education
High school	6.5	11.6	15.1	11.0
Dropped out college	12.2	10.4	13.5	12.1
In college	42.9	39.4	40.0	40.8
Graduated from college	38.4	38.5	31.4	36.1
Smoking status^a
Non-smoker	43.9	48.6	42.0	44.7
Occasional smoker	27.5	32.0	23.7	27.6
Regular smoker	28.6	19.4	34.3	27.7
Drinking status^b
Non-drinker	3.8	2.1	7.7	4.6
Occasional drinker	27.5	31.5	38.7	32.5
Frequent drinker	68.7	66.4	53.7	63.0
Binge drinking^c
No binge drinking	21.6	23.1	21.9	22.2
Occasional binge drinking	46.8	47.1	47.9	47.3
Frequent binge drinking	31.6	29.9	30.2	30.6

Note.
^aOccasional smokers smoked on 1–19 of the past 30 days; regular smokers smoked on ≥ 20 days in the past 30 days.
^bOccasional drinkers drank alcohol on 1–9 of the past 30 days; frequent drinkers drank on ≥ 10 days in the past 30 days.
^cOccasional binge drinkers reported binge drinking on 1–9 of the past 30 days; frequent binge drinkers reported binge drinking on ≥ 10 days in the past 30 days.

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