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Table 1 Characteristics of National Adult Tobacco Survey Participants by Tobacco Product Use Status (%)

From: Dependence symptoms and cessation intentions among US adult daily cigarette, cigar, and e-cigarette users, 2012-2013

 

Proportion of Current Tobacco Users

Sex

Age (years)

Race/Ethnicity

Educational attainment

Male

Female

18–29

30–50

>50

Non-Hispanic White

Non-Hispanic African-American

Hispanic

< High School Diploma or Equivalent

HS Diploma or Equivalent

Some Post HS Education, No Bachelor’s Degree

Bachelor's Degree or More

All respondents (n = 60192)

 

48.4 [47.8, 48.9]

51.6 [51.1, 52.2]

21.6 [21.1, 22.2]

36.3 [35.7, 36.8]

42.1 [41.6, 42.6]

65.6 [65.1, 66.2]

10.2 [9.8, 10.6]

15.0 [14.5, 15.5]

13.7 [13.3, 14.3]

28.1 [27.6, 28.7]

31.6 [31.1, 32.1]

26.5 [26.1, 26.9]

Daily any tobacco product usersa(n = 7239)

60.9 [59.7, 62.1]

60.8 [59.3, 62.4]

39.2 [37.6, 40.7]

23.4 [22.0, 24.9]

43.5 [42.0, 45.1]

33.1 [31.7, 34.4]

69.2 [67.7, 70.8]

9.9 [8.9, 11.0]

9.3 [8.3, 10.4]

19.5 [18.1, 21.1]

37.3 [35.8, 38.9]

34.0 [32.5, 35.4]

9.2 [8.5, 9.9]

Daily single tobacco product users

Cigarettes only (n = 3963)

31.3 [30.2, 32.4]

50.1 [47.9, 52.3]

49.9 [47.7, 52.1]

13.4 [11.8, 15.3]

45.1 [42.9, 47.3]

41.5 [39.5, 43.5]

67.4 [65.2, 69.6]

12.4 [10.9, 14.1]

10.0 [8.6, 11.5]

22.3 [20.2, 24.6]

36.4 [34.3, 38.6]

32.2 [30.3, 34.2]

9.0 [8.2, 10.0]

Cigars only (n = 131)

1.0 [0.8, 1.3]

83.8 [72.1, 91.2]

16.2 [8.8, 27.9]

19.7 [10.8, 33.2]

36.1 [24.4, 49.8]

44.2 [33.0, 56.1]

49.5 [36.8, 62.2]

34.8 [22.6, 49.5]

b

b

38.0 [26.0, 51.6]

28.7 [19.5, 40.1]

13.4 [8.4, 20.9]

E-cigarettes only (n = 124)

1.1 [0.9, 1.4]

57.2 [45.7, 68.1]

42.8 [31.9, 54.3]

19.3 [11.1, 31.5]

48.8 [37.7, 59.9]

31.9 [23.4, 41.9]

80.1 [69.6, 87.6]

b

b

b

37.8 [27.2, 49.7]

45.8 [34.6, 57.4]

12.5 [7.7, 19.6]

Daily multiple tobacco product users

Cigarettes + cigars (n = 495)

4.6 [4.1, 5.1]

73.6 [68.2, 78.4]

26.4 [21.6, 31.8]

25.0 [20.0, 30.7]

45.9 [40.2, 51.7]

29.1 [24.7, 33.9]

59.8 [53.7, 65.6]

19.1 [14.7, 24.5]

8.0 [5.2, 12.2]

19.3 [14.6, 25.1]

40.2 [34.5, 46.2]

34.2 [28.9, 39.9]

6.3 [4.6, 8.6]

Cigarettes + e-cigarettes (n = 774)

6.1 [5.6, 6.7]

38.6 [33.9, 43.5]

61.4 [56.5, 66.1]

15.9 [12.5, 20.1]

48.3 [43.6, 53.1]

35.8 [31.7, 40.0]

76.2 [71.5, 80.3]

5.2 [3.4, 7.9]

7.3 [4.8, 11.1]

14.8 [11.0, 19.6]

35.7 [31.2, 40.5]

39.7 [35.2, 44.4]

9.8 [7.9, 12.1]

Cigarettes + cigars + e-cigarettes (n = 130)

1.3 [1.1, 1.7]

64.9 [52.8, 75.3]

35.1 [24.7, 47.2]

49.4 [38.0, 60.9]

34.5 [24.6, 46.0]

16.0 [10.4, 24.0]

57.0 [44.9, 68.3]

b

18.8 [10.7, 30.9]

21.1 [12.3, 33.7]

29.2 [19.4, 41.4]

44.9 [33.9, 56.3]

b

  1. a Daily users reported either daily use of at least one tobacco product or reported some day use of multiple products and replied “no” when asked if there were some days when they do not use any tobacco products
  2. b relative standard error > 30 %