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Table 2 Prevalence of Tobacco Dependence Symptoms Among Daily Tobacco Users (%)

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

 

Sometimes wake up at night to use a cigarette or other tobacco product

Have had a strong craving to use a tobacco product in past 30 days

Ever felt like they really needed to use a tobacco product in past 30 days

Wanted to use a tobacco product so much that they found it difficult to think of anything else in past 30 days

Feel restless or irritable after not using tobacco for a while, often or always truea

Single Tobacco Product Use

 Cigarettes only

21.6 [19.8, 23.5]

61.8 [59.6, 63.9]

66.9 [64.8, 69.0]

19.8 [18.1, 21.7]

41.7 [39.6, 43.9]

 Cigars only

b

38.8 [27.4, 51.6]*

40.3 [28.4, 53.5]*

b

b

 E-cigarettes only

b

46.2 [35.2, 57.5]*

46.2 [35.2, 57.5]*

b

22.8 [14.8, 33.4]*

Multiple Tobacco Product Use

 Cigarettes + cigars

30.6 [25.4, 36.2]*

70.9 [65.5, 75.8]*

71.3 [65.9, 76.1]

26.4 [21.5, 32.0]*

49.4 [43.5, 55.2]*

 Cigarettes + e-cigarettes

22.7 [18.8, 27.1]

77.1 [73.0, 80.8]*

80.6 [76.9, 83.9]*

27.3 [23.2, 31.8]*

49.7 [45.0, 54.5]*

 Cigarettes + cigars + e-cigarettes

30.2 [20.0, 42.9]

77.4 [67.2, 85.1]*

78.1 [67.7, 85.8]*

21.8 [14.0, 32.4]

39.1 [28.4, 50.9]

  1. * p < 0.05 compared with cigarette only users
  2. a Respondents were asked if the statement “After not using tobacco for a while, I feel restless or irritable” was “not at all true,” “sometimes true,” “often true,” or “always true.”
  3. b relative standard error > 30 %