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Table 3 Prevalence by Smoking Status (Exclusive Cigarette, Dual and Smokeless Tobacco Use) Projected by SimSmoke under Multiple Scenarios for Males and Females, 1993–2067

From: The US SimSmoke tobacco control policy model of smokeless tobacco and cigarette use

Prevalence

Type

1993

2003

2017

2037

2067

Relative Differencea

2017

2067

Male

 No policy change

Cigarette

25.6%

22.9%

20.9%

19.1%

18.6%

–

–

Dual

1.05%

1.02%

1.02%

0.96%

0.93%

–

–

SLT

3.19%

3.00%

2.86%

2.68%

2.60%

–

–

 Actual/ status quo

Cigarette

25.6%

19.6%

13.6%

10.5%

9.6%

−34.8%

−48.3%

Dual

1.05%

0.88%

0.68%

0.57%

0.52%

−32.5%

−43.6%

SLT

3.19%

2.71%

2.38%

2.14%

2.03%

−16.5%

−21.9%

 Price alone

Cigarette

25.6%

20.3%

15.8%

12.7%

11.7%

−24.5%

−37.1%

Dual

1.05%

0.91%

0.78%

0.67%

0.62%

−23.1%

−33.3%

SLT

3.19%

2.74%

2.49%

2.26%

2.15%

−12.8%

−17.4%

 Smoke-free air law alone

Cigarette

25.6%

22.8%

20.0%

17.9%

17.3%

−4.0%

−7.1%

Dual

1.05%

1.02%

0.98%

0.90%

0.87%

−3.9%

−6.4%

SLT

3.19%

3.00%

2.86%

2.70%

2.62%

0.3%

0.8%

 Media campaigns alone

Cigarette

25.6%

22.8%

20.8%

18.9%

18.4%

−0.6%

− 0.8%

Dual

1.05%

1.02%

1.01%

0.95%

0.92%

−0.5%

− 0.7%

SLT

3.19%

2.99%

2.85%

2.68%

2.59%

−0.2%

− 0.3%

 Cessation treatment alone

Cigarette

25.6%

22.6%

20.2%

18.3%

17.8%

−3.4%

−4.2%

Dual

1.05%

1.01%

0.98%

0.92%

0.89%

−3.0%

−3.8%

SLT

3.19%

2.98%

2.81%

2.62%

2.54%

−1.6%

−2.3%

 Health warning alone

Cigarette

25.6%

22.9%

20.9%

19.1%

18.6%

0.0%

0.0%

Dual

1.05%

1.02%

1.02%

0.96%

0.93%

0.0%

0.0%

SLT

3.19%

3.00%

2.82%

2.64%

2.55%

−1.1%

−1.7%

 Advertising ban alone

Cigarette

25.6%

22.9%

20.8%

18.9%

18.4%

−0.5%

−0.9%

Dual

1.05%

1.02%

1.01%

0.95%

0.92%

−0.5%

−0.8%

SLT

3.19%

3.00%

2.84%

2.67%

2.58%

−0.4%

−0.8%

 Youth access alone

Cigarette

25.6%

22.8%

20.5%

18.3%

17.7%

−2.0%

−4.9%

Dual

1.05%

1.02%

1.00%

0.93%

0.90%

−1.2%

−3.0%

SLT

3.19%

3.00%

2.86%

2.69%

2.60%

0.0%

0.0%

Female

 No policy change

Cigarette

22.1%

19.7%

18.4%

17.1%

16.8%

–

–

Dual

0.05%

0.03%

0.03%

0.02%

0.02%

–

–

SLT

0.38%

0.22%

0.12%

0.08%

0.07%

–

–

 Actual/ status quo

Cigarette

22.1%

16.9%

11.9%

9.3%

8.4%

−35.2%

−49.9%

Dual

0.05%

0.03%

0.02%

0.01%

0.01%

−32.5%

−47.0%

SLT

0.38%

0.20%

0.10%

0.07%

0.06%

−16.4%

−20.7%

 Price alone

Cigarette

22.1%

17.5%

13.9%

11.3%

10.4%

−24.6%

−38.0%

Dual

0.05%

0.03%

0.02%

0.01%

0.01%

−21.8%

− 35.9%

SLT

0.38%

0.21%

0.11%

0.07%

0.06%

−11.7%

−15.8%

 Smoke-free air law alone

Cigarette

22.1%

19.6%

17.7%

16.0%

15.6%

−4.1%

−7.4%

Dual

0.05%

0.03%

0.02%

0.02%

0.02%

−3.9%

−6.8%

SLT

0.38%

0.22%

0.12%

0.08%

0.07%

0.2%

1.1%

 Media campaign alone

Cigarette

22.1%

19.6%

18.3%

17.0%

16.7%

−0.6%

−0.8%

Dual

0.05%

0.03%

0.03%

0.02%

0.02%

−0.5%

−0.7%

SLT

0.38%

0.22%

0.12%

0.08%

0.07%

−0.2%

−0.3%

 Cessation treatment alone

Cigarette

22.1%

19.5%

17.7%

16.3%

16.0%

−3.8%

−5.2%

Dual

0.05%

0.03%

0.02%

0.02%

0.02%

−4.3%

−4.6%

SLT

0.38%

0.22%

0.12%

0.08%

0.07%

−2.5%

−2.8%

 Health warning alone

Cigarette

22.1%

19.7%

18.4%

17.1%

16.8%

0.0%

0.0%

Dual

0.05%

0.03%

0.03%

0.02%

0.02%

0.0%

0.0%

SLT

0.38%

0.22%

0.12%

0.08%

0.07%

−1.2%

−1.9%

 Advertising ban alone

Cigarette

22.1%

19.7%

18.3%

17.0%

16.7%

−0.5%

−0.9%

Dual

0.05%

0.03%

0.03%

0.02%

0.02%

−0.5%

−0.8%

SLT

0.38%

0.22%

0.12%

0.08%

0.07%

−0.4%

−0.8%

 Youth access alone

Cigarette

22.1%

19.7%

18.1%

16.5%

16.0%

−1.9%

−4.7%

Dual

0.05%

0.03%

0.03%

0.02%

0.02%

−1.1%

−3.8%

SLT

0.38%

0.22%

0.12%

0.08%

0.07%

0.0%

0.3%

  1. aRelative differences measured as the absolute difference between current prevalence and no-policy-change scenario prevalence from the same year divided by the no-policy-change prevalence for the same year