Cigar package quantity and smoking behavior

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Wave 2 cigar use status (past year starter vs. longer-term user) predicting Wave 2 package quantity in the PATH Study

Cigar type	Wave 2 use status	Wave 2 package quantity Geometric mean (95% CI)	Bivariate b (95% CI)	Adjusted b (95% CI)^a
Filtered	Past-Year Starter	6.31 (5.02, 7.94)	−.27(−.40, −.15)	−.18(−.32,-.04)
Filtered	Longer-Term User	11.75 (10.00, 13.80)	−.27(−.40, −.15)	−.18(−.32,-.04)
Cigarillo	Past-Year Starter	2.29 (1.95, 2.75)	.01(−.07, .10)	.01(−.07, .09)
Cigarillo	Longer-Term User	2.24 (2.00, 2.46)	.01(−.07, .10)	.01(−.07, .09)
Large	Past-Year Starter	2.40 (1.78, 3.31)	−.13(−.29, .03)	−.12(−.26, .03)
Large	Longer-Term User	3.31 (2.63, 4.07)	−.13(−.29, .03)	−.12(−.26, .03)

Note. b = unstandardized beta coefficients from linear regressions of being a Wave 2 new user (vs. longer-term user) predicting Wave 2 package quantity. Past year starters were current users of the cigar type at Wave 2 but not Wave 1. Longer-term users were users of the cigar type at Wave 1 and Wave 2. Package quantity was base-10 log-transformed for analysis. Reported means and confidence intervals (CIs) are back-transformed. n’s for the bivariate analyses were 428 (filtered cigars), 731 (cigarillos), and 210 (large cigars). Bold typeface indicates p < .05
^aAdjusted for sex, age, race/ethnicity, education, and income

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