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Table 3 Percentage of exclusive, dual and polytobacco use as a proportion of any other combustible users by three frequency of use thresholds for three national surveys

From: A comparison of tobacco product prevalence by different frequency of use thresholds across three US surveys

Products (%)

TUS-CPS

NHIS

PATH

1+ day

10+ days

25+ days

1+ day

10+ days

25+ days

1+ day

10+ days

25+ days

Exclusive Use

 Other combustibles

55.6

61.5

73.2

56.4

60.9

68.6

45.8

48.2

52.6

Dual Use of Other combustibles +

 Cigarettes

27.8

30.8

24.4

28.2

30.5

28.6

33.5

42.2

42.1

 E-cigarette

4.6

1.5

2.4

3.1

2.0

1.1

5.3

1.8

1.1

 Smokeless Tobacco

4.6

1.5

0.0

3.1

1.5

1.1

1.8

1.2

1.1

Poly Use of Other combustible +

 Cigarettes + E-cigarettes

4.6

3.1

0.0

6.3

4.6

0.6

8.8

3.6

1.1

 Cigarettes + smokeless

1.9

1.5

0.0

1.9

0.5

0.0

2.6

1.8

1.1

 E-cigarettes + smokeless

0.0

0.0

NA

0.0

NA

NA

0.5

0.6

1.1

 Cigarettes + e-cigarettes + smokeless

0.9

0.0

0.0

0.9

0.0

NA

1.8

0.6

0.0

Total all polytobacco use (3 or 4 products)

9.3

3.1

2.4

9.4

5.1

1.1

14.1

6.0

3.2

  1. NA = no sample was available for this group. * 0.0 values are ≤0.01.
  2. Abbreviations: TUS-CPS = Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey; NHIS=National Health Interview Survey; PATH=Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health