Table 2.
Smoking Patterns Among Adult Current Established Traditional Cigar (Premium, Non-Premium), Cigarillo, Filtered Cigar, and Cigarette Smokers, PATH Study Wave 4, 2016–2017
| Premium cigarsa | Non-premium cigarsa | Cigarillo | Filtered cigars | Cigarettesa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
| Lifetime cigars smoked | |||||
| <1–10 cigars | 5.5 (2.3–12.9) | 23.9 (17.7–31.4) | 14.0 (10.8–17.8) | 28.8 (21.3–37.7) | NA |
| 11–50 cigars | 47.9 (38.2–57.8) | 30.1 (19.3–43.6) | 34.2 (30.5–38.2) | 25.9 (18.6–34.8) | NA |
| 51 or more cigars | 46.5 (36.5–56.8) | 46.1 (36.4–56.1) | 51.8 (47.6–55.9) | 35.3 (37.6–53.3) | NA |
| Now smoke product every day | 5.2 (2.2–11.4) | 22.3 (14.8–32.1) | 19.1 (16.7–21.8) | 39.6 (35.2–44.3) | 76.4 (75.4–77.4) |
| Days smoked in past 30 daysb (median, IQR) | 1.0 (0.0–4.0) | 5 (1–25.1) | 5 (1–25) | 19.3 (1.0–30.0) | 30 (30–30) |
| Number of cigars or cigarettes per dayc (median, IQR) | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) | 0.2 (0.0–1.0) | 0.3 (0.0–1.5) | 1.0 (0.0–8.3) | 10.0 (4.7–20.0) |
| Age (years) at first regular used (median, IQR) | 25 (20–31) | 22 (18–35) | 19 (16–25) | 30.0 (19.0–43.1) | 17 (15–19) |
| Duration (years) since first regular use (median, IQR) | 13 (6–25) | 18.0 (10.1–26.0) | 11 (6–17) | 9 (5–18) | 24 (14–38) |
| Currently use ≥ 1 other cigar type(s)e,f | 16.4 (11.2–23.3) | 52.8 (44.5–60.8) | 32.8 (29.1–36.7) | 42.2 (36.8–47.9) | 8.2 (7.7–8.7) |
| Currently use ≥ 1 non-cigar, non-cigarette product(s)g | 26.1 (21.0–31.9) | 28.8 (21.5–37.4) | 28.3 (24.2–32.9) | 26.8 (21.1–33.2) | 15.4 (14.1–16.8) |
| Cigarette smoking statush | |||||
| Current established smoker | 25.7 (19.3–33.3) | 50.1 (43.8–56.4) | 60.2 (57.2–63.2) | 70.5 (64.9–75.6) | NA |
| Former established smoker | 40.6 (33.1–48.6) | 25.9 (16.7–37.8) | 15.1 (11.9–18.9) | 12.4 (8.8–17.1) | NA |
| Never smoker | 33.7 (26.4–41.8) | 24.0 (14.7–36.8) | 24.7 (21.9–27.8) | 17.1 (13.1–22.0) | NA |
CI, logit-transformed Wald-type confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range (25th and 75th percentiles); NA, not applicable.
aWhen respondents reported smoking both manufactured cigarettes and roll-your-own (RYO) cigarettes (n = 753), for certain topics they were asked separate questions about each product. For dual manufactured cigarette and RYO smokers, the responses to manufactured cigarette products are provided; otherwise, responses reflect the single cigarette type the respondent reported smoking.
bNumber of days using the product in past 30 days was asked of those who now smoke cigars some days; every day smokers assumed to smoke on all 30 days.
cRespondents reporting smoking less than one cigar per day on the days smoked were assigned as smoking 0.5 cigars per day.
dThose reporting age at first regular use <6 years were assigned a value of 6 years.
eFor current cigarette smokers, “currently use >=1 other cigar products” refers to current smoking of one or more cigar products.
fIf respondent was missing status for one cigar product and did not smoke the other cigar product, then treated as not smoking other cigar types.
gCurrent use of ≥1 non-cigar, non-cigarette product(s) defined as having ever used one or more of the following tobacco products “fairly regularly” and now using that product every or some days: ENDS, pipe tobacco, hookah, smokeless tobacco, or snus. If respondent reported not using any other tobacco product, or some combination of not using and missing tobacco product use status, then treated as not using any non-cigar, non-cigarette products.
hFormer established cigarette smokers had to have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke cigarettes not at all; never cigarette smokers had to smoke less than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime.