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. 2022 Feb 7;32(e2):e145–e152. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056901

Table 2.

Characteristics of recent quit attempters reported at PATH Wave 4 by use of non-cigarette tobacco products on last quit attempt prior to Wave 4

Variable No tobacco product use (n=2999) Any e-cigarette use (n=488) Other non-cigarette tobacco use* (n=91)
Wtd% 95% CI Wtd% 95% CI Wtd% 95% CI
Age
 18–34 81.0 79.1 to 83.0 15.4 13.3 to 17.5 3.5 2.2 to 4.9
 35–50 84.0 81.3 to 86.7 13.7 11.3 to 16.2 2.3 1.4 to 3.2
 50+ 89.7 87.8 to 91.5 8.8 7.1 to 10.4 1.6 0.7 to 2.4
Sex
 Male 84.6 82.7 to 86.5 12.0 10.3 to 13.8 3.4 2.5 to 4.3
 Female 85.2 83.3 to 87.0 13.3 11.6 to 14.9 1.6 0.8 to 2.3
Education
 <High school 86.9 84.8 to 89.0 10.6 8.7 to 12.5 2.5 1.6 to 3.5
 High school graduate 86.6 84.4 to 88.7 9.8 7.8 to 11.7 3.6 2.2 to 5.1
 Some college+ 82.9 81.0 to 84.9 15.3 13.4 to 17.1 1.8 1.0 to 2.6
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 82.5 80.5 to 84.4 15.3 13.4 to 17.2 2.2 1.6 to 2.9
 Others 89.0 87.4 to 90.6 8.0 6.5 to 9.4 3.0 1.8 to 4.2
Income (US$)
 <35 000 86.5 84.7 to 88.3 10.6 9.0 to 12.1 2.9 2.0 to 3.8
 ≥35 000 82.7 80.3 to 85.1 15.6 13.2 to 17.9 1.7 1.0 to 2.4
Cigarette smoking status at W3
 Daily 83.4 81.7 to 85.1 13.9 12.3 to 15.5 2.7 1.9 to 3.4
 Non-daily 88.2 86.3 to 90.1 9.7 7.7 to 11.7 2.1 1.1 to 3.0
E-cigarette use at W3
 Marked 66.0 61.5 to 70.5 30.8 26.4 to 35.1 3.2 1.4 to 5.1
 Not marked 89.1 87.8 to 90.3 8.6 7.5 to 9.7 2.3 1.7 to 3.0
Time since last quit attempt
 <90 days 83.4 81.0 to 85.9 14.3 11.9 to 16.8 2.3 1.2 to 3.3
 ≥90 days 82.4 80.1 to 84.6 14.9 12.6 to 17.1 2.8 1.7 to 3.9

*Other non-cigarette tobacco: any use of cigar, cigarillo, filtered cigar, pipe, hookah, snus or smokeless tobacco.

PATH, Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health; W3, Wave 3; W4, Wave 4; Wtd, weighted US population estimate (W4 single-wave weights were used).