Table 2.
Prevalence* of ever and current cigarette and smokeless tobacco use among adults in New Jersey and the US northeast by gender and race/ethnicity, 2003–2006/7 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
| New Jersey | Northeast | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | |||||||||||||
| Smokeless tobacco | Smokeless tobacco | Smokeless tobacco | Smokeless Tobacco | |||||||||||||
| Cigarette use | use | Cigarette use | use | Cigarette use | use | Cigarette use | use | |||||||||
| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |
| White | ||||||||||||||||
| Ever | 45.9 | (43.8–48.0) | 8.7 | (7.5–9.9) | 39.2 | (37.2–41.2) | 0.3 | (0.3–0.9) | 47.4 | (46.5–48.2) | 13.4 | (12.7–14.0) | 40.4 | (39.7–41.1) | 1.1 | (1.0–1.2) |
| Current | 16.1 | (14.4–17.8) | 1.0 | (0.5–1.5) | 13.5 | (12.2–14.8) | 0.1 | (0.0–0.1) | 19.2 | (18.6–19.8) | 2.3 | (2.0–2.6) | 16.7 | (16.2–17.2) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) |
| Black | ||||||||||||||||
| Ever | 36.8 | (30.4–43.3) | 4.2 | (1.8–6.7) | 26.5 | (22.0–31.0) | 0.6 | (0.0–1.2) | 35.9 | (33.1–38.8) | 3.6 | (2.5–4.6) | 27.0 | (25.1–29.0) | 0.8 | (0.4–1.1) |
| Current | 20.6 | (14.8–26.3) | 0.3 | (0.0–0.8) | 14.9 | (11.4–18.4) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) | 20.5 | (18.0–23.0) | 0.5 | (0.1–0.9) | 15.7 | (14.0–17.4) | 0.2 | (0.1–0.3) |
| Hispanic | ||||||||||||||||
| Ever | 31.7 | (26.5–37.0) | 2.7 | (1.1–4.3) | 17.1 | (13.4–20.7) | 0.4 | (0.0–0.6) | 32.0 | (29.6–34.4) | 2.9 | (2.1–3.6) | 20.6 | (18.9–22.2) | 0.3 | (0.1–0.4) |
| Current | 18.3 | (14.1–22.5) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) | 8.9 | (5.8–12.0) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) | 18.9 | (16.9–20.8) | 0.5 | (0.1–0.8) | 11.9 | (10.5–13.2) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) |
| Asian | ||||||||||||||||
| Ever | 36.7 | (27.8–45.6) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) | 3.3 | (0.3–6.2) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) | 28.5 | (24.9–32.1) | 2.0 | (0.8–3.1) | 7.9 | (5.7–10.1) | 0.1 | (0.1–0.3) |
| Current | 18.6 | (10.9–26.3) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) | 1.3 | (0.0–3.2) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) | 15.9 | (12.7–19.1) | 0.4 | (0.1–0.9) | 4.6 | (2.8–6.4) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) |
| South Asian | ||||||||||||||||
| Ever | 30.9 | (21.3–40.6) | 2.7 | (0.0–6.0) | 3.6 | (0.0–7.7) | 1.7 | (0.0–2.6) | 22.7 | (17.6–27.7) | 2.5 | (0.8–4.1) | 4.3 | (1.5–7.0) | 0.7 | (0.1–1.5) |
| Current | 12.0 | (5.4–18.6) | 2.7 | (0.0–6.0) | 3.6 | (0.0–7.7) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) | 9.5 | (5.7–13.2) | 1.4 | (0.2–2.6) | 2.6 | (0.2–5.0) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.0) |
| Overall | ||||||||||||||||
| Ever | 41.8 | (40.0–43.6) | 6.7 | (5.8–7.6) | 31.9 | (30.2–33.6) | 0.2 | (0.3–0.7) | 43.7 | (42.9–44.4) | 10.8 | (10.3–11.3) | 35.5 | (34.8–36.1) | 0.9 | (0.8–1.0) |
| Current | 16.9 | (15.4–18.4) | 0.8 | (0.4–1.1) | 12.2 | (11.1–13.4) | 0.1 | (0.0–0.1) | 19.0 | (18.4–19.6) | 1.9 | (1.6–2.1) | 15.5 | (15.0–16.0) | 0.0 | (0.0–0.1) |
*Weighted percentages.