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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2009 Jan 23;18(2):82–87. doi: 10.1136/tc.2008.028209

Table 3.

Changes in cigarette and smokeless tobacco use from 2002 to 2003, among US former and never cigarette smokers, by sex

2003 Status

2002 Status No Cigarettes only
(%) (95% CI)
Smokeless only
(%) (95% CI)
Cigarettes and
smokeless
(%) (95% CI)
Male
Former smokers
Quit ≤1 year 172 24.4 (17.1 to 33.6) 1.7 (0.5 to 5.8) 0
Quit >1 year 1624   2.6 (1.9 to 3.6) 0.3 (0.1 to 0.7) 0.1 (0.0 to 0.5)
Never smokers 2867   2.5 (1.7 to 3.8) 0.7 (0.5 to 1.1) 0.1 (0 to 0.3)
Female
Former smokers
Quit ≤1 year 204 31.7 (24.9 to 39.3) 0 0
Quit >1 year 1697   2.9 (2.1 to 4.0) 0.3 (0.1– 0.6)
Never-smokers 5383   1.7 (1.2 to 2.2) 0 0

All percentages weighted by population parameters.