Table 2.
Level of lifetime cigarette use* <100 cigarettes among adults who currently smoke cigarettes†, by demographic—NSDUH 2006–2008.
| Level of lifetime smoking <100 cigarettes among current smokers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence estimates | Adjusted odds ratios‡ | |||||
| % | LL | UL | aOR | LL | UL | |
| Total | 7.1 | 6.7 | 7.4 | |||
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| Demographic | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| 18–25 years | 19.1 | 18.3 | 19.8 | 11.2 | 4.8 | 26.1 |
| 26–34 years | 6.9 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 8.7 |
| 35–49 years | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| 50–64 years | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
| ≥65 years | 1.6 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 6.9 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Female | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| White non-Hispanic | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Black non-Hispanic | 8.6 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17.1 | 15.3 | 18.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| Asian§ | 12.5 | 8.8 | 16.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native¶ | 11.8 | 6.8 | 16.9 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 7.3 |
| Education** | ||||||
| <High school | 5.5 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| High school graduate | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| Some college | 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| College graduate | 8.3 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
*Among NSDUH respondents ≥18 years of age who reported ever smoking part or all of a cigarette, those who have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lifetime versus those who have smoked <100.
†NSDUH respondents ≥18 years of age who reported smoking part or all of a cigarette during the preceding 30 days.
‡Adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, and education.
§Non-Hispanic, and does not include Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander.
¶Non-Hispanic. Wide variances in estimates reflect small sample sizes.
**Among respondents ≥26 years of age.