TABLE 1—
Unweighted and Weighted Sample Characteristics Presented by Total (n = 2649) and by Never (n = 680), Former (n = 661), and Current (n = 1308) Smoking Status: June 2010
| Total Population |
By Smoking Status |
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| Characteristic | Mean (95% CI) or Unweighted % (No.) | % Sample Weighted (95% CI) | Never Smokers, % Sample Weighted (95% CI) | Former Smokers, % Sample Weighted (95% CI) | Current Smokers, % Sample Weighted (95% CI) |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 49.9 (1323) | 48.4 (45.4, 51.4) | 47.3 (42.4, 52.2) | 51.2 (46.3, 56.8) | 47.2 (43.5, 51.0) |
| Female | 50.1 (1326) | 51.6 (48.6, 54.6) | 52.7 (47.8, 57.6) | 48.4 (46.3, 55.8) | 52.8 (49.0, 56.5) |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Never | 25.7 (680) | 52.5 (49.5, 55.4) | 100 | … | … |
| Former | 25.0 (661) | 25.4 (23.0, 27.8) | … | 100 | … |
| Current | 49.3 (1308) | 22.2 (20.3, 24.0) | … | … | 100 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White | 71.8 (1902) | 69.0 (66.1, 72.0) | 67.9 (63.0, 72.7) | 77.1 (72.1, 82.0) | 62.6 (58.7, 66.5) |
| African American | 11.3 (298) | 11.4 (9.2, 13.5) | 12.2 (8.7, 15.7) | 7.8 (4.5, 11.1) | 13.6 (10.8, 16.4) |
| Hispanic | 10.9 (288) | 12.9 (10.7, 15.2) | 12.4 (8.8, 16.0) | 9.5 (5.8, 13.1) | 18.0 (14.5, 21.5) |
| Other | 6.1 (161) | 6.7 (5.0, 8.4) | 7.5 (4.6, 10.4) | 5.7 (3.1, 8.2) | 5.8 (4.0, 7.6) |
| Age, y | 49.1 (48.4, 49.7) | 46.4 (45.4, 47.4) | 42.7 (41.2, 44.3) | 55.2 (53.5, 56.9) | 44.9 (43.8, 46.1) |
| Education | |||||
| < high school | 12.8 (338) | 13.1 (11.0, 15.1) | 8.4 (5.3, 11.6) | 13.8 (10.0, 17.6) | 23.1 (19.5, 26.8) |
| High school diploma/GED | 32.5 (861) | 31.0 (28.2, 33.8) | 26.7 (22.3, 31.1) | 37.1 (31.9, 42.2) | 34.3 (30.8, 37.8) |
| Some college | 29.8 (789) | 28.3 (25.7, 31.0) | 29.1 (24.8, 33.5) | 24.6 (20.1, 29.1) | 30.7 (27.4, 33.9) |
| College degree | 25.0 (661) | 27.6 (24.9, 30.3) | 35.7 (31.3, 40.3) | 24.5 (20.3, 28.7) | 11.9 (9.9, 14.0) |
| Political ideologya | 6.5 (6.4, 6.6) | 6.6 (6.4, 6.7) | 6.7 (6.5, 6.9) | 6.7 (6.4, 7.0) | 6.1 (6.0, 6.3) |
| Government should regulate nicotineb | |||||
| Agree | 44.7 (1165) | 46.7 (43.6, 49.7) | 46.2 (41.3, 51.1) | 48.5 (43.2, 53.9) | 45.5 (41.8, 49.3) |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 27.8 (725) | 26.8 (24.2, 29.5) | 26.3 (22.0, 30.6) | 28.0 (23.3, 32.8) | 26.8 (23.5, 30.0) |
| Disagree | 20.4 (531) | 16.5 (14.4, 18.6) | 13.8 (10.5, 17.1) | 16.4 (12.9, 19.9) | 23.0 (19.9, 26.1) |
| Don’t know | 7.2 (187) | 10.0 (8.0, 12.0) | 13.7 (10.2, 17.2) | 7.0 (4.4, 9.6) | 4.7 (3.2, 6.2) |
| Intention to quit | |||||
| Next 30 d | … | … | … | … | 18.3 (15.5, 21.2) |
| Next 6 mo | … | … | … | … | 45.7 (42.0, 49.4) |
| Not thinking of quitting | … | … | … | … | 35.9 (32.4, 39.5) |
| Time to smoke on waking | … | … | … | … | |
| ≥ 6 min | … | … | … | … | 79.5 (76.5, 82.6) |
| Within 5 min | … | … | … | … | 20.5 (17.4, 23.5) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; GED = general equivalency diploma.
a
Political ideology was measured on a scale ranging from 0 to 10, with 0 = very liberal and 10 = very conservative.
b
“The government should reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to help smokers quit.”