TABLE 1.
Characteristic | Using Any Smokeless Tobacco Producta (n = 960) | Using Snuff or Chewing or Dipping Tobacco Products (n = 838) | Using Snus (n = 313) | Using Dissolvable Tobacco Products (n = 65) | Combining Use of Snus or Dissolvable Tobacco Products Plus Snuff or Chewing or Dipping Tobacco Products (n = 221) | Combining Use of Any Smokeless Tobacco Product Plus Combustible Tobacco Productsb (n = 686) |
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Overall | 5.6 (4.6–6.6) | 5.0 (4.1–6.0) | 1.9 (1.5–2.4) | 0.3 (0.2–0.4) | 1.5 (1.1–1.9) | 4.0 (3.3–4.7) |
Age, y | ||||||
9–11 | 2.2 (0.9–3.6) | 1.9 (0.7–3.2) | 1.0 (0.2–1.8) | — | 0.8 (0.1–1.5) | 2.0 (0.7–3.3) |
12–14 | 2.8 (2.3–3.4) | 2.4 (1.9–2.9) | 0.9 (0.6–1.2) | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | 0.6 (0.3–0.9) | 2.0 (1.5–2.4) |
15–17 | 7.5 (5.9–9.0) | 6.9 (5.4–8.4) | 2.7 (2.0–3.4) | 0.3 (0.1–0.4) | 2.2 (1.6–2.9) | 5.4 (4.3–6.5) |
≥18 | 10.8 (8.1–13.5) | 10.1 (7.4–12.7) | 3.6 (2.3–4.9) | 0.6 (0.1–1.2) | 3.2 (1.9–4.4) | 7.8 (5.7–10.0) |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 2.0 (1.7–2.4) | 1.6 (1.2–1.9) | 0.7 (0.5–0.9) | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | 0.3 (0.2–0.5) | 1.6 (1.3–2.0) |
Male | 9.0 (7.2–10.7) | 8.4 (6.8–10.1) | 3.2 (2.3–4.0) | 0.4 (0.3–0.6) | 2.7 (2.0–3.5) | 6.3 (5.2–7.5) |
School level | ||||||
Middle school (grades 6–8) | 2.6 (2.1–3.1) | 2.2 (1.7–2.6) | 0.8 (0.6–1.1) | 0.2 (0.1–0.4) | 0.4 (0.3–0.6) | 1.9 (1.4–2.3) |
High school (grades 9–12) | 7.7 (6.2–9.3) | 7.2 (5.6–8.7) | 2.8 (2.1–3.5) | 0.4 (0.2–0.5) | 2.4 (1.7–3.0) | 5.6 (4.5–6.7) |
Race/ethnicity | ||||||
White, non-Hispanic | 6.7 (5.3–8.1) | 6.2 (4.8–7.6) | 2.5 (1.8–3.2) | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | 2.0 (1.4–2.6) | 4.6 (3.6–5.6) |
Black, non-Hispanic | 2.2 (1.1–3.4) | 2.2 (1.0–3.3) | 0.6 (0.2–1.0) | — | 0.5 (0.2–0.9) | 1.6 (0.6–2.5) |
Asian, non-Hispanic | 2.6 (0.9–4.4) | 2.1 (0.6–3.5) | — | — | — | 2.2 (0.6–3.9) |
Hispanic | 5.0 (4.3–5.7) | 4.1 (3.4–4.8) | 1.5 (1.3–1.8) | 0.5 (0.3–0.8) | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) | 4.1 (3.5–4.6) |
AI/AN, non-Hispanic | 7.4 (3.3–11.6) | 6.8 (2.6–11.1) | 3.3 (0.8–5.7) | — | — | 5.1 (3.4–6.8) |
Data are presented as percentages (95% CI). All data were weighted to account for the complex survey design. AI/AN, American Indian or Alaska Native; —, estimate not reported because relative SE was ≥40%.
Any smokeless tobacco use was defined as use of at least 1 of the following tobacco products on ≥1 day during the past 30 days: snus, dissolvable tobacco products, snuff, or chewing or dipping tobacco.
Current use of any combustible tobacco product was defined as use of at least 1 of the following tobacco products on ≥1 days during the past 30 days: cigarettes (including flavored cigarettes and roll-your-own cigarettes), cigars (including clove cigars and flavored little cigars), bidis, kreteks, pipes, and waterpipes/hookahs.