Table 2.

Likelihood of Switching Between Menthol and Nonmenthol Cigarettes Stratified by Gender and Race/Ethnicity

	All				Gender								Race/ethnicity
					Female				Male				Non-Hispanic White				Black				Hispanic
	Overall N ind = 3,118 (8% switch)				Overall N ind = 1,802 (9% switch)				Overall N ind = 1,316 (8% switch)				Overall N ind = 2,724 (7% switch)				Overall N ind = 293 (17% switch)				Overall N ind = 101 (19% switch)
	N obs	%	Type at following wave		N obs	%	Type at following wave		N obs	%	Type at following wave		N obs	%	Type at following wave		N obs	%	Type at following wave		N obs	%	Type at following wave
			Nonmenthol	Menthol			Nonmenthol	Menthol			Nonmenthol	Menthol			Nonmenthol	Menthol			Nonmenthol	Menthol			Nonmenthol	Menthol
Initial type
Nonmenthol	8,848ª	73ª	98%	3%	4,866ª	70ª	98%	3%	3,982ª	77ª	98%	2%	8,287ª	79ª	98%	2%	261ª	22ª	85%	15%	300ª	66ª	93%	6%
Menthol	3,274ª	27ª	8%	92%	2,059ª	30ª	8%	92%	1,215ª	23ª	8%	92%	2,213ª	21ª	8%	92%	906ª	78ª	8%	92%	155ª	34ª	16%	83%
Initial switch
Menthol → Menthol	1,602	24	7%	93%	1,051	27	7%	93%	551	20	7%	93%	1,162	20	7%	93%	376	70	6%	94%	64	32	9%	91%
Non → Non	4,812	72	99%	1%	2,730	69	98%	2%	2,082	76	99%	1%	4,584	77	99%	1%	111	21	96%	4%	117	58	93%	7%
Menthol → Non	142	2	35%	65%	92	2	35%	65%	50	2	33%	67%	99	2	33%	67%	31	6	15%	85%	12	6	75%	25%
Non → Menthol	126	2	31%	69%	74	2	32%	68%	52	2	28%	72%	96	2	24%	76%	22	4	36%	64%	8	4	75%	25%

Note. Overall N given for individuals who participated in two or more waves, and corresponding percentages indicate proportion of these individuals who ever switched; all other N are given for observations, and corresponding proportions are based on these numbers of observations.

ªStrictly cross-sectional.