Table 1.

Sample characteristics by tobacco use status (Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey 2010–2011, N= 27,435)

	Exclusive smokers N=26,760	Dual users a N=675
Age (%)***
18–24 years	13.4 (13.1–13.7)	30.6 (27.5–33.4)
25–34 years	21.0 (20.6–21.4)	30.7 (28.1–33.2)
35–49 years	29.6 (29.1–20.0)	25.9 (23.3–28.6)
50–64 years	27.74 (27.3–28.2)	10.6 (9.2–12.1)
≥ 65 years	8.3 (8.1–8.6)	2.2 (1.4–2.9)
Gender (%)***
Men	53.1 (52.7–53.5)	95.1 (93.9–96.4)
Women	46.9 (46.5–47.3)	4.9 (3.6–6.1)
Race/ethnicity (%)***
White	73.4 (73.0–73.9)	88.7 (87.2–90.4)
Hispanic	9.7 (9.4–10.0)	4.8 (3.5–6.1)
African American	12.1 (11.8–12.4)	2.9 (2.1–3.8)
Asian/PI	2.8 (2.6–3.0)	1.0 (0.4–1.6)
Mixed/Other	2.0 (1.9–2.1)	2.5 (1.8–3.3)
Education (%)*
Less than high school	17.6 (17.3–18.0)	16.8 (14.7–18.8)
High school	39.3 (38.8–39.8)	42.5 (39.7–45.3)
Some college	30.8 (30.4–31.2)	30.6 (28.2–33.0)
College graduate	12.3 (12.2–12.4)	12.2 (11.6–12.8)
Cigarette consumption (%)b***
< 12 days of month (“low rate”)	7.9 (7.6–8.1)	17.0 (14.5–19.4)
0 to 10 cpd	44.5 (44.0–45.0)	37.5 (34.6–40.4)
11 to 20 cpd	36.6 (36.2–37.0)	35.5 (32.5–38.5)
≥ 21 cpd	7.7 (7.5–8.0)	8.7 (7.0–10.3)
Cigarette dependence (%)b
Smoking ≤ 30 min of waking*	46.2 (45.8–46.7)	50.2 (47.1–53.2)
Smoking > 30 minutes of waking	45.0 (44.6–49.5)	45.2 (42.3–48.2)
Smoking initiation ≤ age15 years*	27.0 (26.6–27.5)	30.0 (27.2–32.8)
Smoking initiation > age15 years	69.6 (69.2–70.1)	65.8 (62.7–68.9)
Age of initiation (Mean)***	17.9 (17.9–18.0)	16.7 (16.5–16.9)
Current use of other combustible tobacco (%)
Cigar use***	5.0 (4.8–5.3)	23.8 (21.4–26.2)
Pipe tobacco use***	0.8 (0.7–0.9)	5.7 (4.2–7.2)
Hookah use***	0.8 (0.7–.9)	4.3 (2.9–5.6)

^aCurrent cigarette smokers who also report current use of smokeless tobacco

^bColumn percentages do not add up to 100% because of missing responses

^*p < 0.05

^***p<0.001