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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2014 Aug;47(2 0 1):S4–14. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.04.013

Table 4.

Characteristics associated with sometimes/often/always feeling irritable or restless when not using tobacco for a while, 2012 National Youth Tobacco Survey

Current tobacco usersa (n=3,356)
Current single-product usersb (n=1,213)
Current polytobacco usersc (n=1,988)
% (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) % (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) % (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
OVERALL 34.9 (32.5, 37.5) 22.8 (20.0, 25.9) 43.3 (40.0, 46.7)

School type

 Middle school 34.7 (30.1, 39.7) 1.4 (1.1, 1.9) 18.2 (12.5, 25.6) 1.1 (0.6, 2.1) 47.8 (40.8, 55.0) 1.6 (1.1, 2.4)

 High school 34.8 (32.1, 37.6) 1.0 23.8 (20.9, 27.1) 1.0 42.3 (38.8, 45.9) 1.0

Sex

 Female 38.6 (34.8, 42.6) 2.0 (1.6, 2.6) 29.5 (24.7, 34.7) 2.1 (1.3, 3.5) 46.5 (41.4, 51.6) 1.8 (1.3, 2.5)

 Male 32.8 (30.1, 35.5) 1.0 17.7 (14.2, 21.9) 1.0 41.7 (37.9, 45.6) 1.0

Race/ethnicity

 White, non-Hispanic 37.6 (34.4, 41.0) 1.0 26.5 (22.4, 31.0) 1.0 44.0 (39.5, 48.6) 1.0

 Black, non-Hispanic 24.5 (19.5, 30.2) 0.7 (0.5, 1.1) 14.5 (9.0, 22.5) 1.1 (0.5, 2.1) 40.8 (30.4, 52.0) 0.8 (0.5, 1.3)

 Hispanic 33.7 (29.1, 38.5) 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) 23.7 (16.5, 32.9) 1.3 (0.8, 2.4) 39.2 (34.3, 44.2) 0.8 (0.6, 1.1)

 Other non-Hispanic 37.6 (32.6, 43.0) 1.2 (0.9, 1.6) 22.8 (15.5, 32.4) 1.0 (0.5, 2.0) 49.4 (42.0, 56.8) 1.4 (0.9, 2.0)

Days used cigarettes, cigars, or smokeless tobacco

 30 70.0 (65.6, 74.1) 18.1 (13.1, 25.0) 63.9 (54.2, 72.6) 13.0 (7.0, 24.0) 72.1 (67.0, 76.7) 19.4 (13.0, 28.9)

 20–29 56.6 (50.1, 62.9) 9.0 (6.0, 13.5) 56.4 (42.6, 69.3) 9.9 (4.7, 20.6) 56.0 (48.1, 63.6) 8.5 (5.2, 13.8)

 10–19 43.1 (38.2, 48.2) 5.5 (4.0, 7.7) 37.2 (28.3, 47.1) 4.3 (2.6, 7.0) 46.7 (39.3, 54.1) 5.8 (3.8, 9.0)

 6–9 32.1 (26.2, 38.7) 2.9 (2.0, 4.1) 24.5 (15.9, 35.8) 2.6 (1.4, 4.8) 35.5 (27.9, 43.9) 3.1 (2.0, 4.7)

 3–5 21.2 (17.3, 25.7) 1.9 (1.4, 2.7) 19.3 (12.5, 28.6) 1.7 (1.0, 3.1) 23.2 (18.4, 28.7) 1.9 (1.3, 2.9)

 1–2 12.7 (10.5, 15.3) 1.0 11.2 (8.4, 14.7) 1.0 15.6 (12.1, 19.9) 1.0

Single product currently used

 Cigarettes only 35.9 (31.6, 40.4) 1.0

 Cigars only 7.8 (4.9, 12.2) 0.2 (0.1, 0.4)

 Smokeless only 21.9 (15.8, 29.5) 0.6 (0.4, 1.0)

Age first used cigarettes, cigars, or smokeless tobacco (years)

 <11 48.9 (43.4, 54.3) 1.2 (0.9, 1.7) 31.8 (24.5, 40.1) 1.0 (0.6, 1.7) 57.7 (50.6, 64.4) 1.1 (0.8, 1.7)

 ≥11 31.0 (28.3, 33.7) 1.0 21.8 (18.8, 25.1) 1.0 38.3 (34.6, 42.1) 1.0

Polytobacco use

 Yes 43.3 (40.0, 46.7) 1.3 (1.1, 1.6)

 No 22.8 (20.0, 25.9) 1.0

Note: All regression estimates were mutually adjusted for all covariates included in the table.

a

Defined as use of cigarettes, cigars, or smokeless tobacco on at least 1 day during the past 30 days

b

Defined as use of only one of the following three products on at least 1 day during the past 30 days: cigarettes, cigars, or smokeless tobacco

c

Defined as past 30-day cigarette, cigar, or smokeless tobacco users who reported using at least 2 of those products or pipes, bidis, kreteks, hookah, snus, dissolvable tobacco or electronic cigarettes in the past 30 days