Table 1.
Percentage of adults who reported having 100% a smoke-free home rule, by tobacco use and selected sociodemographic characteristics—NATS, 2012–2013.
| Characteristics | Any tobaccoa (n = 4791) |
Combustible-onlyb (n = 3558) |
Noncombustible-onlyc (n = 618) |
Both combustible and noncombustibled (n = 155) |
No current tobacco usee (n = 43,717) |
Overallf (n = 48,871) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
| Overall | 56.4 (55.1–57.8) | 53.7 (52.2–55.3) | 82.5 (79.0–86.0) | 54.9 (47.5–62.4) | 90.8 (90.4–91.2) | 83.7 (83.2–84.1) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 60.2 (58.4–62.0)g | 56.7 (54.6–58.9) | 82.2 (78.6–85.7) | 53.7 (45.9–61.5) | 90.2 (89.5–90.8)g | 82.3 (81.6–83.0) |
| Female | 50.6 (48.4–52.7) | 49.7 (47.4–52.1) | h | h | 91.3 (90.8–91.8) | 85.0 (84.4–85.6) |
| Age group (years) | ||||||
| 18–24 | 63.1 (58.8–67.3) | 59.5 (54.3–64.7) | 82.8 (72.8–92.8) | 60.0 (46.6–73.4) | 85.7 (83.9–87.5)g | 80.4 (78.6–82.1) |
| 25–44 | 65.4 (63.1–67.8) | 63.6 (60.9–66.3) | 89.0 (84.1–94.0) | 59.4 (48.3–70.5) | 92.6 (91.9–93.4) | 85.9 (85.1–86.8) |
| 45–64 | 46.8 (44.8–48.8) | 44.4 (42.1–46.6) | 76.7 (70.6–82.8) | 36.3 (22.1–50.4) | 91.6 (91.1–92.2) | 81.9 (81.1–82.6) |
| ≥65 | 43.4 (40.2–46.7) | 39.8 (36.2–43.3) | 78.8 (70.6–87.0) | h | 89.6 (89.0–90.2) | 85.3 (84.6–85.9) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 57.7 (56.0–59.3) | 54.7 (52.8–56.6) | 82.6 (78.8–86.4) | 55.8 (47.4–64.1) | 91.4 (91.0–91.9) | 84.4 (83.9–84.9) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 41.0 (36.4–45.5) | 39.7 (34.9–44.5) | h | h | 86.6 (84.9–88.3) | 76.4 (74.5–78.2) |
| Asian, non-Hispanic | 80.6 (69.0–92.2) | 76.8 (63.1–90.5) | h | h | 92.6 (90.6–94.6) | 91.5 (89.2–93.4) |
| Other non-Hispanic | 49.1 (44.9–53.3) | 45.5 (40.7–50.3) | 82.0 (71.2–92.8) | 46.2 (26.8–65.5) | 88.7 (86.8–90.6) | 75.6 (73.5–77.6) |
| Hispanic | 69.5 (65.0–73.9) | 68.1 (63.2–73.0) | h | h | 91.0 (89.8–92.3) | 87.7 (86.3–88.9) |
| Educational attainment | ||||||
| 0–12 years (no diploma) | 46.5 (42.5–50.6) | 45.4 (40.9–49.9) | 77.3 (65.4–89.2) | h | 86.6 (84.9–88.3) | 75.1 (73.3 –76.9) |
| General educational diploma | 44.0 (37.1–50.8) | 44.9 (37.4–52.4) | h | h | 85.3 (81.7–88.9) | 67.6 (63.5–71.4) |
| High school graduate | 54.9 (52.4–57.5) | 51.0 (48.1–54.0) | 82.2 (76.2–88.1) | 53.7 (41.5–65.9) | 88.0 (87.0–89.0) | 80.0 (79.0–81.0) |
| Some college (no degree) | 59.6 (56.7–62.4) | 56.9 (53.6–60.1) | 84.6 (77.3–91.9) | h | 90.8 (89.8–91.8) | 83.4 (82.3–84.4) |
| Associate degree | 60.5 (57.4–63.7) | 57.7 (54.0–61.4) | 84.7 (76.4–92.9) | h | 92.0 (91.1–92.9) | 85.2 (84.2–86.2) |
| Undergraduate degree | 70.1 (67.0–73.2) | 66.7 (63.0–70.4) | 87.7 (81.5–93.9) | h | 94.2 (93.6–94.7) | 91.5 (90.9–92.1) |
| Graduate degree | 71.3 (66.3–76.3) | 70.6 (65.1–76.1) | h | h | 94.6 (94.0–95.2) | 93.1 (92.4–93.8) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married/living with partner | 61.7 (59.8–63.6)g | 58.9 (56.7–61.2)g | 84.0 (79.7–88.2) | 61.6 (51.1–72.1) | 93.0 (92.6–93.4)g | 87.4 (86.9–87.9) |
| Single/separated/divorced widowed | 51.4 (49.4–53.4) | 49.1 (46.8–51.4) | 79.9 (74.0–85.9) | 49.5 (39.2–59.8) | 87.6 (86.9–88.4) | 78.8 (78.0–79.6) |
| Annual household income | ||||||
| <$20,000 | 39.4 (36.0–42.8)g | 37.0 (33.3–40.8)g | 71.6 (57.3–86.0)g | h | 86.3 (84.7–87.8)g | 72.3 (70.5–73.4) |
| $20,000–$49,999 | 50.1 (47.7–52.5) | 48.5 (45.8, 51.2) | 75.6 (68.1–83.2) | 50.7 (38.4–62.9) | 88.0 (87.1–88.9) | 78.3 (77.3–79.3) |
| $50,000–$99,999 | 65.2 (62.5–67.9) | 63.0 (59.8, 66.1) | 83.4 (77.4–89.4) | 55.7 (40.6–70.7) | 92.2 (91.6–92.9) | 87.0 (86.2–87.8) |
| ≥$100,000 | 77.1 (73.8–80.5) | 75.3 (71.2, 79.5) | 92.2 (87.0–97.5) | 71.1 (55.0–87.2) | 95.3 (94.7–95.9) | 93.0 (92.2, 93.6) |
| Unspecified | 58.6 (54.6–62.5) | 56.5 (52.1, 60.8) | 85.6 (75.9–95.3) | h | 90.0 (88.9–91.1) | 84.7 (83.5–85.9) |
| US census region i | ||||||
| Northeast | 48.8 (45.2–52.5)g | 45.5 (41.5–49.5)g | 70.7 (57.4–84.0) | h | 90.4 (89.5–91.4)g | 82.8 (81.7–83.9) |
| Midwest | 51.0 (48.2–53.9) | 48.9 (45.6–52.2) | 80.4 (73.0–87.8) | 54.3 (38.9–69.7) | 89.1 (88.2–90.0) | 80.4 (79.3–81.4) |
| South | 57.2 (55.0–59.4) | 54.2 (51.6–56.7) | 84.0 (79.3–88.8) | 50.1 (39.7–60.5) | 90.4 (89.7–91.1) | 82.9 (82.1–83.6) |
| West | 67.4 (64.6–70.3) | 65.7 (62.4–68.9) | 88.0 (81.0–94.9) | 65.6 (47.0–84.2) | 93.1 (92.3–93.8) | 88.6 (87.8–89.4) |
| Sexual orientation | ||||||
| Heterosexual/Straight | 56.9 (55.5–58.4) | 54.1 (52.4–55.8) | 82.4 (78.9–86.0) | 55.7 (48.1–63.4) | 91.1 (90.7–91.5)g | 84.0 (83.5–84.5) |
| Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual | 51.0 (44.8–57.2) | 49.1 (42.2–56.1) | h | h | 85.6 (82.6–88.7) | 74.9 (71.8–77.8) |
| Unspecified | 54.4 (47.0–61.8) | 53.0 (45.0–60.9) | h | h | 89.6 (87.7–91.5) | 85.0 (82.9–86.9) |
Abbreviations: CI= confidence interval; NATS = National Adult Tobacco Survey.
Defined as ‘every day’ or ‘some day’ use of cigarettes, cigars/cigarillos/filtered little cigars, regular pipes, and water pipes/hookah, electronic cigarettes, or chewing tobacco/snuff/dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco.
Defined as smoking at least 100 cigarettes during their lifetime and now smoking ‘every day’ or ‘some day’ and/or used ≥1 of the following tobacco product types and now use ‘everyday’ or ‘some day’: cigars/cigarillos/filtered little cigars, regular pipes, and water pipes/hookah ≥50 times in their lifetime and now smoked the product ‘every day’ or ‘some days’.
Defined as using chewing tobacco, snuff or dip ≥20 times in their lifetime, snus or dissolvable tobacco products on ≥1 day, and used these products ‘every day’ or ‘some days’.
Defined as ‘every day’ or ‘some day’ use of any combustible tobacco product and any noncombustible tobacco product.
Defined as not currently using electronic cigarettes, combustible tobacco, or noncombustible tobacco.
Includes persons whose tobacco use status is unknown.
Significant chi-square test (p < 0.05) indicated difference across groups within the specified characteristic.
Excluded because relative standard error ≥30%.
Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.