Table 3.
Likelihood of Nicotine Dependence by Cigarette Type in Adults (≥18 years) in the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH; n = 11 054)
| NDSS | Time-to-1st-cigarette | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR | 95% CI | P | AOR | 95% CI | P | |
| Cigarette type | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||
| FF vs. medium | 1.07 | 0.82, 1.39 | 1.42 | 1.12, 1.80 | ||
| FF vs. light | 1.70 | 1.43, 2.01 | 2.08 | 1.76, 2.47 | ||
| FF vs. ultralight | 1.39 | 0.90, 2.17 | 2.33 | 1.57, 3.45 | ||
| Age of first cigarette | 0.96 | 0.94, 0.98 | <.0001 | 0.97 | 0.95, 0.99 | .01 |
| Cigarettes per day | 1.14 | 1.13, 1.16 | <.0001 | 1.13 | 1.12, 1.15 | <.0001 |
| Age | 1.01 | 0.98, 1.05 | .45 | 1.13 | 1.09, 1.17 | <.0001 |
| Male | 0.73 | 0.62, 0.87 | .001 | 0.69 | 0.60, 0.79 | <.0001 |
| Non-Hispanic white | 1.26 | 1.02, 1.55 | .03 | 0.95 | 0.77, 1.17 | .61 |
| Education | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||
| Some college | 1.47 | 1.12, 1.92 | 1.46 | 1.10, 1.93 | ||
| High school grad | 1.72 | 1.29, 2.30 | 2.26 | 1.74, 2.93 | ||
| Less than HS | 2.43 | 1.73, 3.40 | 2.98 | 2.27, 3.91 | ||
| Unemployment | 1.41 | 1.13, 1.77 | .003 | |||
AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; FF = full-flavor cigarettes; HS = high school; NDSS = Nicotine Dependence Syndrome Scale. Bold = significant. Final model multiple logistic regressions with cigarette type, smoking characteristics and sociodemographics predicting nicotine dependence based on the Nicotine Dependence Syndrome Scale and Time-to-1st-cigarette. Odds ratios represent an increased (>1) or decreased (<1) likelihood of dependence.