TABLE 1—
Prevalence of Current Established Smokeless Tobacco Use, Overall and by Demographic Subgroups: Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study Wave 1 (2013–2014) Adult Sample, United States
| Pouched Snusa |
Loose Snus, Moist Snuff, Dip, Spit, and Chewing Tobaccob |
Any Smokeless Tobaccoc |
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| Characteristic | No. | Weighted % (95% CI) | No. | Weighted % (95% CI) | No. | Weighted % (95% CI) |
| Overall | 273 | 0.4 (0.4, 0.5) | 1 597 | 2.7 (2.5, 2.9) | 1 720 | 2.9 (2.7, 3.1) |
| Age, y | ||||||
| 18–24 | 109 | 1.0 (0.8, 1.2) | 451 | 3.7 (3.3, 4.1) | 488 | 4.0 (3.6, 4.5) |
| 25–34 | 74 | 0.8 (0.6, 0.9) | 333 | 3.6 (3.1, 4.0) | 372 | 4.0 (3.5, 4.5) |
| 35–49 | 70 | 0.6 (0.4, 0.7) | 468 | 3.5 (3.0, 3.9) | 502 | 3.7 (3.3, 4.1) |
| ≥ 50 | 20 | 0.1 (0.0, 0.1) | 345 | 1.5 (1.3, 1.7) | 358 | 1.6 (1.4, 1.8) |
| Sexd | ||||||
| Male | 260 | 0.9 (0.7, 1.0) | 1 522 | 5.3 (4.9, 5.7) | 1 635 | 5.7 (5.3, 6.1) |
| Female | 13 | e | 73 | 0.2 (0.2, 0.3) | 83 | 0.2 (0.2, 0.3) |
| Race/ethnicityd | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 237 | 0.6 (0.5, 0.7) | 1 346 | 3.6 (3.3, 3.8) | 1 452 | 3.9 (3.6, 4.1) |
| Other racial/ethnic groups | 34 | 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) | 220 | 0.9 (0.7, 1.0) | 236 | 0.9 (0.8, 1.1) |
| Educationd | ||||||
| < high school or some high school, no diploma | 26 | 0.3 (0.1, 0.4) | 201 | 2.8 (2.3, 3.2) | 212 | 2.9 (2.4, 3.3) |
| GED diploma | 30 | 1.0 (0.6, 1.4) | 144 | 4.7 (3.8, 5.6) | 153 | 5.0 (4.1, 5.9) |
| High-school graduate—diploma | 71 | 0.5 (0.4, 0.7) | 478 | 3.6 (3.1, 4.1) | 515 | 3.9 (3.4, 4.4) |
| Some college or associate’s degree | 111 | 0.5 (0.4, 0.7) | 560 | 2.8 (2.4, 3.1) | 605 | 3.0 (2.7, 3.3) |
| Completed college or beyond | 34 | 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) | 201 | 1.2 (1.0, 1.5) | 222 | 1.4 (1.2, 1.6) |
| Urbanicity | ||||||
| Urban | 244 | 0.4 (0.4, 0.5) | 1 299 | 2.3 (2.1, 2.5) | 1 412 | 2.5 (2.3, 2.8) |
| Nonurban | 29 | 0.6 (0.3, 1.0) | 298 | 7.9 (6.2, 9.6) | 308 | 8.1 (6.5, 9.8) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; GED = general education development. The sample size was n = 32 320.
This group includes current established pouched snus users who may or may not use other smokeless tobacco products currently.
This group includes current established users of other smokeless tobacco products who may or may not use pouched snus currently. Because of the skip pattern design in the questionnaire, adults who responded that they had never used other smokeless tobacco products but used “both Skoal Bandits and other brands of snus pouches” (n = 191) were routed through questions for pouched snus only. They were classified as noncurrent users of other smokeless tobacco. Results remained similar when these 191 individuals were excluded from the analyses (overall prevalence = 2.7%; 95% CI = 2.5%, 2.9%).
This group includes respondents who are either current established pouched snus users or current established other smokeless tobacco product users.
Respondents with missing values of the demographic variables were dropped from the analyses.
Estimates suppressed.