TABLE 2—
Demographic Characteristics Among Current Established Smokeless Tobacco Users, by Smokeless Tobacco Product Type: Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study Wave 1 (2013–2014) Adult Sample, United States
| Current Established Pouched Snus Users, Excluding Current Users of Other SLTa (n = 101) |
Current Established Users of Other SLT, Excluding Current Pouched Snus Users (n = 1355) |
Current Established Users of Pouched Snus and Other SLT (n = 150) |
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| Characteristicsa | No. | Weighted Estimate (95% CI) | No. | Weighted Estimate (95% CI) | No. | Weighted Estimate (95% CI) |
| Age group, % | ||||||
| 18–24 y | 28 | 19.2 (12.3, 26.0) | 341 | 15.5 (13.3, 17.8) | 72 | 35.9 (28.3, 43.5) |
| 25–34 y | 30 | 29.9 (20.4, 39.5) | 274 | 23.0 (20.3, 25.8) | 35 | 28.7 (20.2, 37.2) |
| 35–49 y | 30 | 35.1 (25.0, 45.3) | 415 | 33.6 (30.3, 36.8) | 36 | 30.8 (21.8, 39.8) |
| ≥ 50 y | 13 | 15.7 (8.1, 23.4) | 325 | 27.8 (25.2, 30.5) | 7 | b |
| Sex, % | ||||||
| Male | 92 | b | 1 288 | 95.7 (94.3, 97.1) | 147 | b |
| Female | 9 | b | 65 | 4.3 (2.9, 5.7) | 3 | b |
| Race/ethnicity, % | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 87 | 89.4 (83.7, 95.1) | 1 138 | 88.7 (86.8, 90.6) | 131 | 90.4 (85.4, 95.4) |
| Other racial/ethnic groups | 13 | 10.6 (4.9, 16.3) | 187 | 11.3 (9.4, 13.2) | 18 | 9.6 (4.6, 14.6) |
| Education, % | ||||||
| < high school or some high school, no diploma | 7 | b | 174 | 12.5 (10.4, 14.6) | 15 | 7.6 (3.1, 12.1) |
| GED diploma | 7 | b | 114 | 8.4 (6.8, 10.1) | 21 | 14.1 (8.2, 20.0) |
| High-school graduate—diploma | 30 | 33.4 (20.8, 45.9) | 421 | 34.4 (30.5, 38.4) | 34 | 25.2 (15.5, 34.8) |
| Some college or associate’s degree | 39 | 36.2 (26.3, 46.1) | 455 | 31.0 (28.3, 33.7) | 66 | 42.6 (34.1, 51.2) |
| Completed college or beyond | 18 | 16.8 (9.2, 24.4) | 180 | 13.6 (11.6, 15.6) | 13 | 10.5 (5.0, 15.9) |
| Urbanicity, % | ||||||
| Urban | 91 | b | 1 088 | 81.3 (78.0, 84.6) | 131 | b |
| Nonurban | 10 | b | 267 | 18.7 (15.4, 22.0) | 19 | b |
| Age of first SLT use, median y | ||||||
| Pouched snus | 101 | 24.5 (20.1, 28.9) | NA | NA | 150 | 18.0 (16.2, 19.7) |
| Other SLT | NA | NA | 1 352 | 15.3 (15.0, 15.5) | 150 | 15.0 (14.4, 15.6) |
| Age of regular SLT use, median y | ||||||
| Pouched snus | 101 | 26.6 (22.7, 30.6) | NA | NA | 150 | 21.0 (17.7, 24.2) |
| Other SLT | NA | NA | 1 353 | 17.3 (17.1, 17.5) | 150 | 16.3 (15.3, 17.2) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; GED = general education development; NA = not applicable; SLT = smokeless tobacco.
a
Because of the skip pattern in the data collection instrument, this group included 19 respondents who responded that they had never used other SLT but used “both Skoal Bandits and other brands of snus pouches.” Excluding this subset of the sample from analyses did not change the estimates substantially.
b
Estimates suppressed.