TABLE 3—
Patterns of Smokeless Tobacco and Other Tobacco Use Among Current Established Smokeless Tobacco Users, by Smokeless Tobacco 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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| Characteristics | No. | Weighted Estimate (95% CI) | No. | Weighted Estimate (95% CI) | No. | Weighted Estimate (95% CI) |
| Daily SLT use in the past 30 d, % | ||||||
| Pouched snus | 40 | 41.6 (29.1, 54.1) | NA | NA | 31 | 21.5 (15.1, 27.9) |
| Other SLT | NA | NA | 894 | 66.9 (64.3, 69.5) | 72 | 47.4 (38.1, 56.7) |
| Current use of other tobacco products, % | ||||||
| Cigarette (current established) | 46 | 42.6 (30.2, 55.0) | 459 | 31.0 (28.5, 33.5) | 75 | 48.7 (39.4, 58.0) |
| Cigarette (current) | 51 | 45.8 (33.5, 58.0) | 494 | 33.3 (30.5, 36.1) | 82 | 51.8 (42.7, 60.9) |
| E-cigarette | 21 | 21.0 (12.2, 29.8) | 137 | 8.3 (7.0, 9.7) | 46 | 26.3 (19.3, 33.3) |
| Any cigar | 33 | 30.8 (18.9, 42.6) | 332 | 23.7 (21.8, 25.7) | 82 | 53.0 (44.0, 61.9) |
| Hookah | 18 | 15.5 (7.9, 23.0) | 120 | 6.6 (5.0, 8.1) | 36 | 18.8 (12.5, 25.1) |
| Pipe | 10 | b | 73 | 5.2 (4.0, 6.5) | 23 | 14.3 (8.1, 20.4) |
| Any tobacco product | 68 | 64.0 (52.8, 75.1) | 634 | 44.7 (42.1, 47.4) | 115 | 74.9 (66.4, 83.5) |
| Exclusive current established SLT use,c % | 32 | 36.0 (24.9, 47.2) | 693 | 55.3 (52.6, 57.9) | 35 | 25.1 (16.5, 33.6) |
| No. of pouches per day (among daily users of pouched snus in the past 30 d), median | ||||||
| Current cigarette smokers | 13 | 4.9 (3.5, 6.3) | NA | NA | 14 | 4.8 (2.5, 7.2) |
| Noncurrent cigarette smokers | 27 | 9.1 (4.6, 13.5) | NA | NA | 17 | b |
| No. of times per day (among daily users of other SLT in the past 30 d), median | ||||||
| Current cigarette smokers | NA | NA | 211 | 5.0 (4.4, 5.5) | 30 | b |
| Noncurrent cigarette smokers | NA | NA | 682 | 5.8 (5.4, 6.2) | 42 | 4.9 (3.5, 6.2) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; NA = not applicable; SLT = smokeless tobacco.
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.
Estimates suppressed.
Exclusive current established SLT users include current established users of pouched snus or other SLT who currently do not use any of the other tobacco products (cigarettes, e-cigarettes, any cigars, hookah, pipe, or dissolvable tobacco) every day or some days.