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. 2017 Oct;107(10):1554–1559. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303967

TABLE 2—

Rural and Urban Weighted Prevalences of Adult Tobacco Product Use, by Gender, Poverty, and Region: Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, United States, 2013–2014

Traditional Tobacco Product Use, % (SE)
Emerging Tobacco Product Use, % (SE)
Dual or Polytobacco Use, % (SE)
Variable Cigarettes (Daily) Cigarettes Menthol Cigarettes Smokeless Tobacco Cigars Pipes E-Cigarettes Cigarillos Hookah Traditional Only Emerging Only Mixed
Gender and area of residence
 Male rural 19.4 (0.84)* 26.6 (1.1) 5.8 (0.53)* 12.0 (0.71)* 5.6 (0.33) 1.5 (0.18) 6.1 (0.35)* 5.7 (0.29) 1.1 (0.14)* 3.9 (0.30)* 0.3 (0.08) 9.0 (0.44)*
 Male urban 15.6 (0.29)* 25.8 (0.40) 7.5 (0.21)* 4.3 (0.22)* 6.5 (0.21) 1.6 (0.10) 7.9 (0.23)* 6.6 (0.22) 3.1 (0.16)* 2.2 (0.11)* 0.5 (0.05) 11.3 (0.30)*
 Female rural 17.3 (0.86)* 22.7 (1.0)* 5.9 (0.40) 0.7 (0.16)* 0.9 (0.12) 0.3 (0.07) 6.2 (0.40) 1.9 (0.21)* 0.7 (0.09)* 0.5 (0.10) 0.1 (0.03)* 6.6 (0.39)
 Female urban 11.4 (0.29)* 18.5 (0.36)* 6.3 (0.19) 0.2 (0.04)* 1.0 (0.06) 0.2 (0.03) 5.8 (0.19) 2.8 (0.10)* 2.0 (0.10)* 0.3 (0.04) 0.3 (0.04)* 6.4 (0.18)
Poverty level status and area of residence
 Below rural 32.0 (1.79)* 43.3 (1.92)* 11.6 (0.84) 7.1 (0.80)* 4.6 (0.43) 1.5 (0.20) 11.4 (0.73) 7.9 (0.61) 1.9 (0.25)* 3.7 (0.33)* 0.3 (0.36) * 15.2 (0.80)
 Below urban 20.4 (0.56)* 34.7 (0.70)* 11.8 (0.41) 2.2 (0.18)* 4.5 (0.21) 1.5 (0.11) 9.4 (0.39) 9.3 (0.35) 4.4 (0.25)* 1.6 (0.12)* 0.7 (0.21) * 14.3 (0.50)
 At or above rural 15.1 (0.64)* 20.2 (0.84) 4.6 (0.40) 6.3 (0.32)* 3.1 (0.19) 0.7 (0.11) 5.1 (0.32)* 2.8 (0.21) 0.6 (0.09)* 1.9 (0.19)* 0.2 (0.13) 6.1 (0.38)
 At or above urban 11.4 (0.26)* 18.4 (0.31) 5.6 (0.15) 2.3 (0.12)* 3.5 (0.13) 0.7 (0.05) 6.1 (0.17)* 3.2 (0.12) 2.0 (0.10)* 1.1 (0.06)* 0.3 (0.08) 7.2 (0.19)
Region and area of residence
 Northeast rural 16.6 (1.16)* 21.9 (1.45) 5.1 (0.56)* 4.4 (0.67)* 3.5 (0.40) 1.1 (0.24) 4.5 (0.38) 3.2 (0.45) 0.8 (0.11)* 1.8 (0.15) * 0.3 (0.09) 6.1 (0.42)*
 Northeast urban 12.9 (0.63)* 21.3 (0.77) 7.5 (0.36)* 1.3 (0.19)* 4.4 (0.26) 0.6 (0.10) 5.0 (0.35) 4.2 (0.29) 2.9 (0.28)* 1.2 (0.14) * 0.4 (0.07) 7.6 (0.34)*
 Midwest rural 19.1 (1.8) 25.8 (1.77) 5.2 (0.92)* 6.9 (0.58)* 3.9 (0.41) 1.0 (0.30) 8.0 (0.78) 3.8 (0.36)* 0.9 (0.13)* 2.9 (0.43)* 0.3 (0.12) 8.7 (0.74)
 Midwest urban 16.5 (0.54) 24.6 (0.66) 8.2 (0.40)* 2.4 (0.16)* 3.7 (0.23) 1.0 (0.11) 7.4 (0.37) 4.9 (0.24)* 2.1 (0.16)* 1.5 (0.11)* 0.4 (0.09) 9.5 (0.40)
 South rural 20.0 (1.18)* 26.8 (1.50) 7.2 (0.65) 7.3 (0.52)* 2.9 (0.32) 0.8 (0.11) 6.2 (0.41) 4.3 (0.30)* 0.9 (0.18)* 2.2 (0.19) * 0.2 (0.05)* 8.4 (0.56)
 South urban 14.0 (0.50)* 23.3 (0.64) 7.9 (0.30) 2.6 (0.24)* 3.7 (0.18) 0.9 (0.08) 7.4 (0.28) 5.5 (0.27)* 2.4 (0.18)* 1.2 (0.07) * 0.4 (0.05)* 9.7 (0.35)
 West rural 12.3 (1.4) 17.6 (2.4) 2.8 (0.32) 4.0 (0.96)* 2.7 (0.29) 1.0 (0.27) 5.2 (0.94) 2.3 (0.27)* 1.1 (0.24)* a a a
 West urban 10.4 (0.57) 18.7 (0.81) 4.0 (0.27) 1.8 (0.20)* 2.9 (0.19) 0.8 (0.12) 6.7 (0.39) 3.5 (0.23)* 2.8 (0.26)* a a a

Note. All values are for past-30-day use unless otherwise specified.

a

One or more cell sizes for this urban–rural comparison did not meet the minimum threshold for disclosure.

*

P < .01 (for urban–rural comparison).