Table 1.
Ever, current and regular measures of e-cigarette use, total population, CPS-TUS, 2014/5.
| Variable | Categories | Sample Size | Ever Use of an E-Cigarette | Current Use (≥1 of Past 30 Days) | Regular Use (≥20 of Past 30 Days) | Ratio (Current/Ever Use) | Ratio (Regular/Current Use) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate | χ2 (p) | Rate | χ2 (p) | Rate | χ2 (p) | |||||
| Overall | 158,626 | 7.7% | 2.1% | 0.9% | 27.0% | 45.3% | ||||
| Sex | Male | 70,588 | 8.6% | 134.6 | 2.3% | 20.9 | 1.1% | 44.7 | 26.4% | 49.7% |
| Female | 88,038 | 7.0% | <0.001 | 1.9% | <0.001 | 0.8% | <0.001 | 27.6% | 41.3% | |
| Age | 18–24 | 10,470 | 14.8% | 3.3% | 1.3% | 22.3% | 39.4% | |||
| 25–34 | 25,705 | 12.8% | 3.0% | 1.3% | 23.3% | 44.9% | ||||
| 35–44 | 26,191 | 9.4% | 2.6% | 1.2% | 28.0% | 44.6% | ||||
| 45–64 | 58,333 | 7.0% | 3357.7 | 2.1% | 544.0 | 1.0% | 204.2 | 30.0% | 46.7% | |
| 65+ | 37,927 | 2.3% | <0.001 | 0.7% | <0.001 | 0.4% | <0.001 | 32.5% | 49.6% | |
| Race | White | 131,464 | 8.1% | 2.2% | 1.0% | 27.5% | 46.1% | |||
| Black | 16,248 | 4.7% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 22.5% | 36.6% | ||||
| Asian | 6388 | 3.6% | 548.9 | 0.8% | 192.2 | 0.3% | 105.3 | 21.5% | 38.8% | |
| Other Races | 4526 | 12.7% | <0.001 | 3.4% | <0.001 | 1.5% | <0.001 | 27.0% | 42.6% | |
| Hispanic | Hispanic | 16,724 | 4.7% | 235.1 | 1.1% | 88.5 | 0.4% | 50.8 | 23.3% | 40.0% |
| Non-Hispanic | 141,902 | 8.1% | <0.001 | 2.2% | <0.001 | 1.0% | <0.001 | 27.3% | 45.6% | |
| Education | Less than 12 years | 15,903 | 8.1% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 27.5% | 41.0% | |||
| High school degree | 44,417 | 9.2% | 2.6% | 1.2% | 28.4% | 46.9% | ||||
| Associate degree | 45,940 | 10.2% | 1,422.4 | 2.9% | 540.5 | 1.3% | 256.6 | 28.1% | 45.4% | |
| College or higher degree | 52,366 | 4.2% | <0.001 | 0.9% | <0.001 | 0.4% | <0.001 | 21.9% | 44.5% | |
| Family income | $0–$19,999 | 27,356 | 10.2% | 2.8% | 1.2% | 27.8% | 43.2% | |||
| $20,000–$39,999 | 36,380 | 8.9% | 2.6% | 1.1% | 29.1% | 44.6% | ||||
| $40,000–$74,999 | 43,473 | 7.7% | 604.0 | 2.0% | 225.7 | 0.9% | 75.3 | 25.8% | 45.9% | |
| $75,000 or more | 51,417 | 5.7% | <0.001 | 1.4% | <0.001 | 0.7% | <0.001 | 25.3% | 47.9% | |
| Marital status | Never Married | 34,492 | 12.1% | 2.8% | 1.2% | 23.4% | 42.0% | |||
| Married Spouse Present | 83,335 | 5.6% | 1,484.4 | 1.6% | 235.7 | 0.7% | 85.9 | 28.2% | 46.5% | |
| Married Spouse Absent or Widowed/Divorced/Separated | 40,799 | 8.4% | <0.001 | 2.5% | <0.001 | 1.2% | <0.001 | 29.9% | 46.9% | |
| Employment status | Employed | 94,362 | 8.5% | 167.4 | 2.2% | 5.8 | 1.0% | 14.4 | 25.6% | 47.4% |
| Not in labor force or unemployed | 64,264 | 6.7% | <0.001 | 2.0% | 0.016 | 0.8% | 0.000 | 29.7% | 42.1% | |
| Metropolitan status | MSA | 122,702 | 7.4% | 82.3 | 2.0% | 15.5 | 0.9% | 2.9 | 27.2% | 45.9% |
| Non-MSA | 35,924 | 8.9% | <0.001 | 2.4% | <0.001 | 1.0% | 0.087 | 26.5% | 43.6% | |
| Indoor workers | Yes | 64,676 | 8.3% | 48.5 | 2.1% | 1.7 | 1.0% | 3.1 | 25.9% | 46.5% |
| No | 93,950 | 7.4% | <0.001 | 2.1% | 0.187 | 0.9% | 0.080 | 27.9% | 44.5% | |
| Current smoking status | Current smoker | 20,350 | 37.7% | 10.6% | 3.6% | 28.1% | 34.0% | |||
| Never smokers | 104,654 | 1.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 14.3% | 31.8% | ||||
| Former (<1 year) | 3152 | 43.4% | 16.3% | 12.7% | 37.6% | 77.8% | ||||
| Former (1–3 years) | 2892 | 30.2% | 39,836.2 | 9.8% | 13,251.1 | 7.4% | 8,418.7 | 32.5% | 75.4% | |
| Former (≥3 years) | 27,578 | 3.1% | <0.001 | 0.5% | <0.001 | 0.3% | <0.001 | 17.5% | 59.1% | |
| Smoking frequency | Everyday smokers | 16,627 | 37.8% | 1.1 | 10.1% | 19.7 | 3.1% | 65.4 | 26.1% | 45.2% |
| Someday smokers | 3723 | 36.9% | 0.3 | 12.6% | <0.001 | 5.8% | <0.001 | 34.1% | 46.3% | |
| Cigarette per day | 1–4 | 4184 | 34.4% | 11.6% | 5.4% | 33.8% | 46.1% | |||
| 5–14 | 7657 | 37.4% | 10.4% | 3.6% | 27.8% | 35.0% | ||||
| 15–24 | 6989 | 39.4% | 32.9 | 10.1% | 7.2 | 2.6% | 57.8 | 25.5% | 26.2% | |
| 25+ | 1520 | 40.2% | <0.001 | 10.9% | 0.1 | 3.0% | <0.001 | 27.2% | 27.1% | |
| First cigarette upon awakening | ≤5 min | 3501 | 42.6% | 11.5% | 4.1% | 27.1% | 35.1% | |||
| 5–30 min | 6810 | 38.7% | 64.2 | 10.6% | 4.7 | 3.2% | 6.2 | 27.4% | 30.0% | |
| >30 min | 10,039 | 35.3% | <0.001 | 10.2% | 0.1 | 3.7% | 0.0 | 29.0% | 36.4% | |
| Smokeless tobacco use § | Yes | 12,039 | 25.3% | 5,601.8 | 4.5% | 77.8 | 0.9% | 0.1 | - | - |
| No | 146,587 | 6.3% | <0.001 | 2.0% | <0.001 | 0.9% | 0.8 | - | - | |
| State level cigarette tax ranking † | Lowest quarter | 32,990 | 8.6% | 2.6% | 1.2% | 30.7% | 44.8% | |||
| Med-low quarter | 47,024 | 7.8% | 2.1% | 1.0% | 26.9% | 48.0% | ||||
| Med-high quarter | 40,094 | 7.7% | 71.9 | 2.0% | 80.2 | 0.8% | 37.3 | 25.9% | 41.8% | |
| Highest quarter | 38,518 | 6.9% | <0.001 | 1.7% | <0.001 | 0.8% | <0.001 | 24.5% | 46.3% | |
| Tobacco control spending per capita † | Lowest quarter | 40,960 | 7.8% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 29.7% | 44.7% | |||
| Med-low quarter | 40,428 | 8.0% | 2.1% | 1.0% | 26.7% | 46.2% | ||||
| Med-high quarter | 49,506 | 6.9% | 79.9 | 1.9% | 23.9 | 0.9% | 8.4 | 26.8% | 46.3% | |
| Highest quarter | 27,732 | 8.7% | <0.001 | 2.1% | <0.001 | 0.9% | 0.038 | 24.3% | 43.6% | |
| State level worksite smoking ban | Highest level | 98,752 | 7.7% | 0.0 | 2.0% | 9.6 | 0.9% | 9.5 | 25.9% | 44.4% |
| Not highest level | 59,874 | 7.7% | 0.843 | 2.2% | 0.002 | 1.0% | 0.002 | 28.9% | 46.7% | |
| State level worksite e-cigarette ban | Highest level | 7129 | 6.7% | 11.8 | 1.8% | 3.2 | 0.8% | 2.1 | 26.9% | 43.8% |
| Not highest level | 151,497 | 7.8% | 0.001 | 2.1% | 0.075 | 1.0% | 0.149 | 27.0% | 45.4% | |
| State level e-cigarette tax | Yes | 3003 | 8.8% | 5.1 | 2.2% | 0.2 | 1.3% | 4.8 | 24.9% | 60.6% |
| No | 155,623 | 7.7% | 0.025 | 2.1% | 0.678 | 0.9% | 0.028 | 27.1% | 45.0% | |
| Census division | East North Central | 18,088 | 8.8% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 26.1% | 44.4% | |||
| East South Central | 10,926 | 8.9% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 30.5% | 49.3% | ||||
| Middle Atlantic | 13,226 | 6.4% | 1.6% | 0.7% | 25.2% | 42.0% | ||||
| Mountain | 18,768 | 8.7% | 2.6% | 1.2% | 29.6% | 46.3% | ||||
| New England | 14,249 | 6.3% | 1.6% | 0.7% | 25.2% | 43.2% | ||||
| Pacific | 21,002 | 6.8% | 1.6% | 0.7% | 23.6% | 46.3% | ||||
| South Atlantic | 29,781 | 6.7% | 1.9% | 0.8% | 27.9% | 44.8% | ||||
| West North Central | 16,529 | 9.3% | 282.2 | 2.4% | 124.3 | 1.0% | 73.1 | 25.9% | 41.6% | |
| West South Central | 16,057 | 8.4% | <0.001 | 2.4% | <0.001 | 1.2% | <0.001 | 28.3% | 48.8% | |
§ The prevalence of e-cigarette use by three measures are estimated among SLT users categorized by the same measure (SLT ever use: n = 12,039; current use: n = 2656; and regular use 1933). † Data for state level cigarette tax ranking are based on the January 2015 level and for per capita tobacco control spending are for the year 2015.