TABLE 2. Comparisons of age and sex-specific point prevalence estimates of past 30-day use of tobacco product between military veterans* and nonveterans — National Survey on Drug Use and Health, United States, 2010–2015.
| Age group, yrs (sex) | Cigarettes % (95% CI) | Cigars (big cigars/cigarillos/little cigars) % (95% CI) | Roll-your-own tobacco % (95% CI) | Pipe % (95% CI) | Smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco/snuff/dip/snus) % (95% CI) | Any tobacco product¶ % (95% CI) | ≥2 tobacco products** % (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Veterans (n = 13,140)
| |||||||
| 18–25 (male) |
50.2 (45.8–54.5)† |
14.7 (11.6–17.8) |
5.6 (3.9–7.4) |
3.2 (1.5–4.8) |
18.9 (15.7–22.2)† |
61.7 (57.4–66.0)† |
23.7 (20.1–27.4)† |
| 18–25 (female) |
36.4 (28.8–44.0)† |
8.0 (3.4–12.5) |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
37.9 (30.2–45.5)† |
11.4 (6.4–16.4)† |
| 26–34 (male) |
45.5 (41.6–49.5)† |
12.7 (10–15.3) |
6.2 (4.6–7.9) |
1.8 (0.8–2.8) |
14.0 (11.4–16.6)† |
55.9 (51.9–59.8)† |
19.3 (16.3–22.4)† |
| 26–34 (female) |
35.2 (28.2–42.3)† |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
37.4 (30.3–44.5)† |
9.5 (5.3–13.7)† |
| 35–49 (male) |
31.5 (29.2–33.7)† |
9.6 (8.2–11.1)† |
4.0 (3.1–4.8) |
1.2 (0.7–1.8) |
12.9 (11.3–14.5)† |
44.8 (42.3–47.2)† |
11.9 (10.3–13.5)† |
| 35–49 (female) |
31.5 (26.3–36.7)† |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
— |
32.7 (27.5–38.0)† |
3.5 (1.7–5.3) |
| ≥50 (male) |
17.0 (15.8–18.1) |
5.4 (4.7–6.1) |
2.6 (2.1–3.0)† |
1.6 (1.2–2.0) |
3.3 (2.8–3.9) |
23.7 (22.5–25.0) |
5.1 (4.4–5.7) |
| ≥50 (female) |
24.8 (18.8–30.8)† |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
—§ |
24.9 (10.9–30.9)† |
—§ |
|
Nonveterans (n = 224,648)
| |||||||
| 18–25 (male) |
35.3 (34.7–35.9)† |
15.2 (14.7–15.6) |
6.7 (6.4–7.0) |
2.7 (2.5–2.9) |
10.4 (10.1–10.8)† |
45.3 (44.7–45.9)† |
18.8 (18.3–19.3)† |
| 18–25 (female) |
26.0 (25.5–26.5)† |
5.4 (5.1–5.6) |
3.5 (3.3–3.7) |
1.1 (1.0–1.2) |
0.7 (0.6–0.7) |
28.8 (28.3–29.3)† |
6.5 (6.3–6.8)† |
| 26–34 (male) |
36.3 (35.3–37.3)† |
11.5 (10.8–12.2) |
5.9 (5.5–6.4) |
1.4 (1.2–1.7) |
8.4 (7.9–9.0)† |
45.2 (44.2–46.3)† |
14.8 (14.1–15.5)† |
| 26–34 (female) |
26.7 (25.9–27.5)† |
3.1 (2.8–3.4) |
3.0 (2.7–3.2) |
0.4 (0.3–0.5) |
0.5 (0.3–0.6) |
28.3 (27.5–29.1)† |
4.6 (4.3–5.0)† |
| 35–49 (male) |
26.3 (25.5–27.1)† |
7.3 (6.9–7.8)† |
4.5 (4.2–4.8) |
0.9 (0.8–1.1) |
7.8 (7.3–8.2)† |
35.6 (34.7–36.4)† |
9.3 (8.8–9.8)† |
| 35–49 (female) |
23.0 (22.3–23.6)† |
1.8 (1.6–2.0) |
2.9 (2.7–3.2) |
0.2 (0.1–0.2) |
0.3 (0.2–0.4) |
23.8 (23.2–24.4)† |
3.9 (3.6–4.2) |
| ≥50 (male) |
18.1 (17.2–18.9) |
5.7 (5.2–6.2) |
3.3 (2.9–3.7) |
1.3 (1.1–1.6) |
3.7 (3.3–4.1) |
25.1 (24.2–26.1) |
5.7 (5.2–6.2) |
| ≥50 (female) | 14.8 (14.2–15.3)† | 0.6 (0.5–0.7) | 2.0 (1.8–2.2) | 0.1 (0.1–0.2) | 0.4 (0.3–0.6) | 15.4 (14.8–16.0)† | 2.4 (2.2–2.6) |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
* Veterans were persons who reported having ever been in the U.S. Armed Forces and being separated or retired from reserves/active duty at the time of the survey (pooled n = 13,140). Nonveterans were persons who reported having never been in the U.S. Armed Forces (pooled n = 224,648).
† Estimates significantly different from corresponding estimate among veteran and nonveteran populations.
§ Estimates not presented because of relative standard error ≥30%.
¶ Any tobacco product users were persons who reported past-30 day use of at least one of the five tobacco product types (cigarette, cigar, roll-your-own tobacco, pipe, and smokeless tobacco). Respondents who had at least one missing response to any of the tobacco product use question were excluded from the analysis (76, 0.03% of respondents).
** ≥2 tobacco-product–users were persons who reported past-30 day use of ≥2 tobacco products. Respondents who had at least one missing response to any of the tobacco product use questions were excluded from the analysis (76, 0.03% of respondents).