Table 2.
Past-year Prevalence of Tobacco Use/Disorder by Race and Sexual Identity
| Variable | Women | Men | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesbian % (SE) |
Bisexual % (SE) |
Heterosexual % (SE) |
Gay % (SE) |
Bisexual % (SE) |
Heterosexual % (SE) |
|
| Sample sizes | ||||||
| Totala | n=265 | n=422 | n=19,454 | n=321 | n=144 | n=15,190 |
| White | n=128 | n=209 | n=10,173 | n=205 | n=80 | n=8,175 |
| African American | n=67 | n=127 | n=4,333 | n=49 | n=23 | n=3,035 |
| Hispanic | n=60 | n=70 | n=3,750 | n=55 | n=31 | n=2,959 |
| Any nicotine/tobacco useb | ||||||
| White (ref)c | 34.6 (0.05) | 48.0 (0.04) | 23.8 (0.01) | 37.1 (0.04) | 53.3 (0.06) | 34.9 (0.01) |
| African American | 45.0 (0.08) | 46.3 (0.05) | 19.4 (0.01)*** | 42.9 (0.08) | 57.8 (0.15) | 35.0 (0.01) |
| Hispanic | 39.1 (0.07) | 38.9 (0.07) | 13.3 (0.01)*** | 36.3 (0.07) | 39.1 (0.10) | 25.3 (0.01)*** |
| Cigarette smoking | ||||||
| White (ref)c | 33.7 (0.05) | 47.3 (0.05) | 22.9 (0.01) | 35.9 (0.04) | 49.0 (0.07) | 26.1 (0.01) |
| African American | 42.5 (0.08) | 45.1 (0.05) | 18.2 (0.01)*** | 40.5 (0.08) | 45.7 (0.17) | 30.3 (0.01)*** |
| Hispanic | 37.1 (0.07) | 38.8 (0.07) | 12.9 (0.01)*** | 18.0 (0.07) | 37.1 (0.10) | 22.6 (0.01)** |
| DSM-5 tobacco use disorder | ||||||
| White (ref)c | 27.6 (0.05) | 38.6 (0.04) | 18.9 (0.01) | 29.5 (0.04) | 44.1 (0.07) | 25.0 (0.01) |
| African American | 37.5 (0.09) | 36.9 (0.05) | 14.6 (0.01)*** | 40.5 (0.08) | 56.3 (0.15) | 24.8 (0.01) |
| Hispanic | 19.1 (0.05) | 30.3 (0.06) | 9.2 (0.01)*** | 26.2 (0.06) | 28.7 (0.09) | 14.4 (0.01)*** |
Notes: Boldface indicates statistical significance (**p<0.01; ***p<0.001).
a
Other race was excluded in this table due to the number of respondents indicating lesbian and bisexual status being under 10 or below for women and men.
b
Any nicotine/tobacco use refers to cigarette smoking, cigars, pipe, chewing tobacco, and e-cigarettes.
c
All comparisons within different sexual identities are made to white respondents.
Source: 2012–2013 NESARC-III, household interviews with civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. adults aged 18 years and older.
NESARC, National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions