Table 3.
Tobacco Product Characteristics and Purchasing Behaviors Among Adult Current Established Traditional Cigar (Premium, Nonpremium), Cigarillo, Filtered Cigar and Cigarette Smokers, PATH Study Wave 1, 2013–2014
| Premium cigars | Nonpremium cigars | Cigarillos | Filtered cigars (FCs) | Cigarettesa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
| Has a regular brand | 49.7 (44.4–54.9) | 77.1 (73.8–80.5) | 83.0 (80.8–85.3) | 82.9 (79.4–86.4) | 93.1 (92.5–93.6) |
| Top 5 brands smokedb | Cohiba 16.9 (12.8–20.9) | Swisher Sweets 21.7 (17.0–26.3) | Black & Mild 42.8 (39.4–46.2) | Swisher Sweets 22.5 (17.7–27.4) | Marlboro 38.3 (36.8–39.8) |
| Macanudo 15.2 (11.4–19.0) | Dutch Masters 16.7 (13.0–20.5) | Swisher Sweets 23.6 (20.9–26.3) | Cheyenne 13.4 (10.3–16.5) | Newport 14.6 (13.4–15.8) | |
| Arturo Fuente 13.5 (9.6–17.5) | Backwoods 11.3 (8.1–14.5) | White Owl 10.5 (8.5–12.5) | Phillies 7.9 (5.3–10.4) | Camel 10.1 (9.3–10.9) | |
| Acid 6.9 (3.6–10.1) | Black & Mild 9.7 (6.7–12.6) | Dutch Masters 6.0 (4.3–7.6) | Prime Time 7.2 (4.1–10.4) | Pall Mall 6.5 (5.8–7.1) | |
| Montecristo 6.5 (3.1–9.9) | White Owl 6.4 (4.0–8.8) | Zig Zag 2.2 (1.3–3.1) | Djarum 6.8 (4.1–9.4) | Kool 2.6 (2.0–3.3) | |
| Regular brand flavored or mentholatedb,c,d | 11.9 (8.0–15.8) | 53.0 (47.7–58.3) | 61.0 (57.5–64.5) | 60.4 (56.3–64.4) | 37.1 (35.8–38.4) |
| Usually buy in person | 77.6 (72.8–82.4) | 96.7 (94.8–98.6) | 96.7 (95.7–97.8) | 95.5 (93.4–97.7) | 97.2 (96.9–97.6) |
| Where buy tobacco producte | |||||
| Cigar bar | 29.9 (24.1–35.6) | * | ^ | * | NA |
| Convenience store/gas station | 18.2 (13.6–22.8) | 78.5 (74.1–83.0) | 85.1 (82.5–87.7) | 75.4 (70.6–80.2) | 86.9 (85.2–88.5) |
| Smoke shop/tobacco specialty or outlet store | 46.8 (40.5–53.2) | 18.4 (14.5–22.4) | 12.2 (9.8–14.7) | 22.0 (17.5–26.5) | 10.9 (9.3–12.5) |
| Somewhere else | 5.1 (2.2–8.0) | * | * | * | 2.2 (1.5–2.9) |
| Usual purchase sizef | |||||
| Single | 79.1 (73.6–84.6) | 44.5 (39.5–49.5) | 49.4 (46.1–52.7) | 13.8 (10.6–17.0) | 1.8 (1.5–2.1) |
| Box or pack | 20.9 (15.4–26.4) | 55.5 (50.5–60.5) | 50.6 (47.3–53.9) | 86.2 (83.0–89.4) | 82.0 (80.6–83.3) |
| Carton | NA | NA | NA | NA | 16.2 (14.8–17.6) |
| Price per stickf,g (median, IQR) | $7.49 (4.53–9.93) | $1.00 (0.60–1.40) | $1.00 (0.60–1.10) | $0.12 (0.08–0.26) | $0.27 (0.23–0.32) |
CI, Wald confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range (25th and 75th percentiles); NA, not applicable.
aWhen respondent reported smoking both manufactured cigarettes and roll-your-own (RYO) cigarettes (n = 554), for certain topics they were asked separate questions about each product. For dual manufactured cigarette and RYO smokers, the responses to manufactured cigarette products are provided; otherwise, responses reflect the single cigarette type the respondent reported smoking.
bAmong those with a regular brand or if no regular brand, then refers to last brand purchased.
cCigar and RYO smokers were asked whether their regular brand was flavored to taste like menthol, mint, clove, spice, candy, fruit, chocolate, alcohol or other sweets.
dManufactured cigarette and RYO smokers were asked whether their regular brand was mentholated.
eOnly asked of those who usually buy in person. Where buy tobacco product refers where purchasing most of the time. “Convenience store/gas station” category also includes supermarket, grocery store, warehouse, liquor store; “somewhere else” category also includes duty free shop, military commissary, bar/pub, restaurant, casino, friend, relative, swap meet/flea market, store on an Indian reservation.
fFor cigar smokers, restricted to usually buy in person; for cigarettes, asked of manufactured cigarette smokers, irrespective of buying in person or not.
gAmong FC smokers, price per stick is restricted to those who reported purchasing either 20 or 12 count packs (63% of all FC smokers).
*Estimate has been suppressed because it is statistically unreliable. It is based on a (denominator) sample size of less than 50, or the relative standard error of the estimate (or its complement) is larger than 30 percent.
^The estimate’s 95% CI is (0.7–2.3); the estimate is reliable however it is not reported to avoid deducing the value of the suppressed estimate in this column.