Table 4.
Percent of Dual Cigar and Cigarette Smokers Among Adult Current Established Cigar Smokers and Adjusted Prevalence Ratios by Demographic and Cigar Smoking Characteristics, PATH Study Wave 1, 2013–2014
Prevalence (95% CI) | Adjusted PRa (95% CI) | |
---|---|---|
Smoke premium cigars | ||
Yes | 29.9 (25.5–34.3) | 0.52 (0.40–0.67) |
No | 60.3 (57.2–63.4) | Ref |
Smoke nonpremium cigars | ||
Yes | 59.5 (54.6–64.4) | 0.97 (0.86–1.09) |
No | 52.1 (49.0–55.2) | Ref |
Smoke cigarillos | ||
Yes | 57.9 (54.4–61.5) | 1.09 (0.95–1.25) |
No | 48.7 (44.9–52.6) | Ref |
Smoke filtered cigars (FCs) | ||
Yes | 66.0 (61.3–70.7) | 1.23 (1.09–1.39) |
No | 48.7 (45.9–51.4) | Ref |
Use other tobacco productsb | ||
Yes | 62.1 (57.7–66.4) | 1.27 (1.15–1.41) |
No | 50.4 (47.1–53.7) | Ref |
Sex | ||
Male | 51.7 (48.7–54.7) | Ref |
Female | 59.9 (54.7–65.1) | 1.01 (0.91–1.13) |
Age group (years) | ||
18–34 | 55.1 (51.9–58.4) | 0.98 (0.89–1.07) |
35+ | 52.1 (47.8–56.3) | Ref |
Race/ethnicity | ||
White, non-Hispanic | 55.2 (51.4–59.1) | Ref |
Black/AA, non-Hispanic | 49.5 (44.5–54.6) | 0.82 (0.72–0.94) |
Other/multi-race, or Hispanic | 53.0 (47.1–58.9) | 0.90 (0.80–1.02) |
Education | ||
GED, HS diploma or less | 61.7 (58.5–64.9) | 1.20 (1.09–1.33) |
Some college/associate degree or more | 45.9 (42.2–49.6) | Ref |
Daily cigar smokingc | ||
Yes | 53.8 (48.4–59.2) | 0.88 (0.78–0.99) |
No | 53.5 (50.5–56.6) | Ref |
CI, logit-transformed confidence interval; PR, prevalence ratio; AA, African-American; HS, high school; GED, General Education Development certificate.
aThere were n = 2045 current established cigar smokers with information on current cigarette smoking status. The regression analysis included n = 1895 participants (n = 834 cigar only; n = 1061 dual cigar + cigarette) after observations missing information for ≥1 covariate were excluded.
bUse of other tobacco products defined as having ever used one or more of the following tobacco products “fairly regularly” and now using that product every day or some days: e-cigarettes, pipe tobacco, hookah, smokeless tobacco, snus, or dissolvable tobacco.
cDaily cigar refers to smoking at least one cigar type on a daily basis.