Table 1.
Tobacco product user groups and cross-sectional weighted prevalence among adults at Wave 1 and Wave 2 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study.
| User Group | Tobacco Product(s) Used | Young Adults (18–24 Years) W1 N = 9109 W2 N = 8174 |
Older Adults (25+ Years) W1 N = 23,194 W2 N = 20,183 |
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| W1% (SE) | W2% (SE) | W1% (SE) | W2% (SE) | ||
| Any current tobacco | Current use of any tobacco product | 37.6% (0.885) | 35.4% * (0.759) | 26.0% (0.320) | 25.0% * (0.312) |
| No current tobacco | No current use of any tobacco product | 62.4% (0.885) | 64.6% * (0.759) | 74.0% (0.320) | 75.0% * (0.312) |
| Never tobacco | Never use of any tobacco product | 32.9% (1.078) | 30.1% * (1.032) | 25.6% (0.546) | 25.1% * (0.563) |
| Three broad tobacco product categories 1: Single-product use | |||||
| Any single-product | Current use of only 1 of the 3 broad tobacco product categories | 26.9% (0.691) | 22.6% * (0.589) | 20.2% (0.285) | 19.7% * (0.304) |
| Combustible only | Current use of combustible and no current use of either of the other 2 broad product categories | 24.4% (0.667) | 18.5% * (0.518) | 17.5% (0.265) | 16.8% * (0.273) |
| Noncombustible only | Current use of noncombustible and no current use of either of the other 2 broad product categories | 1.2% (0.120) | 1.3% (0.132) | 1.6% (0.073) | 1.6% (0.093) |
| ENDS only | Current use of ENDS and no current use of either of the other 2 broad product categories | 1.1% (0.108) | 2.7% * (0.207) | 0.9% (0.055) | 1.3% * (0.079) |
| Three broad tobacco product categories 1: Multiple-product use | |||||
| Any multiple-product | Current use of any 2 or 3 of the 3 broad tobacco product categories | 10.2% (0.368) | 12.3% * (0.410) | 5.1% (0.123) | 5.1% (0.139) |
| Combustible + Noncombustible | Current use of combustible + current use of Noncombustible and no current use of ENDS | 2.6% (0.174) | 1.8% * (0.164) | 1.2% (0.063) | 0.8% * (0.050) |
| Combustible + ENDS | Current use of combustible + current use of ENDS and no current use of Noncombustible | 6.2% (0.307) | 9.1% * (0.377) | 3.6% (0.104) | 3.9% * (0.126) |
| Noncombustible + ENDS | Current use of Noncombustible + current use of ENDS and no current use of Combustible | # | 0.2% (0.044) | # | 0.0% (0.011) |
| Combustible + Noncombustible + ENDS | Current use of combustible + current use of Noncombustible + current use of ENDS | 1.3% (0.104) | 1.2% (0.088) | 0.3% (0.031) | 0.3% (0.034) |
| Six tobacco product categories 2: Single-product use | |||||
| Any single-product | Current use of only 1 of the 6 tobacco product categories | 18.7% (0.497) | 17.4% * (0.513) | 16.7% (0.266) | 17.5% * (0.297) |
| Cigarettes only | Current use of cigarettes and no current use of any of the other 5 product categories | 6.7% (0.289) | 7.0% (0.328) | 10.4% (0.232) | 12.2% * (0.241) |
| Cigars only | Current use of any cigar and no current use of any of the other 5 product categories | 2.9% (0.179) | 2.3% * (0.196) | 2.3% (0.085) | 1.9% * (0.111) |
| Hookah only | Current use of hookah and no current use of any of the other 5 product categories | 6.4% (0.300) | 3.7% * (0.311) | 0.6% (0.051) | 0.3% * (0.043) |
| Pipe tobacco only | Current use of pipe tobacco and no current use of any of the other 5 product categories | # | # | 0.1% (0.020) | 0.1% * (0.016) |
| ENDS only | Current use of ENDS and no current use of any of the other 5 product categories | 1.1% (0.108) | 2.7% * (0.207) | 0.9% (0.055) | 1.3% * (0.079) |
| Noncombustible only | Current use of any noncombustible tobacco and no current use of any of the other 5 product categories | 1.2% (0.120) | 1.3% (0.132) | 1.6% (0.073) | 1.6% (0.093) |
| Six tobacco product categories 2: Dual-product use | |||||
| Cigarettes + ENDS only | Current use of cigarettes and current use of ENDS and no current use of any of the other 4 tobacco product categories | 1.4% (0.117) | 2.3% * (0.194) | 2.2% (0.073) | 2.6% * (0.097) |
| Six tobacco product categories 2: Multiple-product use | |||||
| Any multiple-product | Current use of any 2 or more of the 6 tobacco product categories | 18.3% (0.563) | 17.2% * (0.467) | 8.1% (0.135) | 7.2% * (0.144) |
| Cigarettes plus | Current use of cigarettes + current use of one or more of the other 5 product categories | 12.7% (0.472) | 10.8% * (0.352) | 6.8% (0.119) | 6.3% * (0.145) |
| Cigars plus | Current use of cigars + current use of one or more of the other 5 product categories | 11.1% (0.387) | 7.4% * (0.280) | 4.3% (0.107) | 3.3% * (0.094) |
| Hookah plus | Current use of hookah + current use of one or more of the other 5 product categories | 11.7% (0.494) | 9.% * (0.399) | 1.5% (0.073) | 1.0% * (0.060) |
| Pipe tobacco plus | Current use of pipe tobacco + current use of one or more of the other 5 product categories | 2.1% (0.166) | 1.4% * (0.148) | 0.8% (0.052) | 0.6% * (0.042) |
| ENDS plus | Current use of ENDS + current use of one or more of the other 5 product categories | 7.7% (0.325) | 10.5% * (0.402) | 4.0% (0.108) | 4.2% (0.131) |
| Noncombustible plus | Current use of noncombustible + current use of one or more of the other 5 product categories | 4.0% (0.203) | 3.2% * (0.167) | 1.5% (0.068) | 1.2% * (0.052) |
“W1” refers to Wave 1 of the PATH Study; “W2” refers to Wave 2 of the PATH Study. “SE” refers to standard error. N indicates the unweighted sample sizes at W1 and W2 for each age strata, which vary slightly across user groups due to missing data. W1 estimates were weighted using W1 cross-sectional weights and W2 estimates were weighted using W2 longitudinal weights; the W1 estimates represent the civilian, noninstitutionalized population at the time of W1; the population represented at W2 is those members of the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population at W1 who are still residents of the U.S. in W2. 1 The three broad tobacco product categories are as follows: combustible (i.e., cigarettes, traditional cigars, cigarillos, filtered cigars, hookah, and pipe tobacco), noncombustible (i.e., smokeless tobacco, snus pouches, and dissolvable tobacco), and electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). 2 The six tobacco product categories are as follows: cigarettes, cigars (i.e., traditional cigars, cigarillos, and filtered cigars), hookah, pipe tobacco, ENDS, and noncombustible tobacco (i.e., smokeless tobacco, snus pouches, and dissolvable tobacco). The ‘Never tobacco’ user group is a subset of the ‘No current tobacco’ user group. The dual-product user group overlaps with the multiple-product user groups. The multiple-product user groups necessarily overlap with one another. * indicates a statistically significant difference in prevalence between W1 and W2 (Chi-squared, p < 0.05). # estimate suppressed because it is statistically unreliable, based on a sample size of less than 50, or the coefficient of variation of the estimate is larger than 30%.