Table 1.
Definitiona | |
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1a: Tobacco user groups | |
Never-tobacco user (never user) (n = 1700) | Has never used any tobacco products |
Exclusive current established combustible products user (combustible products user) (n = 5767) | 1. Has ever used at least one of the combustible products: cigarette, traditional cigar, cigarillo, filtered cigar, hookah, and pipe. |
2. Has used > 100 cigarettes in their entire life or fairly regularly used one or more of the following products: cigar, hookah, and pipe. | |
3. Now use everyday or some days. | |
4. Not current established users for any non-combustible products (answer “No” for each noncombustible products from questionnaire) (missing will not be included) | |
Exclusive current established non-combustible products user (noncombustible products user) (n = 860) | 1. Has ever used at least one of the non-combustible products: e-cigarette, smokeless tobacco, snus pouches, and dissolvable tobacco. |
2. Has used fairly regularly. | |
3. Now use everyday or some days. | |
4. Not current established users for any combustible products (answer “No” for each combustible products from questionnaire) (missing will not be included). | |
Mixed dual user (dual user) (n = 1258) | Users who meet definition 1–3 for both combustible products user and non-combustible products user |
Others (other user) (n = 1934) | Users who do not meet the above definitions for never user, combustible products user, noncombustible products user, or dual user |
1b: Specific product user group | |
Exclusive current established cigarette user (cigarette user) (n = 3964) (subset of combustible products user) | 1. Includes only cigarettes. |
2. Has ever used a cigarette | |
3. Has used > 100 of the cigarettes in their entire life | |
4. Now use everyday or some days | |
5. Currently does not use any other products | |
Exclusive current established smokeless users (SLT user) (n = 509) (subset of non-combustible products user) | 1. Includes moist snuff, dip, spit, chewing tobacco, loose snus and pouched snus |
2. Has ever used a smokeless product | |
3. Has used fairly regularly | |
4. Now use everyday or some days | |
5. Currently does not use any other products | |
Exclusive current established e-cigarette users (e-cigarette user) (n = 280) (subset of non-combustible products user) | 1. Has ever used a e-cigarette product |
2. Has used fairly regularly | |
3. Now use everyday or some days | |
4. Currently does not use any other products | |
Never-tobacco user (never user) (n = 1700) | Has never used any tobacco products |
To belong to a given user group category, a person must meet all conditions included under the definition ofthe category.