Table. Changes in Flavored Tobacco Use Among Current Tobacco Users, NYTS 2014-2017.
| Characteristic | Weighted % (95% CI) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavored Tobacco Use Among Current Tobacco Usersa | Change Across Years | |||||||
| 2014 (n = 3822) | 2015 (n = 3072) | 2016 (n = 2814) | 2017 (n = 2501) | 2016 vs 2014 | P Valueb | 2017 vs 2016 | P Valuec | |
| Overall | 69.4 (66.5 to 72.3) | 61.7 (59.1 to 64.3) | 57.7 (54.6 to 60.7) | 63.6 (60.6 to 66.5) | −11.7 (−16.0 to −7.5) | <.001d | 5.9 (1.7 to 10.1) | .007d |
| Product-specific flavor use | ||||||||
| Cigarettese | 53.6 (47.9 to 59.2) | 51.7 (45.6 to 57.7) | 47.8 (41.1 to 54.5) | 48.6 (43.5 to 53.8) | −5.8 (−14.9 to 3.4) | .21 | 0.9 (−7.8 to 9.5) | .84 |
| E-cigarettesf | 63.3 (59.8 to 66.8) | 41.9 (37.8 to 46.1) | 51.4 (47.8 to 55.1) | 58.7 (54.3 to 63.2) | −11.9 (−17.0 to −6.8)f | <.001d | 7.3 (1.5 to 13.1) | .01d |
| Cigarsg | 63.5 (59.3 to 67.6) | 61.1 (56.8 to 65.4) | 51.3 (47.2 to 55.5) | 49.0 (43.7 to 54.2) | −12.1 (−17.9 to −6.3) | <.001d | −2.4 (−9.2 to 4.4) | .49 |
| Hookahh | 60.6 (56.8 to 64.4) | 70.5 (65.6 to 75.5) | 37.4 (31.8 to 43.0) | 30.6 (24.5 to 36.6) | −23.2 (−30.0 to −16.4) | <.001d | −6.8 (−15.1 to 1.5) | .11 |
| Smokelessi | 63.5 (58.9 to 68.2) | 47.2 (42.1 to 52.3) | 46.8 (42.1 to 51.4) | 44.5 (38.3 to 50.7) | −16.8 (−23.6 to −10.0) | <.001d | −2.3 (−10.1 to 5.6) | .57 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 68.9 (65.6 to 72.2) | 60.5 (57.4 to 63.7) | 56.1 (52.5 to 59.6) | 63.6 (59.1 to 68.0) | −12.8 (−17.8 to −7.9) | <.001d | 7.5 (1.9 to 13.2) | .01d |
| Female | 70.0 (66.4 to 73.6) | 63.8 (59.9 to 67.7) | 60.1 (55.8 to 64.3) | 63.7 (59.8 to 67.7) | −10.0 (−15.4 to −4.5) | <.001d | 3.7 (−2.1 to 9.5) | .21 |
| Grade | ||||||||
| Middle school | 55.5 (47.1 to 63.9) | 51.7 (46.6 to 56.8) | 47.7 (43.0 to 52.5) | 54.6 (49.1 to 60.1) | −7.8 (−17.4 to 1.8) | .12 | 6.9 (−0.3 to 14.1) | .06 |
| High school | 72.8 (70.3 to 75.2) | 64.1 (61.4 to 66.8) | 60.3 (57.1 to 63.6) | 65.4 (62.0 to 68.9) | −12.4 (−16.5 to −8.4) | <.001d | 5.1 (0.4 to 9.8) | .03d |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| non-Hispanic white | 74.6 (71.7 to 77.5) | 65.8 (61.9 to 69.6) | 61.2 (57.6 to 64.9) | 68.3 (64.2 to 72.4) | −13.4 (−18.0 to −8.7) | <.001d | 7.1 (1.6 to 12.6) | .01d |
| non-Hispanic black | 54.0 (47.7 to 60.3) | 59.0 (53.4 to 64.7) | 46.8 (41.3 to 52.3) | 47.8 (41.2 to 54.5) | −7.2 (−15.5 to 1.1) | .14 | 1.0 (−7.8 to 9.8) | .82 |
| Hispanic | 66.0 (61.2 to 70.7) | 57.6 (54.0 to 61.2) | 54.9 (49.9 to 59.8) | 61.9 (57.3 to 66.4) | −11.1 (−18.0 to −4.2) | .002d | 7.0 (0.1 to 13.9) | .045d |
| Others | 64.9 (57.5 to 72.3) | 47.8 (40.7 to 55) | 52.8 (42.3 to 63.3) | 44.1 (29.4 to 58.8) | −12.1 (−24.8 to 0.7) | .07d | −8.8 (−26.1 to 8.6) | .34 |
| No. of tobacco products currently used | ||||||||
| 1 | 52.7 (48.9 to 56.4) | 42.0 (38.7 to 45.3) | 42.3 (38.5 to 46.1) | 51.4 (46.8 to 56.0) | −10.4 (−15.8 to −5.0) | <.001d | 9.2 (3.1 to 15.2) | .003d |
| 2 | 80.4 (77.2 to 83.6) | 74.6 (71.2 to 78.0) | 63.0 (56.9 to 69.0) | 68.9 (62.5 to 75.2) | −17.4 (−24.3 to −10.5) | <.001d | 5.9 (−3.0 to 14.8) | .19 |
| ≥3 | 92.4 (90.5 to 94.3) | 88.1 (84.1 to 92.1) | 84.2 (80.9 to 87.6) | 84.3 (79.9 to 88.7) | −8.2 (−12.0 to −4.4) | <.001d | 0.1 (−5.3 to 5.4) | .98 |
Abbreviations: e-cigarette, electronic cigarette; NYTS, National Youth Tobacco Survey.
Students who reported using menthol cigarettes or any flavored noncigarette tobacco product(s) were categorized as flavored tobacco users.
Logistic regression was performed to detect a linear trend from 2014 to 2016.
Logistic regression was performed to detect the difference from 2016 to 2017.
Indicates a statistically significant difference (P < .05).
The proportion of current cigarette smokers reported using menthol cigarettes in the past 30 days.
The proportion of current e-cigarette users reported using flavored e-cigarettes in the past 30 days. Flavored e-cigarette use significantly decreased from 2014 to 2015 (difference, −21.4%; 95% CI, −26.7% to −16.0%; P < .001) and significantly increased from 2015 to 2017 (difference, 16.8%; 95% CI, 10.6%-20.0%; P < .001).
The proportion of current cigar (ie, cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars) users reported using flavored cigars in the past 30 days.
The proportion of current hookah users reported using flavored hookahs in the past 30 days.
The proportion of current smokeless tobacco (ie, chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip) users reported using flavored smokeless tobacco in the past 30 days.