Table 1. Current Cigarette Use Among US Adults Aged 25 or Older, by Sociodemographic Characteristic and Education Level, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2011–2014a .
| Characteristic | Less Than High School Diploma [Reference], % (95% CI) | High School Diploma, % (95% CI) [P Value] | Some College (No Degree), % (95% CI) [P Value] | College Graduate, % (95% CI) [P Value] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overallb | 31.6 (30.6–32.7) | 27.5 (26.8–28.2) [<.001] | 25.1 (24.4–25.8) [<.001] | 10.8 (1.4–11.3) [<.001] |
| Age, y | ||||
| 25–44 | 42.8 (41.2–44.3) | 37.0 (36.0–38.1) [<.001] | 31.5 (3.6–32.4) [<.001] | 14.6 (14.0–15.3) [<.001] |
| 45–64 | 35.0 (33.1–36.9) | 28.8 (27.6–3.0) [<.001] | 24.4 (23.3–25.7) [<.001] | 9.4 (8.6–1.2) [<.001] |
| ≥65 | 12.8 (11.2–14.6) | 11.3 (1.2–12.5) [.16] | 11.2 (9.9–12.7) [.17] | 5.0 (4.1–6.1) [<.001] |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 41.6 (39.9–43.3) | 28.8 (28.0–29.6) [<.001] | 26.2 (25.4–27.1) [<.001] | 11.3 (1.7–11.8) [<.001] |
| Non-Hispanic black | 37.0 (33.9–40.1) | 29.2 (27.3–31.1) [<.001] | 25.0 (23.1–27.0) [<.001] | 8.9 (7.6–1.4) [<.001] |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 12.5 (8.1–18.7) | 9.8 (7.3–13.2) [.39] | 14.4 (11.6–17.7) [.53] | 7.4 (6.1–8.9) [.06] |
| Hispanic | 17.2 (15.8–18.7) | 2.4 (18.7–22.3) [.005] | 19.9 (18.2–21.8) [.02] | 12.1 (1.4–14.0) [<.001] |
| US Census regionc | ||||
| Northeast | 31.2 (28.6–34.0) | 27.0 (25.4–28.6) [.008] | 25.4 (23.8–27.2) [<.001] | 11.1 (1.1–12.1) [<.001] |
| Midwest | 37.4 (35.2–39.8) | 3.6 (29.3–31.9) [<.001] | 27.7 (26.4–29.0) [<.001] | 11.6 (1.8–12.4) [<.001] |
| South | 33.4 (31.7–35.1) | 28.0 (26.8–29.2) [<.001] | 25.9 (24.7–27.1) [<.001] | 11.7 (1.9–12.5) [<.001] |
| West | 24.5 (22.6–26.6) | 23.2 (21.7–24.8) [.29] | 21.3 (19.8–22.8) [.009] | 8.9 (8.0–9.9) [<.001] |
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center or Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, National Survey on Drug Use and Health; surveys for 2011–2014 (8–11).
Overall row includes data on respondents who reported being of more than one racial/ethnic group although these data were excluded from numbers in race/ethnicity categories.
Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.