Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and tobacco use among young and middle-aged adult current cigarette smokers, aged 18–44, USA (n=964)
| Characteristics | Total (n=964) | Males (n=573) | p Value | Females (n=392) | p Value | White (n=352) | p Value | Black/African-American (n=299) | p Value | Hispanic/Latino (n=313) | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | * | *** | |||||||||
| 18–24 | 22.7 (n=219) | 24.6 (n=141) | 19.9 (n=78) | 23.8 (n=84) | 16.5 (n=49) | 27.4 (n=86) | |||||
| 25–34 | 43.7 (n=421) | 43.4 (n=248) | 44.1 (n=173) | 41.7 (n=147) | 45.5 (n=136) | 44.1 (n=138) | |||||
| 35–44 | 33.6 (n=324) | 32.0 (n=183) | 35.9 (n=141) | 34.5 (n=122) | 38.0 (n=113) | 28.4 (n=89) | |||||
| Gender | . | *** | |||||||||
| Male | 59.4 (n=573) | – | – | 54.6 (n=193) | 56.0 (n=167) | 68.0 (n=213) | |||||
| Female | 40.6 (n=392) | – | – | 45.4 (n=160) | 44.0 (n=132) | 32.0 (n=100) | |||||
| Race/ethnicity | *** | *** | |||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 36.5 (n=352) | 33.6 (n=193) | 40.8 (n=160) | – | – | – | |||||
| Black/African-American, non-Hispanic | 31.0 (n=299) | 29.2 (n=167) | 33.6 (n=132) | – | – | – | |||||
| Hispanic/Latino | 32.5 (n=313) | 37.2 (n=213) | 25.6 (n=100) | – | – | – | |||||
| Educational attainment | ** | * | *** | *** | |||||||
| Less than high school | 25.6 (n=247) | 23.7 (n=136) | 28.3 (n=111) | 17.5 (n=62) | 26.1 (n=78) | 34.2 (n=107) | |||||
| High school | 34.8 (n=336) | 36.9 (n=211) | 31.9 (n=125) | 36.5 (n=129) | 35.7 (n=107) | 32.2 (n=101) | |||||
| Some college | 30.8 (n=297) | 31.0 (n=177) | 30.5 (n=120) | 34.1 (n=120) | 31.5 (n=94) | 26.4 (n=83) | |||||
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 8.8 (n=85) | 8.4 (n=48) | 9.3 (n=37) | 12.0 (n=42) | 6.7 (n=20) | 7.3 (n=23) | |||||
| Region of country | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | ||||||
| Northwest (1) | 17.9 (n=173) | 17.8 (n=102) | 18.1 (n=71) | 17.6 (n=62) | 16.5 (n=49) | 19.5 (n=61) | |||||
| Midwest (2) | 21.1 (n=204) | 20.5 (n=117) | 22.0 (n=86) | 29.7 (n=105) | 21.5 (n=64) | 11.1 (n=35) | |||||
| South (3) | 43.9 (n=424) | 42.5 (n=243) | 46.0 (n=180) | 38.4 (n=135) | 55.2 (n=165) | 39.3 (n=123) | |||||
| West (4) | 17.1 (n=165) | 19.3 (n=110) | 13.9 (n=54) | 14.3 (n=50) | 6.8 (n=20) | 30.0 (n=94) | |||||
| Annual household income | *** | ||||||||||
| <$15 000 | 29.8 (n=272) | 27.1 (n=147) | 33.7 (n=125) | 21.8 (n=77) | 47.8 (n=129) | 22.9 (n=67) | |||||
| $15 000–$40 000 | 30.8 (n=281) | 27.5 (n=149) | 35.6 (n=132) | 31.8 (n=112) | 26.1 (n=70) | 33.7 (n=99) | |||||
| $40 000–$75 000 | 22.1 (n=202) | 24.0 (n=130) | 19.2 (n=71) | 23.5 (n=83) | 15.8 (n=42) | 26.1 (n=77) | |||||
| $75 000 or more | 17.4 (n=159) | 21.4 (n=116) | 11.6 (n=43) | 22.9 (n=81) | 10.3 (n=28) | 17.4 (n=51) | |||||
| Current employment status | *** | ||||||||||
| Working | 56.9 (n=549) | 62.6 (n=358) | 48.7 (n=191) | 64.7 (n=228) | 52.3 (n=156) | 52.5 (n=165) | |||||
| Not working, looking | 20.5 (n=198) | 22.2 (n=127) | 18.1 (n=71) | 14.6 (n=51) | 26.3 (n=79) | 21.8 (n=68) | |||||
| Not working, not looking | 22.5 (n=217) | 15.2 (n=87) | 33.2 (n=130) | 20.7 (n=73) | 21.4 (n=64) | 25.6 (n=80) | |||||
| Menthol smoking frequency | * | * | *** | *** | *** | ||||||
| Daily menthol | 37.9 (n=366) | 34.6 (n=198) | 42.8 (n=168) | 26.6 (n=94) | 57.9 (n=173) | 31.6 (n=99) | |||||
| Daily non-menthol | 31.2 (n=301) | 31.7 (n=182) | 30.5 (n=119) | 51.8 (n=183) | 9.3 (n=28) | 28.9 (n=91) | |||||
| Occasional menthol | 16.9 (n=163) | 18.4 (n=106) | 14.7 (n=57) | 8.5 (n=30) | 23.7 (n=71) | 19.8 (n=62) | |||||
| Occasional non-menthol | 14.0 (n=135) | 15.3 (n=88) | 12.0 (n=47) | 13.1 (n=46) | 9.0 (n=27) | 19.7 (n=62) | |||||
| Current flavoured LCC product use | * | * | *** | *** | *** | ||||||
| Cigarette, no LCC use | 64.5 (n=623) | 56.4 (n=351) | 43.6 (n=271) | 48.7 (n=303) | 26.6 (n=166) | 24.7 (n=154) | |||||
| Unflavoured LCC use | 8.5 (n=81) | 57.9 (n=47) | 42.1 (n=35) | 19.8 (n=16) | 44.9 (n=37) | 35.3 (n=29) | |||||
| Flavoured LCC use | 27.0 (n=260) | 66.9 (n=174) | 33.1 (n=86) | 12.7 (n=33) | 37.0 (n=96) | 50.3 (n=131) | |||||
| Other tobacco use | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | ||||||
| Yes | 33.3 (n=314) | 34.2 (n=192) | 31.8 (n=122) | 29.8 (n=102) | 32.3 (n=95) | 37.9 (n=117) | |||||
| No | 66.7 (n=631) | 65.8 (n=370) | 68.2 (n=261) | 70.2 (n=239) | 67.7 (n=200) | 62.1 (n=191) |
All analyses used weighted data. Complex sampling procedures were used to adjust for sampling in all analyses.
***
p<0.001,
**
p<0.01,
*
p<0.05.
LCC, little cigar and cigarillo.