Table 2.
Current Cigar and ENDS Use Prevalence, Flavor Use, and Flavors as a Reason for Use by Product Type and Age Group (%), PATH Study Wave 4, 2016–2017
| Youth (12–17 years) | Young Adults (18–24 years) | Adults (25+ years) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Current Use Prevalence (Past 30-day Use) | Proportion of Current Users Who Report Flavored Product Usea | N | Current Use Prevalence (Every Day or Some Day Established Useb) | Proportion of Current Users Who Report Flavored Product Usec | N | Current Use (Every Day or Some Day Established Use) | Proportion of Current Users Who Report Flavored Product Use | |
| Filtered cigars | 43 | 0.3 (0.2, 0.4) | 45.0 (31.2, 59.7)* | 98 | 0.7 (0.6, 0.9) | 47.8 (33.5, 62.5) | 380 | 0.8 (0.7, 1.0) | 49.3 (43.0, 55.5) |
| Cigarillos | 143 | 0.9 (0.8, 1.1) | 47.4 (38.7, 56.3) | 340 | 2.6 (2.3, 2.9) | 51.4 (44.7, 58.2) | 643 | 1.3 (1.2, 1.5) | 53.4 (48.0, 58.8) |
| Traditional cigars | 47 | 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) | 27.2 (16.6, 41.3)* | 103 | 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) | 35.7 (23.2, 50.4) | 495 | 1.3 (1.1, 1.4) | 23.7 (18.6, 29.7) |
| ENDS | 598 | 4.3 (3.9, 4.8) | 97.0 (94.9, 98.2) | 768 | 6.6 (6.2, 7.2) | 96.8 (94.4, 98.2) | 1220 | 2.8 (2.6, 3.0) | 81.2 (77.6, 84.3) |
| Proportion of Current Users who Endorsed “Come in flavors I like” as a Reason for Use | Proportion of Current Users who Endorsed “Come in flavors I like” as a Reason for Use | Proportion of Current Users who Endorsed “Come in flavors I like” as a Reason for Use | |||||||
| Filtered cigars | 53.8 (39.0, 67.9)* | 54.7 (41.1, 67.7) | 66.7 (61.2, 71.8) | ||||||
| Cigarillos | 60.0 (50.6, 68.7) | 70.7 (65.0, 75.9) | 72.9 (68.0, 77.3) | ||||||
| Traditional cigars | 52.7 (38.6, 66.4)* | 57.5 (46.1, 68.3) | 53.8 (47.3, 60.1) | ||||||
| ENDS | 71.0 (67.1, 74.6) | 89.6 (87.1, 91.6) | 81.9 (79.2, 84.3) | ||||||
Note.
Abbreviation: ENDS - Electronic nicotine delivery system. PATH - Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health.
Flavored product use among current cigar smokers was assessed with the question “In the past 30 days, were any of the [filtered cigars, cigarillos, or traditional cigars] that you smoked flavored to taste like menthol, mint, clove, spice, fruit, chocolate, alcoholic drinks, candy or other sweets?” Response options were “yes,” “no,” and “I don’t know.” Flavor use among current ENDS users was assessed with the question “In the past 30 days, which flavors of [electronic nicotine products, electronic nicotine cartridges, or e-liquid] have you used? Choose all that apply.” Response options were tobacco-flavored, menthol/mint, clove/spice, fruit, chocolate, alcoholic drinks, non-alcoholic drinks, candy/desserts/other sweets, or some other flavor. Users were categorized as “non-flavored” ENDS users if they reported tobacco-flavored only or did not select any of the flavors in the list and “flavored” users if they reported use of any of the other listed flavors during the past 30 days.
Established users reported having ever smoked or used a cigar type or ENDS product fairly regularly.
Current flavored product use among adults was asked of current every day or some day established users who had smoked or used a product on at least one day in the past 30 days.
Estimate should be interpreted with caution because it has low statistical precision. It is based on a denominator sample size of less than 50, or the coefficient of variation of the estimate or its complement is larger than 30%.