Table 1.

Weighted Demographics of the NHANES 2007-2012 Cigarette Smokers According to Preferred Cigarette Brand

	Top Cigarette Brands						p-value
	Overall	Marlboro	Camel	Pall Mall	Newport	Other
	(N=2,558)	(N=869)	(N=121)	(N=119)	(N=516)	(N=933)
Age in years (%)							<0.0001
20-34 years	33.5	35.8	52.5	15.4	52.2	17.1
35-49 years	34.7	40.4	30.5	27.9	31.3	31.9
50 years or older	33.9	23.8	17.0	56.7	16.5	51.0
Gender (%)							0.0942
Male	52.8	55.5	59.6	54.3	51.7	48.9
Race (%)							<0.0001
Non-Hispanic White	71.7	77.5	89.6	81.9	28.0	78.3
Non-Hispanic Black	12.9	2.3	0.6	2.4	54.7	11.0
Hispanic	9.7	14.3	5.9	1.6	14.2	5.0
Other	5.8	5.9	4.0	14.2	3.1	5.7
Education (%)							0.0005
High School Grad/GED or Equivalent and less	60.3	60.1	44.2	51.5	69.2	61.4
Some College or more	39.7	39.9	55.8	48.6	30.8	38.6
Marital Status (%)							<0.0001
Married	41.6	46.8	22.8	55.2	21.3	45.6
Other	58.4	53.1	77.2	44.8	78.7	54.4
Ratio of Income to Poverty (%)							0.0004
≤ 1.00 (at or below the poverty line)	26.4	25.4	19.6	19.0	39.0	24.8
BMI in kg/m2 (SE)	26.9 (0.00)	26.9 (0.00)	26.3 (0.01)	25.1 (0.01)	27.5 (0.00)	26.3 (0.00)	0.0011
Cigarettes per Day (%)							<0.0001
5 cigarettes or less	19.4	20.1	22.0	8.4	33.0	14.6
6-15 cigarettes	39.1	40.3	43.1	36.1	48.7	33.7
16 cigarettes or more	41.5	39.7	34.9	55.6	18.3	51.8
Serum Cotinine in ng/ mL (SE)	199.5 (0.01)	177.8 (0.02)	182.0 (0.04)	245.5 (0.02)	204.2 (0.02)	218.8 (0.02)	<0.0001
Tar Level (%)							<0.0001
≤ 6mg	15.8	19.0	8.2	6.8	0.5	21.3
>6-15mg	60.9	73.7	44.4	52.5	27.6	65.4
>15mg	23.3	7.3	47.4	40.7	71.9	13.3
Menthol Status (%)							<0.0001
Mentholated	29.7	15.4	17.3	8.7	75.6	31.9