Table 1. Demographic Characteristics and Cigarette Smoking Patterns by Smoking Status Among 505 500 Adults in the 1992-1993, 1995-1996, 1998-1999, 2000, 2001-2002, 2003, 2006-2007, and 2010-2011 TUS-CPS NLMS Cohorta,b.
| Characteristic or pattern | Never smoker | Current smoker | Former smoker | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | Nondaily, previous-daily | Lifelong nondaily | Daily | Never daily | ||
| No. (%)c | 299 200 (59.2) | 78 870 (15.6) | 7607 (1.5) | 6292 (1.2) | 75 450 (14.9) | 16 020 (3.2) |
| Age, y, % (95% CI) | ||||||
| 18-24 | 13.3 (13.2-13.4) | 10.4 (10.1-10.6) | 9.1 (8.3-9.9) | 16.5 (15.4-17.6) | 2.2 (2.1-2.4) | 4.6 (4.2-5.0) |
| 25-34 | 19.2 (19.0-19.3) | 19.7 (19.4-20.1) | 22.2 (21.1-23.2) | 28.9 (27.6-30.2) | 9.0 (8.8-9.2) | 14.1 (13.5-14.8) |
| 35-44 | 20.4 (20.3-20.6) | 24.3 (23.9-24.6) | 24.2 (23.1-25.4) | 23.8 (22.6-25.1) | 14.9 (14.6-15.2) | 17.9 (17.2-18.5) |
| 45-54 | 17.5 (17.3-17.6) | 22.6 (22.3-23.0) | 19.6 (18.5-20.6) | 16.2 (15.2-17.2) | 20.0 (19.7-20.4) | 19.1 (18.4-19.8) |
| ≥55 | 29.6 (29.4-29.8) | 23.0 (22.7-23.4) | 24.9 (23.8-26.1) | 14.7 (12.6-15.7) | 53.9 (53.5-54.3) | 44.3 (43.4-45.2) |
| Sex, % (95% CI) | ||||||
| Male | 42.4 (42.1-42.6) | 52.8 (52.4-53.2) | 46.3 (45.0-47.6) | 52.4 (51.0-53.9) | 52.9 (52.5-53.4) | 50.2 (49.3-51.1) |
| Female | 57.7 (57.4-57.9) | 47.2 (46.8-47.6) | 53.7 (52.4-55.0) | 47.6 (46.2-9.1) | 47.1 (46.6-47.5) | 49.8 (48.9-50.8) |
| Race/ethnicity, % (95% CI) | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic | ||||||
| White | 71.9 (71.7-72.0) | 82.2 (81.9-82.5) | 78.3 (77.2-79.4) | 62.8 (61.4-64.2) | 88.4 (88.1-88.6) | 82.1 (81.5-82.8) |
| Black | 11.9 (11.8-12.1) | 9.8 (9.6-10.1) | 11.6 (10.7-12.5) | 17.2 (16.0-18.3) | 6.1 (5.9-6.2) | 7.1 (6.7-7.6) |
| Hispanic | 10.1 (10.0-10.2) | 4.3 (4.2-4.5) | 6.1 (5.5-6.6) | 14.2 (13.3-15.1) | 3.1 (3.0-3.2) | 7.3 (6.9-7.6) |
| Other | 6.1 (6.0-6.2) | 3.7 (3.5-3.8) | 4.0 (3.5-4.5) | 5.9 (5.2-6.5) | 2.5 (2.3-2.6) | 3.4 (3.1-3.7) |
| Education, % (95% CI) | ||||||
| <High school | 14.3 (14.1-14.4) | 20.4 (20.0-20.7) | 14.5 (13.6-15.5) | 17.2 (16.1-18.2) | 14.0 (13.8-14.3) | 13.0 (12.4-13.6) |
| High school | 29.2 (29.0-29.4) | 42.5 (42.1-42.9) | 34.0 (32.8-35.3) | 32.5 (31.2-33.9) | 33.5 (33.1-33.9) | 29.0 (28.2-29.9) |
| Some college | 26.6 (26.4-26.8) | 26.5 (26.2-26.9) | 30.7 (29.5-32.0) | 30.4 (29.1-31.8) | 27.8 (27.4-28.2) | 26.5 (25.7-27.3) |
| College | 29.9 (29.7-30.1) | 10.6 (10.4-10.9) | 20.7 (19.6-21.8) | 19.9 (18.7-21.1) | 24.6 (24.3-25.0) | 31.4 (30.6-32.3) |
| Cigarette smoking pattern, median (IQR) | ||||||
| Age when started smoking, y | NA | 17 (15-19) | 18 (16-20) | 18 (16-21) | 17 (15-19) | 17 (12-19) |
| No of days smoked in past 30 d | NA | 30 (30-30) | 15 (10-20) | 15 (6-20) | NA | NA |
| No. of cigarettes smoked per past 30 d | NA | 600 (300-600) | 75 (30-150) | 40 (15-90) | NA | NA |
| Ever used other tobacco products | 8.1 (8.0-8.2) | 19.8 (19.5-20.2) | 23.0 (21.8-24.1) | 20.9 (19.7-22.1) | 26.8 (26.5-27.2) | 23.0 (22.2-23.8) |
Abbreviations: DRB, Disclosure Review Board; IQR, interquartile range; NA, not applicable; NLMS, National Longitudinal Mortality Survey; TUS-CPS, Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
a
US Census Bureau’s DRB release number CBDRB-FY19-262.
b
Weighted data; numbers were weighted and rounded to 4 significant digits following the disclosure avoidance guidelines by the US Census Bureau’s DRB.
c
Percentages were calculated including participants who did not report ever smoking daily information.