Table 1.

Awareness and perceptions of the harmfulness (relative to cigarettes) of the eight non-cigarette tobacco products (n=32,320). SOURCE: PATH Study Wave 1

Product	Aware of Product % (95% CI)	Perception of Harmfulness	Unweighted Frequency	Weighted Estimates % (95% CI)
E-cigarettes	85.7 (84.9–86.3)	Less harmful	13,728	40.7 (39.8–41.5)
		About the same	12,715	47.3 (46.6–48.0)
		More harmful	1,831	6.9 (6.4–7.3)
		Don’t know	1,051	5.1 (4.7–5.6)
Smokeless tobacco	81.6 (80.9–82.3)	Less harmful	2,573	8.6 (8.1–9.1)
		About the same	16,405	60.9 (60.0–61.7)
		More harmful	7,635	27.6 (26.8–28.4)
		Don’t know	643	3.0 (2.7–3.4)
Traditional cigars	66.0 (65.2–66.9)	Less harmful	2,438	12.1 (11.5–12.8)
		About the same	10,616	61.7 (60.6–62.8)
		More harmful	5,075	23.9 (22.8–24.9)
		Don’t know	319	2.3 (2.0–2.6)
Filtered cigars*	81.6 (80.6–82.5)	Less harmful	1,933	7.6 (7.2–8.0)
		About the same	18,536	75.5 (74.8–76.3)
		More harmful	4,410	14.5 (13.9–15.2)
		Don’t know	437	2.3 (2.0–2.7)
Cigarillos*		Less harmful	1,990	7.1 (6.7–7.6)
		About the same	16,967	70.7 (70.0–71.5)
		More harmful	5,908	19.8 (19.1–20.5)
		Don’t know	445	2.4 (2.1–2.7)
Pipe	89.6 (89.0–90.2)	Less harmful	3,250	10.3 (9.8–10.9)
		About the same	18,520	66.8 (66.0–67.6)
		More harmful	6,730	20.1 (19.5–20.8)
		Don’t know	622	2.8 (2.5–3.1)
Hookah	70.3 (69.4–71.1)	Less harmful	6,118	17.8 (17.1–18.6)
		About the same	14,423	61.5 (60.6–62.4)
		More harmful	4,222	16.7 (16.0–17.4)
		Don’t know	706	4.0 (3.6–4.5)
Dissolvables	10.9 (10.5–11.4)	Less harmful	648	13.5 (12.2–14.9)
		About the same	2,670	62.0 (60.0–64.0)
		More harmful	932	22.1 (20.2–24.1)
		Don’t know	94	2.4 (1.7–3.3)

^*Awareness was assessed for filtered cigars and cigarillos combined.