Table 1.

Weighted prevalence of the ever-use of various tobacco products (at baseline and by the two-year follow-up) and demographic characteristics among the adolescent males, separated by rural vs. urban residency (N = 512 and 708, respectively, at baseline).

Tobacco Use Behavior	Rural %	Urban %

Ever-Use at Baseline
All tobacco products^*	23.0	13.9 ^a
Cigarettes	11.2	6.7 ^a
Smokeless Tobacco	12.4	2.4 ^a
Cigars/Cigarillos	7.3	5.7
e-Cigarettes	13.0	7.0 ^a
Ever-Use by Two Year Follow-Up
All tobacco products^*	29.6	24.2
Cigarettes	12.5	11.1
Smokeless Tobacco	14.4	3.4 ^a
Cigars/Cigarillos	13.2	11.2
e-Cigarettes	16.1	16.6
Race
White	91.3	63.5 ^a
Non-white	8.7	36.5
Parental Education
Some college or above	75.5	88.0 ^a
High school or less	24.5	12.0
Household Income
$50,000 or more	54.7	68.9 ^a
Less than $50,000	45.3	31.1

“All tobacco products” includes cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars/cigarillos, e-cigarettes, pipes, bidis, kreteks, and hookah.

Chi-square values indicate a statistically significant urban/rural difference in prevalence (p-value < 0.05).