Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of 26–34 year old adults from PATH a 2013–2014 (wave 1) who reported ever use of each of the seven tobacco products.
| Characteristics | Cigarettes | Cigarillos | Traditional Cigars | Filtered Cigars | Hookah | Smokeless Tobacco | E-Cigarettes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 4589; | n = 2945; | n = 2025; | n = 1411; | n = 2544; | n = 1239; | n = 2472; | |
| N = 23,832,749 b | N = 14,170,631 b | N = 10,444,315 b | N = 6,691,432 b | N = 11,274,852 b | N = 6,135,874 b | N = 10,233,986 b | |
| Age c (SE) | 30.1 (0.05) | 29.9 (0.06) | 30.3 (0.07) | 29.9 (0.08) | 29.5 (0.06) | 30.2 (0.09) | 29.8 (0.05) |
| Sex (%) Male | 12,928,562 (54.2) | 9,216,543 (65.0) | 7,505,658 (71.9) | 4,408,176 (65.9) | 6,542,032 (58.0) | 5,230,834 (85.2) | 5,939,161 (58.0) |
| Race/Ethnicity (%) | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 15,224,497 (63.9) | 9,582,486 (67.6) | 7,796,819 (74.7) | 4,872,992 (72.8) | 6,873,686 (61.0) | 5,024,445 (81.9) | 6,835,995 (66.8) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 2,598,602 (11.0) | 1,886,031 (13.3) | 643,557 (6.1) | 521,966 (7.8) | 1,173,617 (10.4) | 198,448 (3.2) | 1,085,212 (10.6) |
| Hispanic | 4,377,132 (18.3) | 1,884,693 (13.3) | 1,358,941 (13.0) | 801,952 (12.0) | 2,049,958 (18.2) | 577,455 (9.4) | 1,524,365 (14.9) |
| Non-Hispanic Other d | 1,632,518 (6.8) | 817,421 (5.8) | 644,998 (6.2) | 494,521 (7.4) | 1,177,591 (10.4) | 335,526 (5.5) | 788,413 (7.7) |
| Education (%) | |||||||
| <High school/GED | 3,929,855 (16.5) | 2,175,877 (15.3) | 1,218,268 (11.7) | 976,045 (14.6) | 1,177,211 (10.4) | 934,409 (15.2) | 1,843,220 (18.0) |
| High school graduate | 4,960,023 (20.8) | 2,908,106 (20.5) | 1,787,984 (17.1) | 1,315,079 (19.7) | 1,756,192 (15.6) | 1,510,371 (24.6) | 2,503,820 (24.5) |
| Some college/associate degree | 8,035,520 (33.7) | 5,124,786 (36.2) | 3,290,104 (31.5) | 2,443,901 (36.5) | 3,839,439 (34.0) | 1,998,679 (32.6) | 3,930,757 (38.4) |
| Bachelor’s Degree | 5,128,006 (21.5) | 3,018,755 (21.3) | 2,941,730 (28.2) | 1,371,621 (20.5) | 3,253,487 (28.9) | 1,346,746 (22.0) | 1,564,097 (15.3) |
| Advanced Degree | 1,779,345 (7.5) | 943,107 (6.7) | 1,206,229 (11.5) | 584,786 (8.7) | 1,248,522 (11.1) | 345,670 (5.6) | 392,092 (3.8) |
| Household Income (%) | |||||||
| Less than USD 10,000 | 3,040,169 (13.6) | 1,691,084 (12.6) | 849,284 (8.6) | 845,562 (13.3) | 1,060,945 (9.9) | 531,715 (9.2) | 1,541,505 (16.1) |
| USD 10,000–24,999 | 4,757,818 (21.3) | 2,737,539 (20.5) | 1,476,571 (15.0) | 1,139,093 (18.0) | 2,026,093 (18.9) | 997,356 (17.1) | 1,144,215 (24.1) |
| USD 25,000–49,999 | 5,924,051 (26.5) | 3,646,654 (27.2) | 2,510,408 (25.5) | 1,879,872 (29.6) | 2,918,611 (27.3) | 169,0954 (29.0) | 2,842,491 (29.7) |
| USD 50,000–74,999 | 3,101,566 (13.8) | 1,968,800 (14.7) | 1,658,604 (16.8) | 910,290 (14.4) | 1,720,543 (16.1) | 926,452 (16.0) | 1,277,120 (13.3) |
| USD 75,000–99,999 | 2,660,154 (11.9) | 1,587,220 (11.8) | 1,455,220 (14.8) | 752,543 (11.9) | 1,349,708 (12.6) | 710,935 (12.2) | 822,631 (8.6) |
| USD 100,000–149,999 | 2,002,369 (8.9) | 1,228,450 (9.2) | 1,200,354 (12.2) | 529,668 (8.4) | 1,022,865 (9.5) | 652,521 (11.2) | 519,975 (5.4) |
| USD 150,000+ | 893,475 (4.0) | 540,364 (4.0) | 706,228 (7.1) | 279,386 (4.4) | 612,850 (5.7) | 306,554 (5.3) | 2,64,955 (2.8) |
| Missing | 1,453,147 | 770,520 | 587,645 | 355,017 | 563,237 | 319,385 | 656,093 |
| Cigarette Smoking Status (%) | |||||||
| Never | NA | 776,385 (5.5) | 909,950 (8.7) | 224,598 (3.3) | 1,271,113 (11.3) | 267,710 (4.3) | 235,567 (2.3) |
| Current | 11,527,048 (48.4) | 7,466,705 (52.7) | 4,616,480 (44.2) | 3,740,819 (56.0) | 5,063,758 (44.9) | 3,341,870 (54.5) | 7,374,320 (72.1) |
| Former | 12,305,701 (51.6) | 5,927,540 (41.8) | 4,917,885 (47.1) | 2,726,015 (40.7) | 4,939,981 (43.8) | 2,526,294 (41.2) | 2,624,099 (25.6) |
a PATH restricted file received disclosure to publish: 26 February 2020. United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse, and United States Department of Health and Human Services. Food and Drug Administration. Center for Tobacco Products. Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study (United States) Restricted-Use Files. ICPSR36231-v13.AnnArbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (distributor), 24 June 2020. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36231.v13. b N represents the U.S. population size that is estimated from PATH’s complex sampling design, c weighted mean, d non-Hispanic other includes Asian, multi-race, etc.