Table 3.
Percentage of exclusive, dual and polytobacco use as a proportion of any other combustible users by three frequency of use thresholds for three national surveys
| Products (%) | TUS-CPS | NHIS | PATH | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1+ day | 10+ days | 25+ days | 1+ day | 10+ days | 25+ days | 1+ day | 10+ days | 25+ days | |
| Exclusive Use | |||||||||
| Other combustibles | 55.6 | 61.5 | 73.2 | 56.4 | 60.9 | 68.6 | 45.8 | 48.2 | 52.6 |
| Dual Use of Other combustibles + | |||||||||
| Cigarettes | 27.8 | 30.8 | 24.4 | 28.2 | 30.5 | 28.6 | 33.5 | 42.2 | 42.1 |
| E-cigarette | 4.6 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| Smokeless Tobacco | 4.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Poly Use of Other combustible + | |||||||||
| Cigarettes + E-cigarettes | 4.6 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 8.8 | 3.6 | 1.1 |
| Cigarettes + smokeless | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| E-cigarettes + smokeless | 0.0 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | NA | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| Cigarettes + e-cigarettes + smokeless | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | NA | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Total all polytobacco use (3 or 4 products) | 9.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 9.4 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 14.1 | 6.0 | 3.2 |
NA = no sample was available for this group. * 0.0 values are ≤0.01.
Abbreviations: TUS-CPS = Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey; NHIS=National Health Interview Survey; PATH=Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health