Table 4.
Percentage of exclusive, dual and polytobacco use as a proportion of any smokeless tobacco 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 | |||||||||
| Smokeless tobacco | 75.0 | 81.5 | 90.9 | 69.0 | 83.8 | 90.9 | 62.7 | 76.2 | 85.6 |
| Dual Use of Smokeless Tobacco + | |||||||||
| Cigarettes | 12.5 | 14.8 | 9.1 | 19.7 | 12.0 | 7.6 | 18.5 | 17.9 | 10.7 |
| E-cigarettes | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| Other-combustibles | 6.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| Poly Use of Smokeless Tobacco + | |||||||||
| Cigarettes + e-cigarettes | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.6 | NA | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| Cigarettes + other combustibles | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| E-cigarettes + other combustibles | 0.0 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | NA | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Cigarettes + e-cigarettes + other combustible | 0 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | NA | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Total all polytobacco use (3 or 4 products) s | 6.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 14.8 | 3.1 | 2.1 |
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