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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2021 Jan 15;31(3):411–415. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055922

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics by product use for all observations (n=4472)

Tobacco product use behaviours*
Single product user (n=1827 observations) Dual product user (n=1500 observations) Poly product user (n=1145 observations)
Percent of sample 40.9% 33.5% 25.6%
Cigarette type
Non-menthol 62.6% 60.9% 54.7%
 Menthol 37.4% 39.1% 45.3%
Age
Mean (SD) 22.6 (3.06) 22.0 (2.82) 21.4 (2.42)
Sex
 Males 36.8% 49.5% 57.6%
 Females 63.2% 50.5% 42.4%
Race/ethnicity
White 43.4% 46.0% 32.9%
Hispanic/Latino 35.1% 30.3% 34.9%
African American 4.5% 4.4% 5.2%
Asian 10.2% 10.5% 17.3%
 Other 6.8% 8.9% 10.0%
Institution type§
 2 years 9.5% 7.5% 6.3%
 4 years 90.5% 92.5% 93.7%
Nicotine dependence
 No 27.3% 25.7% 24.1%
 Yes 72.7% 74.3% 75.9%
*

Corresponds to the number of non-cigarette tobacco products used in the past 30 days.

Self-reported type (ie, menthol/mint; non-menthol/mint) of cigarette smoked in the past 30 days.

Individuals who identify as American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander or any other race/ethnicity.

§

Indicates if individuals attended a 2-year vocational/technical programme or 4-year college/university.

Self-reported needing or craving a cigarette.