Table 2.
Prevalence of past 30-day flavored cigarette use status from W2 to W3 and W3 to W4 in young adults and adults aged 25+ with past 30-day use at both waves (weighted cell percentages and 95% CI) in the PATH study^
| Past 30-day use at wave 3 | Past 30-day use at wave 4 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cigarettes | Weighted percentage (95% CI) | Cigarettes | Weighted percentage (95% CI) | ||||||
| Menthol flavored use | Non-menthol flavored use | “I don’t know” | Total | Menthol/ mint flavored use | Non-menthol/ mint flavored use | “I don’t know” | Total | ||
| Past 30-day use at Wave 2 | Past 30-day use at Wave 3 | ||||||||
| Young adults (n = 1659) | Young adults (n = 1609) | ||||||||
| Menthol flavored | 42.7 (40.0, 45.5) | 11.4 (9.8, 13.3) | 0.4† (0.2, 0.9) | 54.6 (51.6, 57.4) | Menthol/mint flavored | 44.0 (41.0, 47.0) | 10.2 (8.8, 11.8) | 0.5† (0.2, 0.9) | 54.7 (51.8, 57.5) |
| Nonmenthol flavored | 10.1 (8.6 11.8) | 31.7 (29.0, 34.5) | 0.5† (0.3, 1.0) | 42.3 (39.4, 45.3) | Nonmenthol/mint flavored | 8.5 (7.0, 10.3) | 34.2 (31.3, 37.2) | 1.1† (0.6, 1.9) | 43.7 (40.8, 46.7) |
| “I don’t know” | 1.5 (1.0, 2.4) | 1.1 (0.7, 1.8) | 0.4† (0.2, 1.1) | 3.1 (2.3, 4.3) | “I don’t know” | 0.3† (0.1, 0.7) | 1.1 (0.6, 2.0) | 0.2† (0.1, 0.7) | 1.6 (1.0, 2.5) |
| Total | 54.4 (51.6, 57.2) | 44.3 (41.5, 47.1) | 1.3 (0.9, 2.1) | 100.0 | Total | 52.8 (49.8, 55.8) | 45.4 (42.5, 48.5) | 1.8 (1.2, 2.6) | 100.0 |
| Adults 25+ (n = 5,854) | Adults 25+ (n = 5,694) | ||||||||
| Menthol flavored | 30.0 (28.7, 31.3) | 4.4 (3.8, 5.0) | 0.4 (0.2, 0.6) | 34.8 (33.4, 36.2) | Menthol/mint flavored | 33.3 (31.8, 34.9) | 5.3 (4.8, 6.0) | 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) | 39.1 (37.5, 40.7) |
| Non-menthol flavored | 7.9 (7.0, 8.9) | 55.5 (54.0, 57.0) | 0.6 (0.4, 0.9) | 64.0 (62.6, 65.4) | Non-menthol/mint flavored | 4.9 (4.4, 5.6) | 54.4 (52.7, 56.1) | 0.7 (0.4, 1.1) | 60.0 (58.4, 61.6) |
| “I don’t know” | 0.5 (0.3, 0.8) | 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) | 0.1† (0.0, 0.1) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.7) | “I don’t know” | 0.4 (0.2, 0.6) | 0.4 (0.3, 0.6) | 0.2† (0.0, 0.3) | 0.9 (0.7, 1.2) |
| Total | 38.4 (36.9, 39.9) | 60.5 (59.0, 62.0) | 1.1 (0.8, 1.4) | 100.0 | Total | 38.6 (37.0, 40.2) | 60.1 (58.5, 61.7) | 1.3 (1.0, 1.7) | 100.0 |
*Cigarette smokers at Wave 2 were first asked whether their cigarette was flavored to taste like any flavor type (menthol/mint, clove/spice, fruit, alcohol, chocolate, candy, and other flavor), and then asked to clarify the specific flavor type(s). At Wave 3 and 4, cigarette smokers were asked whether their cigarette was flavored to taste like menthol or mint. All cigar product smokers were asked whether their product was flavored to taste like any flavor type at Waves 2–4.
^Age at Wave 1. Youth who aged up into the adult survey at Waves 2–4 were included in the youth sample. Young adults who were 25+ in Waves 2–4 were included in the young adult sample. The adult 25+ sample included respondents who were ages 25+ in all four waves.
Respondents had to have reported past 30-day use at Waves 2 and 3 or at Waves 3 and 4.
†Estimate should be interpreted with caution because it has low statistical precision. It is based on a denominator sample size of <50, or the coefficient of variation of the estimate or its complement is >30%.