Table 1.
Prevalence of serious psychological distressa by cigarette smoking status and substance use disorders (SUD; weighted %, standard error).b Data from the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (adults age 18+, n=42,963).
| Never cigarette smoking (n = 28,108) |
Former cigarette smoking (n = 6,703) |
Non-daily cigarette smoking (n = 3,195) |
Daily cigarette smoking (n = 4,957) |
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| SUD | No-SUD | SUD | No-SUD | SUD | No-SUD | SUD | No-SUD | |
| Total sample | 16.4 (1.1) | 4.3 (0.1) | 19.5 (2.0) | 3.2 (0.3) | 23.2 (2.0) | 8.6 (0.9) | 29.1 (2.3) | 9.0 (0.7) |
| Sex/Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 24.9 (2.3) | 4.8 (0.2) | 29.4 (4.2) | 4.5 (0.5) | 17.5 (2.2) | 11.9 (1.3) | 35.0 (3.8) | 11.8 (1.1) |
| Male | 10.3 (1.1) | 3.7 (0.2) | 15.2 (2.3) | 2.2 (0.3) | 33.9 (4.3) | 5.9 (1.1) | 25.9 (2.8) | 6.1 (0.6) |
| Age, years | ||||||||
| 18-24 | 23.0 (1.4) | 11.0 (0.4) | 25.2 (4.3) | 12.8 (1.4) | 30.4 (2.4) | 16.5 (2.0) | 35.6 (3.7) | 15.1 (1.8) |
| 25-34 | 16.4 (2.7) | 4.7 (0.3) | 20.2 (4.1) | 5.6 (0.7) | 25.0 (4.4) | 8.9 (1.6) | 32.8 (3.8) | 14.1 (1.4) |
| 35-49 | 11.3 (2.4) | 3.2 (0.3) | 20.0 (3.8) | 3.3 (0.5) | 15.4 (3.4) | 7.0 (1.1) | 29.7 (3.9) | 8.6 (0.9) |
| 50+ | 7.3 (3.1) | 2.3 (0.3) | 17.0 (4.0) | 2.5 (0.4) | 19.8 (6.2) | 6.7 (1.1) | 20.3 (5.8) | 6.1 (1.0) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 15.5 (1.4) | 4.2 (0.2) | 17.2 (2.6) | 3.3 (0.3) | 23.5 (2.5) | 10.5 (1.4) | 29.6 (2.6) | 9.0 (0.8) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 21.6 (3.4) | 4.5 (0.4) | 31.0 (12.0) | 2.2 (0.8) | 22.7 (5.0) | 6.0 (1.6) | 21.0 (6.0) | 8.0 (1.9) |
| Other, non-Hispanic | 16.6 (3.8) | 4.2 (0.6) | 19.1 (7.0) | 1.7 (0.7) | 18.1 (5.3) | 7.7 (2.4) | 29.8 (6.9) | 7.0 (1.8) |
| Hispanic | 15.7 (2.8) | 4.8 (0.3) | 25.3 (7.0) | 4.1 (0.9) | 24.9 (5.5) | 4.8 (1.2) | 32.5 (7.1) | 11.7 (2.1) |
| Annual Income | ||||||||
| <$20,000 | 24.6 (3.0) | 7.8 (0.5) | 29.3 (8.6) | 8.3 (1.2) | 31.5 (4.2) | 11.8 (2.0) | 32.1 (4.0) | 16.7 (2.0) |
| $20,000-$49,999 | 20.7 (2.4) | 5.0 (0.3) | 28.7 (4.6) | 3.2 (0.4) | 28.8 (5.1) | 7.9 (1.4) | 30.5 (3.5) | 8.4 (1.0) |
| $50,000-$74,999 | 15.7 (2.6) | 3.7 (0.4) | 14.3 (6.0) | 3.3 (0.8) | 17.5 (4.6) | 7.4 (1.9) | 28.7 (6.9) | 5.4 (1.2) |
| $75,000+ | 9.8 (1.3) | 2.9 (0.2) | 13.2 (3.2) | 2.0 (0.4) | 14.0 (2.8) | 6.8 (1.3) | 22.9 (3.6) | 5.3 (0.8) |
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Married | 15.9 (2.7) | 28.3 (1.9) | 12.1 (3.4) | 2.2 (0.4) | 8.1 (2.1) | 5.5 (1.3) | 25.0 (4.0) | 7.3 (1.0) |
| Widowed/Divorced/Separated | 12.1 (3.0) | 12.5 (1.5) | 27.6 (5.8) | 4.2 (0.7) | 28.5 (5.0) | 9.6 (1.9) | 27.3 (5.5) | 8.9 (1.2) |
| Never married | 71.9 (3.8) | 59.1 (2.2) | 23.5 (3.2) | 6.1 (1.0) | 27.7 (2.8) | 10.7 (1.3) | 32.0 (3.1) | 11.6 (1.2) |
a
Serious Psychological Distress was assessed using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) screening instrument and defined as a score of 13 or higher.
b
Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.