Table 1:
Variable Definitions and Proportions (95% Confidence Intervals in Parentheses)
| Measure | Prevalence (95% C.I.) |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Smoked any Cigarette in Past 30 Days | |
| Question: How frequently have you smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days? Coded 1 for any response greater than zero. | 6.40 (6.06–6.74) |
| Smoked a Mentholated Cigarette in Past 30 Days | |
| Question: Are the cigarettes you usually smoke menthol? (asked only of respondents who reported smoking a cigarette in the past 30 days). Coded 1 for a response of yes. | 3.18 (2.96–3.39) |
| Smoked a Nonmentholated Cigarette in Past 30 Days | |
| Question: Are the cigarettes you usually smoke menthol? (asked only of respondents who reported smoking a cigarette in the past 30 days). Coded 1 for a response of no. | 3.23 (3.01–3.45) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | |
| Question: How to you describe yourself (Select one or more responses)? Coded 1 for respondents who marked only “Black or African American” and were not coded Hispanic. | 11.98 (11.03–12.92) |
| Hispanic | |
| Question: How to you describe yourself (Select one or more responses)? Coded 1 for respondents who marked “Mexican American or Chicano,” “Cuban American,” “Puerto Rican,” or “Other Hispanic or Latino.” | 24.02 (22.65–25.39) |
| Non-Hispanic White | |
| Question: How to you describe yourself (Select one or more responses)? Coded 1 for respondents who marked only “White (Caucasian)” and were not coded Hispanic. | 52.49 (50.91–54.07) |
| Other Race | |
| Question: How to you describe yourself (Select one or more responses)? Coded 1 for respondents who were not coded Hispanic and marked “Asian American,” “American Indian or Alaska Native,” “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander” and/or multiple races. | 12.17 (11.57–12.77) |
| Female | 51.59 (51.06–52.12) |
| Question: What is your sex? Coded 1 for respondents who marked “Female.” | |
| Parent has college degree | |
| Questions: “What is the highest level of schooling your father completed?” and “What is the highest level of schooling your mother completed?” Coded 1 for a marked response of “Completed college” or “Graduate or professional school after college” for either father or mother | 56.68 (55.55–57.80) |
| Year of Surveya | |
| 2012–14 | 36.24 (33.73–38.75) |
| 2015–17 | 36.67 (34.21–39.14) |
| 2018–20 | 27.09 (24.78–29.40) |
| Grade of Respondentsb | |
| 8th Grade | 34.42 (31.75–37.10) |
| 10th Grade | 36.73 (33.9–39.57) |
| 12th Grade | 28.85 (26.34–31.35) |
a
In 2020 the COVID pandemic curtailed data collection, resulting in a sample about one-quarter the size of a regular data collection. Detailed analysis supports the 2020 sample as nationally representative.30
b
In all years the survey administered questions on mentholated cigarettes to a randomly selected one-third of 8th and 10th grade students and one-sixth of 12th grade students. All analyses are weighted so that the 8th, 10th, and 12th grade samples have a relative influence proportional to the size of these grades in the U.S. national population.