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Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2021 Dec 1;32(e1):e10–e15. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056970

Table 2:

Unadjusted Prevalence of Cigarette Use in the Past 30 Days, by Black/Non-Black Race and by Year (95% Confidence Intervals in Parentheses)

	----------------- Years of survey -----------------
	2012–2014	2015–17	2018–20

Any Cigarette
All	9.17 (8.54–9.85)	5.52^a (5.08–5.99)	3.89^a (3.42–4.42)
Black	5.10 (4.14–6.28)	2.82^a (2.12–3.74)	1.71^a (1.09–2.67)
Nonblack	9.71 (9.02–10.46)	5.91^a (5.43–6.42)	4.17^a (3.66–4.75)
Mentholated Cigarette
All	4.77 (4.34–5.23)	2.57^a (2.31–2.86)	1.86^a (1.59–2.18)
Black	3.45 (2.72–4.37)	1.61^a (1.11–2.31)	0.95 (0.51–1.75)
Nonblack	4.94 (4.48–5.45)	2.71^a (2.43–3.03)	1.98^a (1.68–2.33)
Nonmentholated Cigarette
All	4.41 (4.02–4.83)	2.95^a (2.65–3.28)	2.03^a (1.72–2.39)
Black	1.65 (1.14–2.39)	1.21 (0.79–1.84)	0.76 (0.43–1.34)
Nonblack	4.77 (4.35–5.23)	3.20^a (2.87–3.56)	2.19^a (1.85–2.59)

^a

Prevalence level significantly differs (p<.05) from previous time period.

Note: Prevalence significantly lower (p<.05) for black as compared to nonblack adolescents In all three time periods for all outcomes.

Note: Figure 1 presents a graph of these results.