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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 1.
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) 5.52a (5.08–5.99) 3.89a (3.42–4.42)
 Black 5.10 (4.14–6.28) 2.82a (2.12–3.74) 1.71a (1.09–2.67)
 Nonblack 9.71 (9.02–10.46) 5.91a (5.43–6.42) 4.17a (3.66–4.75)
Mentholated Cigarette
 All 4.77 (4.34–5.23) 2.57a (2.31–2.86) 1.86a (1.59–2.18)
 Black 3.45 (2.72–4.37) 1.61a (1.11–2.31) 0.95 (0.51–1.75)
 Nonblack 4.94 (4.48–5.45) 2.71a (2.43–3.03) 1.98a (1.68–2.33)
Nonmentholated Cigarette
 All 4.41 (4.02–4.83) 2.95a (2.65–3.28) 2.03a (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) 3.20a (2.87–3.56) 2.19a (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.