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. 2022 Oct 28;31(Suppl 3):s206–s213. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057487

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and other tobacco use behaviours by strength of cigarillo flavour preference among US young adult cigarillo users


Full sample
n=531
Any tobacco preference
n=54
Weak flavour preference
n=162
Strong flavour preference
n=315
P value*
n % % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI
Gender identity 0.14
 Male identifying 205 39.5 51.9 38.1 to 65.6 37.2 29.5 to 44.8 38.5 33.1 to 44.0
 Female identifying 314 60.5 48.1 34.4 to 61.9 62.8 55.2 to 70.5 61.5 56.0 to 66.9
Racial identity 0.74
 White 208 40.3 39.6 46.8 to 74.0 38.0 30.3 to 45.6 41.6 36.1 to 47.2
 Non-white 308 59.7 60.4 26.0 to 53.2 62.0 54.4 to 69.7 58.4 52.8 to 63.9
Ethnic identity 0.01
 Non-Hispanic 413 80.0 94.1 87.4 to 100 80.6 74.4 to 86.9 77.4 72.7 to 82.1
 Hispanic 103 20.0 5.9 0 to 12.6 19.4 13.1 to 25.6 22.6 17.9 to 27.3
Non-menthol cigarettes
 Ever 372 70.2 74.1 62.0 to 86.1 72.2 65.3 to 79.2 68.5 63.3 to 73.6 0.56
 Current 217 58.3 55.0 38.9 to 71.1 62.4 53.5 to 71.3 56.7 50.1 to 63.4 0.49
Menthol cigarettes
 Ever 406 76.6 83.3 73.1 to 93.6 78.4 72.0 to 84.8 75.5 69.7 to 79.4 0.33
 Current 246 61.5 55.6 40.5 to 70.7 66.9 58.5 to 75.3 59.7 53.4 to 66.1 0.28
E-cigarettes or vape
 Ever 349 65.7 63.0 49.7 to 76.3 61.7 54.2 to 69.3 68.3 63.1 to 73.4 0.33
 Current 234 67.6 52.9 35.3 to 70.6 65.3 55.7 to 74.9 71.0 64.9 to 77.2 0.09
Smokeless tobacco
 Ever 138 26.0 29.6 17.0 to 42.2 31.5 24.3 to 38.7 22.6 18.0 to 27.3 0.09
 Current 62 45.9 37.5 10.9 to 64.1 61.2 47.1 to 75.4 37.1 25.5 to 48.7 0.03
Hookah or waterpipe
 Ever 352 66.3 75.9 64.1 to 87.7 61.7 54.2 to 69.3 67.0 61.8 to 72.2 0.18
 Current 140 40.0 24.4 10.7 to 38.1 44.9 34.9 to 54.9 40.8 34.1 to 47.4 0.07

*P value based on χ2 tests. Χ2 tests for ever and current use of tobacco products are compared with never and not current use.