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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Public Health. 2017 Aug 17;107(10):1554–1559. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303967

Table 2.

Rural and urban weighted prevalences (S.E.) of adult tobacco-product use, by gender, poverty, and region. All values are for past 30-day-use, unless otherwise specified.

Traditional Tobacco Product Use Emerging Tobacco Product Use Dual/Poly Use
Cigarettes
(daily)
Cigarettes Menthol
Cigarettes
Smokeless
Tobacco
Cigars Pipes E-Cigarettes Cigarillos Hookah Traditional
Only
Emerging
Only
Mixed
Gender
 Male Rural 19.4% (.84)* 26.6% (1.1) 5.8% (.53)* 12.0% (.71)* 5.6% (.33) 1.5% (.18) 6.1% (.35)* 5.7% (.29) 1.1% (.14)* 3.9% (.30)* 0.3% (.08) 9.0% (.44)*
 Male Urban 15.6% (.29)* 25.8% (.40) 7.5% (.21)* 4.3% (.22)* 6.5% (.21) 1.6% (.10) 7.9% (.23)* 6.6% (.22) 3.1% (.16)* 2.2% (.11)* 0.5% (.05) 11.3% (.30)*
 Female Rural 17.3% (.86)* 22.7% (1.0)* 5.9% (.40) 0.7% (.16)* 0.9% (.12) 0.3% (.07) 6.2% (.40) 1.9% (.21)* 0.7% (.09)* 0.5% (.10) 0.1% (.03)* 6.6% (.39)
 Female Urban 11.4% (.29)* 18.5% (.36)* 6.3% (.19) 0.2% (.04)* 1.0% (.06) 0.2% (.03) 5.8% (.19( 2.8% (.10)* 2.0% (.10)* 0.3% (.04) 0.3% (.04)* 6.4% (.18%)

Poverty Level
 Belo w Rural 32.0% (1.79)* 43.3% (1.92)* 11.6% (.84) 7.1% (.80)* 4.6% (.43) 1.5% (.20) 11.4% (.73) 7.9% (.61) 1.9% (.25)* 3.7% (.33)* 0.3% (.36) * 15.2% (.80)
 Below Urban 20.4% (.56)* 34.7% (.70)* 11.8% (.41) 2.2% (.18)* 4.5% (.21) 1.5% (.11) 9.4% (.39) 9.3% (.35) 4.4% (.25)* 1.6% (.12)* 0.7% (.21) * 14.3% (.50)
 At or Above Rural 15.1% (.64)* 20.2% (.84) 4.6% (.40) 6.3% (.32)* 3.1% (.19) 0.7% (.11) 5.1% (.32)* 2.8% (.21) 0.6% (.09)* 1.9% (.19)* 0.2% (.13) 6.1% (.38)
 At or Above Urban 11.4% (.26)* 18.4% (.31) 5.6% (.15) 2.3% (.12)* 3.5% (.13) 0.7% (.05) 6.1% (.17)* 3.2% (.12) 2.0% (.10)* 1.1% (.06)* 0.3% (.08) 7.2% (.19)

Region
 NE Rural 16.6% (1.16)* 21.9% (1.45) 5.1% (.56)* 4.4% (.67)* 3.5% (.40) 1.1% (.24) 4.5% (.38) 3.2% (.45) 0.8% (.11)* 1.8% (.15) * 0.3% (.09) 6.1% (.42)*
 NE Urban 12.9% (.63)* 21.3% (.77) 7.5% (.36)* 1.3% (.19)* 4.4% (.26) 0.6% (.10) 5.0% (.35) 4.2% (.29) 2.9% (.28)* 1.2% (.14) * 0.4% (.07) 7.6% (.34)*
 MW Rural 19.1% (1.8) 25.8% (1.77) 5.2% (.92)* 6.9% (.58)* 3.9% (.41) 1.0% (.30) 8.0% (.78) 3.8% (.36)* 0.9% (.13)* 2.9% (.43)* 0.3% (.12) 8.7% (.74)
 MW Urban 16.5% (.54) 24.6% (.66) 8.2% (.40)* 2.4% (.16)* 3.7% (.23) 1.0% (.11) 7.4% (.37) 4.9% (.24)* 2.1% (.16)* 1.5% (.11)* 0.4% (.09) 9.5% (.40)
 S Rural 20.0% (1.18)* 26.8% (1.50) 7.2% (.65) 7.3% (.52)* 2.9% (.32) 0.8% (.11) 6.2% (.41) 4.3% (.30)* 0.9% (.18)* 2.2% (.19) * 0.2% (.05)* 8.4% (.56)
 S Urban 14.0% (.50)* 23.3% (.64) 7.9% (.30) 2.6% (.24)* 3.7% (.18) 0.9% (.08) 7.4% (.28) 5.5% (.27)* 2.4% (.18)* 1.2% (.07) * 0.4% (.05)* 9.7% (.35)
 W Rural 12.3% (1.4) 17.6% (2.4) 2.8% (.32) 4.0% (.96)* 2.7% (.29) 1.0% (.27) 5.2% (.94) 2.3% (.27)* 1.1% (.24)* ** ** **
 W Urban 10.4% (.57) 18.7% (.81) 4.0% (.27) 1.8% (.20)* 2.9% (.19) 0.8% (.12) 6.7% (.39) 3.5% (.23)* 2.8% (.26)* ** ** **
*

indicates p < .01 for the urban/rural comparison.

**

One or more cell sizes for this urban/rural comparison did not meet minimum threshold for disclosure.