Exploring the Next Frontier for Tobacco Control: Nondaily Smoking among New York City Adults
Table 2
Characteristics of Nondaily, light and heavy smokers, current adult smokers aged 18 years and over—New York City Community Health Survey, 2010.
Nondaily smoker
Light smoker
Heavy smoker
value
%
%
%
Overall
35.6
37.0
27.4*
0.009
Mean cigarettes per day (SE)
1.8 (0.1)
7.1 (0.2)*
23.4 (1.0)*
<.001
Age group
18–24
14.6
16.4
5.0∧
0.061
25–44
52.0
45.4
47.5
45–64
26.8
30.5
36.3
65+
6.6
7.7
11.2
Race/Ethnicity
White non-Hispanic
41.3
31.3*
54.0*
<.001
Black non-Hispanic
25.0
23.0
10.4*
Hispanic
27.2
36.8
24.0
Other non-Hispanic
6.6
9.0
11.6
Male
50.6
47.1
66.4*
0.029
Borough of residence
Bronx
16.7
18.5
15.5
0.428
Brooklyn
30.2
27.6
29.6
Manhattan
15.6
22.7
19.3
Queens
32.4
27.3
28.3
Staten Island
5.1∧
3.9
7.2
HS graduate or less (among adults aged 25+)
39.2
44.3
48.5
0.020
Income (% federal poverty level)
<200 FPL
46.4
53.6
49.4
0.207
200–<400 FPL
21.6
16.8
13.5*
≥400 FPL
32.0
29.7
37.1
Smoking Cessation (past 12 months)
Tried to quit smoking
73.4
51.4*
54.8*
0.001
Received provider advice to quit
43.5
59.6*
64.8*
<.001
Smoking is not allowed in the home
52.3
44.2
27.1*
<.001
Time to first cigarette
Within 60 minutes
21.5
59.0*
85.5*
<.001
More than 1 hour
78.5
41.0
14.5
Source of last cigarette
Carton
7.8
10.4
35.4*
<.001
Pack
66.1
76.6*
60.2
Single/loosie/bummed/roll own
26.1
13.0*
4.4∧
Last cigarette purchased from tax-avoidant location
70.7
85.3*
60.8
<.001
Binge Drinking (last 30 days)
28.7
24.9
38.0
0.503
*Significantly different from Nondaily smokers, . See Section 2 for descriptions and definitions of smoker types. ∧Estimate’s Relative Standard Error (a measure of estimate precision) is greater than 30% or the sample size is too small, making the estimate potentially unreliable. We present only one category for dichotomous variables to eliminate redundancy in the table.
