Patterns of Tobacco Use and Dual Use in US Young Adults: The Missing Link between Youth Prevention and Adult Cessation

Table 2

Demographics by current tobacco product use, using poststratification weights for the full sample (unweighted 𝑁=4,201).

	Not tobacco users		Cigarettes only		Cigarettes and other tobacco products		Other tobacco products only
	Prevalence	95% CI	Prevalence	95% CI	Prevalence	95% CI	Prevalence	95% CI	𝑃 value
Overall	0.77	(0.75–0.79)	0.12	(0.11–0.14)	0.07	(0.06–0.08)	0.04	(0.03–0.05)	—
Age									0.129
18–24	0.78	(0.75–0.81)	0.11	(0.09–0.13)	0.06	(0.05–0.08)	0.05	(0.03–0.07)
25–34	0.77	(0.74–0.79)	0.13	(0.11–0.15)	0.07	(0.06–0.09)	0.03	(0.02–0.04)
Gender									<0.001
Male	0.75	(0.72–0.78)	0.10	(0.08–0.12)	0.09	(0.07–0.11)	0.06	(0.05–0.08)
Female	0.80	(0.77–0.82)	0.14	(0.12–0.16)	0.05	(0.04–0.06)	0.01	(0.01–0.02)
Race/ethnicity									0.017
White, non-Hispanic	0.75	(0.73–0.78)	0.13	(0.11–0.15)	0.07	(0.06–0.09)	0.04	(0.03–0.06)
Black, non-Hispanic	0.75	(0.68–0.80)	0.13	(0.09–0.19)	0.11	(0.07–0.16)	0.02	(0.01–0.03)
Other, non-Hispanic	0.84	(0.76–0.90)	0.10	(0.06–0.17)	0.03	(0.01–0.08)	0.03	(0.01–0.11)
Hispanic	0.83	(0.79–0.87)	0.09	(0.06–0.12)	0.06	(0.04–0.08)	0.03	(0.01–0.05)
Education									<0.001
Less than high school	0.68	(0.60–0.74)	0.20	(0.14–0.27)	0.12	(0.08–0.17)	0.01	(0.00–0.05)
High school	0.68	(0.62–0.72)	0.19	(0.15–0.24)	0.09	(0.06–0.13)	0.04	(0.02–0.07)
Some college	0.78	(0.75–0.81)	0.10	(0.08–0.12)	0.07	(0.05–0.09)	0.05	(0.04–0.07)
Bachelor’s degree	0.89	(0.86–0.92)	0.05	(0.03–0.08)	0.03	(0.02–0.05)	0.02	(0.01–0.05)
Graduate or professional degree	0.93	(0.90–0.96)	0.04	(0.02–0.08)	0.02	(0.01–0.04)	0.01	(0.00–0.01)
Current employment status									0.218
Work full-time (35 hours/week or more)	0.78	(0.75–0.81)	0.11	(0.09–0.13)	0.07	(0.05–0.09)	0.05	(0.03–0.06)
Work part-time (15–34 hours/week)	0.78	(0.73–0.83)	0.11	(0.08–0.15)	0.07	(0.05–0.10)	0.04	(0.02–0.07)
Work part-time (less than 15 hours/week)	0.70	(0.61–0.78)	0.16	(0.11–0.23)	0.11	(0.06–0.21)	0.02	(0.01–0.09)
Do not currently work for pay	0.77	(0.74–0.81)	0.13	(0.11–0.17)	0.07	(0.05–0.09)	0.02	(0.01–0.04)
Financial situation									<0.001
Live comfortably	0.86	(0.82–0.89)	0.05	(0.04–0.08)	0.04	(0.03–0.07)	0.04	(0.03–0.07)
Meet needs with a little left	0.81	(0.78–0.84)	0.10	(0.08–0.12)	0.06	(0.04–0.08)	0.03	(0.02–0.05)
Just meet basic expenses	0.72	(0.69–0.76)	0.16	(0.13–0.19)	0.08	(0.06–0.11)	0.04	(0.02–0.06)
Do not meet basic expenses	0.63	(0.55–0.71)	0.23	(0.17–0.32)	0.12	(0.08–0.19)	0.01	(0.01–0.03)