Table 1

Prevalence (%) of menthol cigarette use among past 30-day smokers, by age and gender, race/ethnicity, household income and the number of days smoked/month in the USA, 2008-2010 and 2012–2014

	2008–2010						2012–2014
	All Ages	12–17	18–25	26–34	35–49	50+	All Ages	12–17	18–25	26–34	35–49	50+
Overall	34.7	52.5	43.6	34.6	30.3	30.6	38.8	53.9	50.0	43.9	32.3	32.9
Gender
Male	30.9	49.8	40.6	32.5	24.9	25.6	34.8	50.8	45.9	39.8	29.2	26.7
Female	39.1	55.5	47.4	37.3	36.3	35.7	43.5	57.6	55.9	49.3	35.9	39.1
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	25.6	49.5	36.1	23.6	20.0	22.5	28.9	51.6	41.7	33.4	20.9	24.0
Non-Hispanic black	86.0	74.2	85.7	91.3	89.0	80.4	84.6	71.3	84.3	90.5	87.2	79.8
Non-Hispanic other	45.1	56.0	56.1	38.7	48.5	31.6	46.7	52.6	54.4	51.6	41.9	41.8
Non-Hispanic Asian	30.3	58.5	48.1	27.0	24.9	17.0	38.0	39.5	54.3	42.5	25.2	27.4
Non-Hispanic more than one race	41.1	54.8	50.2	30.4	47.5	33.7	38.1	57.4	57.5	52.5	30.0	23.7
Hispanic	37.1	53.3	45.4	40.0	31.2	26.8	46.9	56.7	57.5	51.2	41.7	33.0
Household income
<US$10 000 (including loss)–US$29 999	38.6	53.1	43.8	42.4	36.7	32.1	43.7	54.3	50.8	51.0	39.2	37.0
US$30 000–US$74 999	33.2	53.3	43.4	32.8	27.9	30.2	37.2	57.0	49.9	42.1	30.7	30.7
US$75 000 or more	30.5	50.9	43.3	24.8	25.8	28.4	32.1	48.7	48.2	33.8	24.9	28.3
Number of days smoked per month (days)
1–5	37.7	51.2	40.8	32.4	33.4	39.1	41.4	55.3	50.0	42.3	34.3	32.3
6–29	40.5	55.5	45.2	37.7	36.8	38.6	45.7	55.7	52.4	49.0	41.1	39.2
30	31.8	50.5	44.0	34.1	27.7	27.7	35.4	48.5	48.3	42.2	29.3	31.2

Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Self-reported menthol status was adjusted if necessary using retail checkout scanner data. Sample size=35 320.
Bolded percentages indicate statistically significant change from 2008–2010 to 2012–2014 (p<0.05).