Table 2

Percentage of flavoured tobacco use among non-cigarette tobacco users, by product and demographic characteristics, 2013–2014

 Any flavoured
NCTP use (n=8020)
Flavoured
Electronic cigarette use (n=3434)
Flavoured
Hookah use (n=1427)
Flavoured
Cigar use (n=2783)
Flavoured
Smokeless tobacco use (n=1984)
Flavoured
Pipe use (n=376)
n% (95% CI)p Value*n% (95% CI)p Value*n% (95% CI)p Value*n% (95% CI)p Value*n% (95% CI)p Value*n% (95% CI)p Value*
Overall433361.1 (59.7 to 62.5)217368.2 (66.2 to 70.2)114482.3 (79.8 to 84.6)84836.2 (33.7 to 38.7)91950.6 (47.7 to 53.5)6825.8 (19.7 to 33.0)
Gender<0.0010.7990.359<0.0010.855
 Male267256.3 (54.6 to 58.0)112068.0 (65.2 to 70.6)65381.3 (77.8 to 84.3)59231.3 (28.7 to 34.1)84750.6 (47.6 to 53.6)6225.2 (18.9 to 32.7)
 Female161871.7 (69.4 to 73.9)103468.5 (65.5 to 71.4)47883.6 (79.6 to 86.9)24359.4 (53.2 to 65.3)6149.4 (37.2 to 61.7)6
Age group (years)<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001
 18–24124083.5 (81.2 to 85.6)54585.2 (81.7 to 88.2)64685.9 (82.8 to 88.5)20848.3 (42.3 to 54.3)23968.9 (62.7 to 74.6)8
 25–2963969.5 (65.6 to 73.2)28872.8 (67.2 to 77.7)25576.7 (70.3 to 82.0)10541.0 (34.1 to 48.3)12155.2 (46.7 to 63.5)4
 30–44112161.6 (58.9 to 64.2)60470.0 (66.1 to 73.7)20179.8 (73.1 to 85.3)21337.1 (32.3 to 42.2)26251.1 (45.8 to 56.3)2228.0 (17.9 to 41.0)
 45–64105541.9 (39.5 to 44.4)60351.8 (48.0 to 55.6)3766.8 (51.9 to 79.0)25228.8 (25.1 to 32.8)22537.2 (32.4 to 42.2)2325.1 (15.5 to 37.9)
 65+25526.3 (22.9 to 30.1)11835.9 (29.1 to 43.2)26717.8 (13.4 to 23.2)6828.1 (21.7 to 35.4)10
Race/ethnicity<0.001<0.0010.059<0.0010.019
 White, Non-Hispanic292655.7 (54.0 to 57.3)150263.2 (60.7 to 65.5)64880.0 (76.3 to 83.2)52030.5 (27.8 to 33.3)72948.8 (45.7 to 52.0)4925.5 (18.5 to 33.9)
 Black, Non-Hispanic43671.8 (67.4 to 75.7)18087.5 (81.8 to 91.6)14389.2 (83.4 to 93.1)13247.9 (40.7 to 55.1)3344.7 (31.3 to 58.8)9
 Hispanic42668.6 (64.1 to 72.7)20671.6 (64.9 to 77.5)13381.7 (74.2 to 87.5)8748.6 (38.4 to 59.0)7955.1 (45.0 to 64.7)5
 Other, Non-Hispanic§47274.6 (70.6 to 78.2)25080.6 (74.7 to 85.5)20382.7 (76.5 to 87.6)9447.6 (39.6 to 55.8)6066.6 (54.4 to 76.9)1
Annual household income (US$)<0.0010.3660.917<0.0010.323
 <20 00047562.7 (58.1 to 67.0)24866.7 (60.1 to 72.8)9185.4 (75.7 to 91.7)14447.8 (40.7 to 55.0)6947.6 (36.9 to 57.1)1440.6 (23.6 to 60.3)
 20 000–49 999125062.7 (60.0 to 65.3)65768.4 (64.7 to 71.9)33482.2 (77.2 to 86.4)27644.1 (39.1 to 49.2)23951.4 (45.7 to 57.1)21 26.4 (16.2 to 39.8)
 50 000–99 999102859.7 (56.9 to 62.5)51767.2 (62.9 to 71.2)29281.3 (76.3 to 85.5)14729.7 (24.8 to 35.2)22646.3 (40.7 to 52.0)13
 ≥100 00055653.8 (50.3 to 57.3)23964.5 (58.6 to 70.0)16081.1 (74.0 to 86.5)7420.2 (15.7 to 25.6)16955.0 (48.4 to 61.5)6
 Unspecified102464.4 (61.5 to 67.1)51271.4 (67.2 to 75.3)26783.1 (77.5 to 87.5)20738.4 (33.2 to 43.8)21652.5 (46.7 to 58.3)1430.9 (17.1 to 49.2)
Education<0.0010.0780.166<0.0010.203
 Less than high school42064.4 (59.9 to 68.7)19470.0 (63.6 to 75.8)6483.9 (68.7 to 92.5)12246.2 (38.7 to 53.9)11154.9 (46.5 to 63.0)13
 High school diploma/GED135462.9 (60.4 to 65.3)72269.4 (65.8 to 72.7)33484.2 (79.8 to 87.8)30142.3 (37.7 to 47.1)29548.6 (43.8 to 53.5)1930.5 (19.3 to 44.7)
 Some college157563.4 (61.2 to 65.6)85968.5 (65.4 to 71.6)39583.7 (79.7 to 87.1)28635.6 (31.6 to 39.8)30753.2 (48.2 to 58.1)2320.4 (13.1 to 30.3)
 Bachelor's degree or higher92749.6 (46.9 to 52.3)37260.5 (55.8 to 65.0)33775.2 (70.2 to 79.5)12416.9 (13.7 to 20.6)19345.8 (40.1 to 51.6)13
US census region0.1260.0040.0490.0340.277
 Northeast68260.6 (56.9 to 64.2)28963.8 (57.9 to 69.3)24486.3 (81.4 to 90.1)10728.3 (22.6 to 34.9)12251.7 (43.2 to 60.1)8
 Midwest 90558.7 (55.7 to 61.7)45162.9 (58.5 to 67.1)19986.1 (80.3 to 90.4)18736.4 (31.4 to 41.6)22755.3 (49.4 to 61.1)11
 South159561.2 (59.0 to 63.3)81470.7 (67.4 to 73.8)36382.1 (77.9 to 85.6)34239.2 (35.4 to 43.2)35649.3 (44.9 to 53.7)3033.9 (23.8 to 45.7)
 West115163.8 (61.0 to 66.5)61971.4 (67.6 to 75.0)33877.7 (71.8 to 82.6)21235.5 (30.3 to 41.2)21447.6 (41.7 to 53.5)1923.1 (13.6 to 36.4)
Sexual orientation<0.0010.0830.063<0.001
 Heterosexual/straight352159.6 (58.1 to 61.1)178267.4 (65.2 to 69.6)87781.2 (78.2 to 83.8)66735.1 (32.4 to 37.9)77149.7 (46.6 to 52.8)5522.8 (16.8 to 30.3)
 Lesbian, gay or bisexual28979.7 (75.0 to 83.7)14676.2 (68.8 to 82.3)12489.6 (82.7 to 94.0)6563.2 (52.6 to 72.7)282
 Unspecified52362.8 (58.8 to 66.6)24569.1 (62.7 to 74.9)14382.6 (73.7 to 89.0)11632.4 (26.5 to 39.0)12052.9 (45.0 to 60.7)11
Cigarette smoking status<0.001<0.0010.826<0.0010.030
 Current smoker214863.3 (61.3 to 65.3)138463.2 (60.5 to 65.7)38783.8 (79.0 to 87.7)53143.8 (40.3 to 47.5)33055.3(50.6 to 60.7)4134.1 (24.3 to 45.4)
 Recent former smoker40572.1 (67.4 to 76.4)29278.1 (72.9 to 82.5)6482.2 (69.2 to 90.5)4338.9 (28.1 to 50.9)5757.7 (44.7 to 69.6)1
 Long-term former smoker53344.7 (41.3 to 48.2)17970.4 (63.7 to 76.4)6781.2 (70.8 to 88.5)9618.0 (14.3 to 22.4)22246.9 (41.5 to 52.5)11
 Never smoker121162.8 (60.3 to 65.3)30684.8 (79.9 to 88.6)61581.4 (78.1 to 84.4)16730.8 (26.2 to 35.8)30046.9 (42.1 to 51.8)1318.6 (10.1 to 31.8)
Frequency of use<0.0010.002
 Every day53775.7 (71.8 to 79.2)1514443.1 (36.3 to 50.2)10
 Some days65968.5 (64.8 to 72.0)16191.7 (86.1 to 95.1)22241.8 (36.6 to 47.3)2233.8 (21.4 to 48.9)
 Rarely97764.8 (61.7 to 67.7)96880.8 (77.9 to 83.3)48232.8 (29.9 to 36.0)3625.1 (17.3 to 35.0)
  • *p Value based on Satterthwaite-adjusted Wald χ2.

  • †p Value not presented due to unstable estimates for one or more demographic groups.

  • ‡The relative SE was ≥30% or denominator <50.

  • §Other, Non-Hispanic includes Asian, Non-Hispanic; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic; American Indian or Alaska Native, Non-Hispanic; Multiracial, Non-Hispanic and Other race, Non-Hispanic.

  • ¶Since frequency of smokeless tobacco use (‘every day’, ‘some days’ or ‘rarely’) was assessed in three separate questions based on product type: (1) chewing tobacco, snuff or dip; (2) snus and (3) dissolvable tobacco products, there were different combinations of responses which could not be aggregated into a single frequency of use variable. Thus, flavoured smokeless tobacco use by frequency of use is not presented.

  • GED, general education development certificate; n, unweighted number of past 30-day flavoured product users.