Psychological distress, socio-demographics and time to first cigarette for current smokers by menthol use (N=24 157)*
| Respondent characteristics | Cigarette type smoked in the past month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menthol | Non-menthol | |||
| Weighted, % (95% CI) | Unweighted, n | Weighted, % (95% CI) | Unweighted, n | |
| Total sample | 33.3 (32.2 to 34.3) | 9198 | 66.7 (65.7 to 67.8) | 14 959 |
| Psychological distress (K6)* | ||||
| None or mild (K6: 0–4) | 32.2 (31.3 to 33.1) | 4511 | 67.8 (66.7 to 68.9) | 7962 |
| Moderate (K6: 5–12) | 34.0 (33.3 to 34.7) | 3591 | 66.0 (65.1 to 66.9) | 5592 |
| Severe (K6: 13–24) | 37.5 (37.2 to 37.8) | 1096 | 62.5 (62.0 to 63.0) | 1405 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 29.6 (28.8 to 30.4) | 4307 | 70.4 (69.3 to 71.5) | 8117 |
| Female | 37.5 (36.7 to 38.3) | 4891 | 62.5 (61.5 to 63.5) | 6842 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 18–25 | 41.8 (41.5 to 42.1) | 5829 | 58.2 (57.8 to 58.6) | 7898 |
| 26–34 | 32.6 (32.1 to 33.1) | 1325 | 67.4 (66.7 to 68.1) | 2572 |
| 35 or older | 30.5 (29.5 to 31.5) | 2044 | 69.5 (68.3 to 70.7) | 4489 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Caucasian† | 24.1 (23.3 to 24.9) | 4786 | 75.9 (74.8 to 77.0) | 11 689 |
| African–American† | 85.1 (84.4 to 85.8) | 2267 | 14.9 (14.5 to 15.3) | 356 |
| Hispanic | 35.3 (34.9 to 35.7) | 1308 | 64.6 (64.0 to 65.2) | 1709 |
| Asian–American† | 27.8 (27.7 to 27.9) | 206 | 72.2 (71.9 to 72.5) | 300 |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander† | 86.3 (86.2 to 86.4) | 88 | 13.7 (13.7 to 13.7) | 20 |
| Native American/Alaska Native† | 27.8 (27.7 to 27.9) | 166 | 72.2 (72.0 to 72.4) | 411 |
| Multiracial† | 39.1 (38.8 to 39.4) | 377 | 60.9 (60.7 to 61.1) | 474 |
| Education | ||||
| <High school | 35.7 (35.2 to 36.2) | 2392 | 64.3 (63.5 to 65.1) | 3275 |
| High school/GED | 34.4 (33.7 to 35.1) | 3707 | 65.6 (64.6 to 66.6) | 5565 |
| Some college | 34.9 (34.3 to 35.5) | 2444 | 65.1 (64.3 to 65.9) | 4161 |
| College graduate | 24.2 (23.7 to 24.7) | 655 | 75.8 (75.0 to 76.6) | 1958 |
| Income | ||||
| <US$20 000 | 38.4 (37.8 to 39.0) | 2999 | 61.6 (60.8 to 62.4) | 4139 |
| US$20 000–US$49 999 | 33.7 (33.0 to 34.4) | 3424 | 66.3 (65.3 to 67.3) | 5739 |
| US$50 000–US$74 999 | 30.1 (29.6 to 30.6) | 1234 | 69.9 (69.2 to 70.6) | 2344 |
| US$75 000 or more | 29.5 (28.9 to 30.1) | 1541 | 70.5 (69.6 to 71.4) | 2737 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Never married | 40.8 (40.1 to 41.5) | 6336 | 59.2 (58.4 to 60.0) | 8520 |
| Divorced, separated or widowed | 30.6 (30.0 to 31.2) | 1056 | 69.4 (68.5 to 70.3) | 2192 |
| Married | 27.7 (26.9 to 28.5) | 1806 | 72.3 (71.2 to 73.4) | 4247 |
| Health insurance‡ | ||||
| No | 38.1 (37.4 to 38.8) | 4664 | 61.9 (61.0 to 62.8) | 6347 |
| Yes | 30.5 (29.6 to 31.4) | 4507 | 69.5 (68.4 to 70.6) | 8587 |
| Time to first cigarette | ||||
| Within 30 min | 34.0 (33.2 to 34.8) | 4085 | 66.0 (64.9 to 67.1) | 6457 |
| After 30 min | 32.6 (31.8 to 33.4) | 5113 | 67.4 (66.3 to 68.5) | 8502 |
* Psychological distress categories were derived from published cut-points41 using the Kessler-6 (K6) measure of psychological distress.35
† Respondents were not Hispanic.
‡ Includes Medicare, private or military insurance (ie, TRICARE, CHAMPUS, CHAMPVA or VA coverage).
GED, graduate equivalency degree.