Table 2

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of correlates of use of menthol cigarettes among past 30-day smokers in the USA, 2008–2010

Factor	N	Menthol, %	AOR	95% CI	p Value
Age (years)
12–15	1644	58.42	3.92	3.32 to 4.63	<0.0001
16–17	3251	55.82	3.62	3.25 to 4.03	<0.0001
18–21	10 095	48.37	2.61	2.34 to 2.90	<0.0001
22–25	10 172	41.58	1.85	1.69 to 2.03	<0.0001
26–34	5889	34.75	1.26	1.16 to 1.37	<0.0001
35+	9755	30.61	Reference
Gender
Female	19 780	39.62	1.62	1.49 to 1.76	<0.0001
Male	21 026	31.40	Reference
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic Black	4337	88.46	25.18	20.28 to 31.26	<0.0001
Non-Hispanic Asian	787	30.76	1.35	1.10 to 1.66	0.004
Non-Hispanic more than one race	1546	42.00	2.06	1.51 to 2.80	<0.0001
Non-Hispanic other	1227	45.19	2.26	1.64 to 3.12	<0.0001
Hispanic	5137	38.09	1.81	1.62 to 2.02	<0.0001
Non-Hispanic Caucasian	27 772	25.70	Reference
Household income
Lower tertile	11 971	40.64	0.95	0.84 to 1.08	0.44
Middle tertile	15 253	35.81	1.02	0.92 to 1.12	0.77
Higher tertile	13 582	31.21	Reference
Number of days smoked/month
1–5 days	8487	39.50	1.01	0.91 to 1.13	0.82
6–29 days	10 427	41.30	1.02	0.92 to 1.12	0.73
30 days	21 892	31.92	Reference

Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2008–2010. Self-reported menthol status was adjusted if necessary using retail checkout scanner data. Sample size=40 806.