Past 30-day use (%) of cigars* and smokeless† and non-menthol cigarette smokers, by gender and age, USA, 2004–2014
| Cigars* | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–2007 (N=57 451) | 2008–2011 (N=53 961) | 2012–2014 (N=35 296) | ||||||||||
| Menthol smoker | Non-menthol smoker | OR (menthol vs non-menthol‡) | p Value | Menthol smoker | Non-menthol smoker | OR (menthol vs non-menthol‡) | p Value | Menthol smoker | Non-menthol smoker | OR (menthol vs non-menthol‡) | p Value | |
| Overall | 13.5 | 11.5 | 1.2 | <0.01 | 13.9 | 10.7 | 1.4 | <0.01 | 12.9 | 10.6 | 1.3 | <0.01 |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 20.6 | 16.7 | 1.3 | <0.01 | 20.6 | 15.1 | 1.5 | <0.01 | 19.5 | 14.7 | 1.4 | <0.01 |
| Female | 7.0 | 4.8 | 1.5 | <0.01 | 7.9 | 4.9 | 1.7 | <0.01 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 1.4 | <0.01 |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| 12–17 | 25.1 | 27.8 | 0.9 | <0.05 | 26.7 | 26.8 | 1.0 | 0.96 | 22.3 | 25.0 | 0.9 | 0.19 |
| 18–25 | 23.3 | 20.6 | 1.2 | <0.01 | 22.1 | 19.7 | 1.2 | <0.01 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 1.0 | 0.99 |
| 26–34 | 15.1 | 12.0 | 1.3 | <0.01 | 15.3 | 10.8 | 1.5 | <0.01 | 14.2 | 12.2 | 1.2 | 0.16 |
| 35–49 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 1.1 | 0.19 | 11.1 | 7.8 | 1.5 | <0.05 |
| 50+ | 5.7 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 0.8 | 0.09 |
| Smokeless tobacco† | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–2007 (N=57 514) | 2008–2011 (N=54 016) | 2012–2014 (N=35 320) | ||||||||||
| Menthol Smoker | Non-menthol smoker | OR (menthol vs non-menthol§) | p Value | Menthol smoker | Non-menthol smoker | OR (menthol vs non-menthol§) | p Value | Menthol smoker | Non-menthol smoker | OR (menthol vs non-menthol§) | p Value | |
| Overall | 3.3 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.01 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 0.6 | <0.01 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 0.8 | <0.01 |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 6.2 | 10.0 | 0.6 | 0.01 | 8.2 | 11.3 | 0.7 | <0.01 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 0.9 | <0.05 |
| Female | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.74 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.06 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.28 |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| 12–17 | 8.2 | 13.8 | 0.6 | <0.01 | 12.1 | 15.0 | 0.8 | <0.01 | 15.7 | 18.7 | 0.8 | 0.13 |
| 18–25 | 5.9 | 10.6 | 0.5 | <0.01 | 8.1 | 12.4 | 0.6 | <0.01 | 8.6 | 13.2 | 0.6 | <0.01 |
| 26–34 | 3.8 | 7.4 | 0.5 | <0.01 | 4.2 | 9.2 | 0.4 | <0.01 | 5.4 | 10.2 | 0.5 | <0.01 |
| 35–49 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 0.4 | <0.01 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 0.4 | <0.01 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 0.7 | <0.05 |
| 50+ | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.07 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.4 | <0.05 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.18 |
*Includes big cigars, cigarillos and little cigars.
†Includes chewing tobacco or snuff or both.
‡Estimated OR comparing past 30-day cigar prevalence among menthol cigarette smokers with past 30-day cigar prevalence among non-menthol cigarette smokers. Bolded ORs indicate statistically significant differences between menthol and non-menthol cigarette smokers.
§Estimated OR comparing past 30-day smokeless prevalence among menthol cigarette smokers with past 30-day smokeless prevalence among non-menthol cigarette smokers. Bolded ORs indicate statistically significant differences between menthol and non-menthol cigarette smokers.