Prevalence of cigarette and e-cigarette use and smoking susceptibility characteristics by first product tried in 2014 and 2015*
| Nothing (n=24 867) | Cigarette (n=5057) | Other combustible tobacco† (n=2734) | E-cigarettes (n=2477) | Other non-combustible tobacco‡ (n=1102) | Unsure/inconsistent (2393) | P value | |
| % (95% CI) | |||||||
| Cigarette smoking | |||||||
| Ever use | – | a | b | c | d | b | <0.001 |
| 100 | 42.4 (39.5 to 45.4) | 26.0 (23.4 to 28.7) | 52.7 (48.4 to 57.0) | 41.2 (37.9 to 44.6) | |||
| Past 30 day use | – | a | b | c | d | c | <0.001 |
| 30.6 (28.5 to 32.8) | 11.9 (10.1 to 14.0) | 6.0 (4.9 to 7.4) | 20.0 (16.5 to 24.2) | 5.2 (4.2 to 6.4) | |||
| Established past 30 day use | – | a | b | c | d | d | <0.001 |
| 14.3 (12.7 to 16.0) | 3.9 (3.0 to 4.9) | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.1) | 8.4 (6.5 to 10.8) | 1.5 (1.0 to 2.2) | |||
| E-cigaretteuse | |||||||
| Ever use | – | a | b | c | b | d | <0.001 |
| 65.2 (62.2 to 68.1) | 54.1 (49.6 to 58.6) | 100 | 53.7 (48.1 to 59.2) | 42.6 (38.6 to 46.6) | |||
| Past 30 day use | – | a | b | c | b | d | <0.001 |
| 31.7 (28.8 to 34.8) | 24.1 (21.6 to 26.7) | 38.9 (35.6 to 42.3) | 26.8 (22.4 to 31.8) | 12.2 (10.5 to 14.2) | |||
| Smoking susceptibility characteristics | |||||||
| Any tobacco use at home | a | b | c, d | c | b | d | <0.001 |
| Yes | 33.6 (32.2 to 35.1) | 65.0 (62.8 to 67.1) | 54.7 (52.1 to 57.3) | 55.9 (53.2 to 58.7) | 66.6 (62.3 to 70.6) | 50.2 (47.4 to 53.0) | |
| No | 66.4 (64.9 to 67.8) | 35.0 (32.9 to 37.2) | 45.3 (42.7 to 47.9) | 44.1 (41.3 to 46.8) | 33.4 (29.4 to 37.7) | 49.8 (47.0 to 52.6) | |
| Smoke cigarette next year | a | b | c | d | e | f | <0.001 |
| Definitely yes | 0.1 (0.0 to 0.1) | 16.8 (15.1 to 18.5) | 5.1 (4.1 to 6.4) | 2.6 (2.0 to 3.4) | 11.4 (8.9 to 14.5) | 2.5 (1.8 to 3.4) | |
| Probably yes | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.8) | 20.4 (18.8 to 22.0) | 12.4 (10.9 to 14.1) | 8.9 (7.5 to 10.5) | 15.4 (12.9 to 18.3) | 5.7 (4.7 to 6.9) | |
| Probably not | 11.4 (10.7 to 12.2) | 27.3 (25.4 to 29.3) | 29.3 (26.9 to 31.8) | 34.5 (31.9 to 37.2) | 31.7 (28.1 to 35.6) | 26.9 (24.5 to 29.5) | |
| Definitely not | 87.8 (87.1 to 88.6) | 35.5 (33.4 to 37.7) | 53.1 (50.3 to 56.0) | 54.0 (50.7 to 57.2) | 41.5 (37.8 to 45.3) | 64.9 (62.0 to 67.7) | |
| Will try cigarette soon | a | b | c | d | e | f | <0.001 |
| Definitely yes | 0.1 (0.0 to 0.1) | 16.0 (14.5 to 17.6) | 4.9 (3.9 to 6.1) | 2.3 (1.7 to 3.1) | 8.8 (6.9 to 11.1) | 2.5 (1.9 to 3.4) | |
| Probably yes | 1.2 (1.1 to 1.4) | 16.7 (15.2 to 18.3) | 10.2 (8.9 to 11.7) | 9.1 (7.6 to 10.8) | 15.7 (12.9 to 19.1) | 7.1 (5.8 to 8.7) | |
| Probably not | 12.9 (12.2 to 13.6) | 31.2 (29.5 to 32.9) | 30.5 (28.0 to 33.1) | 35.9 (33.3 to 38.6) | 31.6 (27.8 to 35.6) | 26.5 (24.3 to (28.8) | |
| Definitely not | 85.8 (85.0 to 86.6) | 36.1 (34.0 to 38.2) | 54.4 (51.6 to 57.1) | 52.7 (49.5 to 55.8) | 43.9 (40.2 to 47.7) | 63.8 (61.1 to 66.4) | |
| If best friend offered a cigarette would smoke it | *a | b | c | d | e | f | <0.001 |
| Definitely yes | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3) | 18.2 (16.6 to 20.2) | 5.7 (4.6 to 6.9) | 3.0 (2.3 to 3.8) | 11.9 (9.7 to 14.5) | 3.1 (2.4 to 4.1) | |
| Probably yes | 1.3 (1.2 to 1.5) | 23.3 (21.6 to 25.2) | 15.8 (13.9 to 17.9) | 13.0 (11.3 to 14.8) | 18.4 (16.0 to 21.1) | 9.3 (7.7 to 11.2) | |
| Probably not | 14.6 (13.9 to 15.3) | 28.9 (27.3 to 30.6) | 28.3 (26.4 to 30.4) | 35.5 (32.7 to 38.5) | 30.8 (26.6 to 35.2) | 28.2 (26.0 to 30.5) | |
| Definitely not | 83.9 (83.1 to 84.6) | 29.6 (27.5 to 31.7) | 50.2 (47.5 to 52.8) | 48.5 (45.3 to 51.8) | 39.0 (35.2 to 42.9) | 59.4 (56.8 to 61.9) | |
| All tobacco products are dangerous | a | b | c | d | e | f | <0.001 |
| Strongly agree | 68.0 (66.7 to 69.2) | 35.2 (33.1 to 37.4) | 28.9 (26.8 to 31.1) | 30.6 (28.0 to 33.3) | 22.4 (19.3 to 25.9) | 42.2 (39.7 to 44.8) | |
| Agree | 25.4 (24.3 to 26.4) | 43.8 (41.9 to 45.8) | 48.7 (46.4 to 51.1) | 50.7 (48.3 to 53.1) | 48.8 (45.2 to 52.4) | 37.6 (34.8 to 40.5) | |
| Disagree | 3.2 (2.9 to 3.6) | 15.7 (14.1 to 17.4) | 17.2 (15.1 to 19.6) | 16.1 (14.2 to 18.2) | 21.7 (18.6 to 25.0) | 11.4 (9.9 to 13.1) | |
| Strongly disagree | 3.4 (3.0 to 3.9) | 5.3 (4.5 to 6.2) | 5.2 (4.3 to 6.2) | 2.6 (2.0 to 3.5) | 7.2 (5.5 to 9.2) | 8.8 (7.0 to 10.9) | |
| Harm caused by breathing smoke | a | b | c | b, c | b, c | d | <0.001 |
| No harm | 2.8 (2.5 to 3.2) | 6.4 (5.6 to 7.4) | 4.9 (4.1 to 5.9) | 4.3 (3.1 to 5.9) | 7.6 (5.8 to 9.9) | 10.9 (9.3 to 12.7) | |
| Little harm | 15.9 (15.0 to 16.8) | 22.2 (20.8 to 23.7) | 19.4 (17.4 to 21.5) | 23.0 (20.9 to 25.3) | 23.0 (16.5 to 26.9) | 17.2 (15.1 to 19.6) | |
| Some harm | 37.6 (36.6 to 38.6) | 37.1 (35.2 to 39.0) | 44.1 (41.7 to 46.5) | 40.3 (37.8 to 42.8) | 40.6 (37.2 to 44.0) | 33.5 (30.6 to 36.7) | |
| A lot of harm | 43.7 (42.4 to 45.0) | 34.2 (32.4 (36.2) | 31.7 (29.3 to 34.2) | 32.4 (29.8 to 35.1) | 28.9 (25.6 to 32.3) | 38.3 (35.7 to 41.0) | |
a, b, c, d, e, f, Non-shared letters indicate significant differences (p<0.05) for between group (product use) analyses.
*Weighted percentages, raw N, missing data (n=1088).
†Includes cigars, cigarillos, little cigars, hookah/waterpipe with tobacco, pipe, bidis.
‡Includes chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, dissolvable tobacco.