Prevalence of first product tried by sociodemographic characteristics in 2014 and 2015†
| Sociodemographic characteristics | 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) |
| % (95% CI) | ||||||
| Sex | *** | *** | *** | *** | ||
| Female | 66.4 (64.7 to 68.0) | 14.0 (13.0 to 15.1) | 7.1 (6.4 to 7.8) | 6.3 (5.7 to 7.0) | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.3) | 5.2 (4.7 to 5.8) |
| Male | 61.9 (59.9 to 63.9) | 12.2 (11.3 to 13.1) | 7.5 (6.8 to 8.3) | 6.8 (6.1 to 7.5) | 5.2 (4.3 to 6.4) | 6.4 (5.8 to 7.1) |
| Age (years) | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| ≤12 | 87.5 (85.9 to 88.9) | 4.4 (3.8 to 5.2) | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.8) | 2.9 (2.4 to 3.5) | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.8) | 2.5 (2.1 to 3.0) |
| 13 | 78.0 (75.5 to 80.4) | 7.0 (6.0 to 8.1) | 3.4 (2.7 to 4.2) | 5.4 (4.5 to 6.5) | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.6) | 4.5 (3.7 to 5.4) |
| 14 | 70.7 (68.7 to 72.6) | 9.8 (8.6 to 11.1) | 4.7 (4.0 to 5.5) | 7.0 (6.0 to 8.1) | 1.9 (1.4 to 2.7) | 5.9 (5.0 to 6.9) |
| 15 | 59.3 (56.6 to 62.0) | 14.7 (13.2 to 16.4) | 7.8 (6.6 to 9.1) | 8.5 (7.3 to 9.7) | 2.9 (2.1 to 3.8) | 6.8 (6.0 to 7.8) |
| 16 | 50.3 (48.2 to 52.3) | 19.3 (17.5 to 21.2) | 9.9 (8.6 to 11.4) | 8.9 (7.9 to 10.1) | 4.6 (3.5 to 6.0) | 7.0 (6.2 to 7.9) |
| 17+ | 42.6 (40.4 to 44.8) | 21.7 (20.1 to 23.4) | 14.6 (13.4 to 15.9) | 7.2 (6.3 to 8.3) | 5.7 (4.7 to 7.0) | 8.1 (7.1 to 9.1) |
| Ethnicity | *** | * | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic white | 65.5 63.3 to 67.6) | 13.5 (12.4 to 14.7) | 6.5 (5.7 to 7.3) | 6.6 (5.9 to 7.4) | 4.5 (3.7 to 5.5) | 3.4 (3.0 to 3.8) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 62.2 (59.0 to 65.3) | 11.1 (9.9 to 12.4) | 10.6 (9.2 to 12.2) | 4.5 (3.8 to 5.4) | 0.7 (0.5 to 1.0) | 11.0 (9.6 to 12.5) |
| Hispanic | 59.6 (57.6 to 61.6) | 14.0 (12.9 to 15.3) | 8.2 (7.2 to 9.3) | 8.2 (7.4 to 9.1) | 1.6 (1.3 to 2.0) | 8.3 (7.6 to 9.2) |
| Non-Hispanic other | 70.2 (63.7 to 76.0) | 11.5 (8.8 to 14.9) | 4.3 (3.4 to 5.4) | 5.3 (3.9 to 7.3) | 1.4 (0.9 to 2.3) | 7.3 (5.4 to 9.8) |
| School | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Middle school (grade 6–8) | 80.4 (78.5 to 82.2) | 6.7 (5.9 to 7.7) | 2.7 (2.3 to 3.1) | 4.6 (4.1 to 5.2) | 1.6 (1.2 to 2.2) | 4.0 (3.5 to 4.5) |
| High school (grade 9–12) | 51.3 (49.5 to 53.1) | 18.1 (16.8 to 19.4) | 10.9 (10.1 to 11.7) | 8.1 (7.3 to 8.9) | 4.4 (3.6 to 5.4) | 7.3 (6.6 to 8.0) |
*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001 for within 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.