Table 3

Associations between demographics, prepandemic commercial tobacco use, financial hardships and increased receipt of tobacco product coupons

VariableIncreased receipt of coupons for…
Cigarettes
AOR (95% CI)
Electronic vaping products
AOR (95% CI)
Cigars and cigarillos
AOR (95% CI)
Hookah and other combustible tobacco products
AOR (95% CI)
Smokeless tobacco
AOR (95% CI)
Sex (Reference: Male)
 Female1.81 (1.13 to 2.91)1.17 (0.70 to 1.96)0.96 (0.53 to 1.72)1.21 (0.73 to 2.00)0.81 (0.44 to 1.50)
Age0.99 (0.98 to 1.01)0.99 (0.97 to 1.01)1.00 (0.98 to 1.03)0.98 (0.96 to 1.00)1.00 (0.98 to 1.03)
Race (Reference: White)
 Asian1.14 (0.45 to 2.87)1.44 (0.59 to 3.49)1.36 (0.46 to 4.01)1.33 (0.46 to 3.84)0.89 (0.30 to 2.67)
 Black/African American1.26 (0.67 to 2.34)1.62 (0.87 to 3.04)1.65 (0.73 to 3.72)1.29 (0.66 to 2.55)1.15 (0.54 to 2.47)
 Latino/Hispanic1.05 (0.57 to 1.92)0.78 (0.41 to 1.51)0.70 (0.33 to 1.49)1.31 (0.72 to 2.39)0.60 (0.26 to 1.37)
 Other0.57 (0.08 to 3.79)1.07 (0.28 to 4.13)1.73 (0.44 to 6.77)1.70 (0.48 to 6.03)2.27 (0.66 to 7.82)
Marital status (Reference: Has a partner)
 No partner1.36 (0.86 to 2.14)1.09 (0.68 to 1.74)0.83 (0.49 to 1.39)1.44 (0.89 to 2.34)1.24 (0.74 to 2.09)
Highest level of education (Reference: >High school)
 ≤High school0.81 (0.50 to 1.33)0.76 (0.46 to 1.26)0.80 (0.45 to 1.41)1.21 (0.70 to 2.10)0.80 (0.45 to 1.44)
Prepandemic commercial tobacco use (Reference: Not currently using said product before pandemic)
 Cigarettes5.48 (2.97 to 10.12)1.06 (0.68 to 1.67)0.52 (0.28 to 0.96)0.38 (0.24 to 0.61)0.55 (0.31 to 0.96)
 Electronic vaping products1.17 (0.71 to 1.91)2.41 (1.47 to 3.94)1.31 (0.75 to 2.31)0.94 (0.59 to 1.51)2.01 (1.17 to 3.45)
 Cigars0.89 (0.50 to 1.59)1.31 (0.80 to 2.16)2.83 (1.56 to 5.14)1.94 (1.21 to 3.10)1.19 (0.66 to 2.14)
 Hookah/other combustibles2.01 (1.22 to 3.30)1.72 (1.05 to 2.83)3.01 (1.60 to 5.64)2.15 (1.32 to 3.53)3.53 (1.96 to 6.36)
 Smokeless tobacco2.01 (1.13 to 3.57)1.36 (0.81 to 2.29)1.55 (0.84 to 2.83)2.17 (1.31 to 3.57)2.55 (1.38 to 4.72)
Number of financial hardships (0–6)1.13 (1.02 to 1.25)1.15 (1.03 to 1.29)1.17 (1.02 to 1.34)1.20 (1.07 to 1.34)1.23 (1.08 to 1.40)
  • Receipt of coupons for each product was modelled separately. Adjusted for all variables in a column. Bold estimates are statistically significant (p<0.05).

  • AOR, adjusted OR.