Distributions of demographics, prepandemic commercial tobacco use and financial hardships among US adults who used CT during the 12 months prior to the survey, 2021
| Variable | Unweighted n | Weighted % |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 966 | 59.14 |
| Female | 734 | 40.86 |
| Age: mean (SE)=42.70 (0.57) | – | – |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| Asian | 258 | 4.51 |
| Black/African American | 310 | 13.59 |
| Latino/Hispanic | 271 | 13.12 |
| White | 794 | 66.43 |
| Other | 67 | 2.35 |
| Marital status | ||
| Has a partner | 912 | 53.57 |
| No partner | 788 | 46.43 |
| Highest level of education | ||
| ≤High school | 569 | 47.77 |
| >High school | 1131 | 52.23 |
| Income level | ||
| <$50 000 | 987 | 60.58 |
| ≥$50 000 | 711 | 39.42 |
| Prepandemic current commercial tobacco product use | ||
| Cigarettes | 1130 | 67.35 |
| Electronic vaping products | 624 | 30.29 |
| Cigars | 461 | 20.92 |
| Hookah or other combustible tobacco products | 436 | 20.17 |
| Smokeless tobacco | 283 | 14.38 |
| Financial hardships | ||
| Since the COVID-19 pandemic, participants experienced not enough money to: | ||
| Pay for food | 601 | 35.24 |
| Pay for rent or mortgage | 601 | 34.48 |
| Pay for utilities | 652 | 36.24 |
| Pay for medications | 566 | 32.42 |
| Pay for unexpected expenses | 824 | 48.37 |
| Pay for hand sanitiser, disinfectant and face masks | 585 | 34.07 |
| Composite hardship score: | ||
| 0 | 724 | 42.58 |
| 1 | 149 | 9.43 |
| 2 | 109 | 5.81 |
| 3 | 117 | 8.02 |
| 4 | 149 | 9.24 |
| 5 | 162 | 9.80 |
| 6 | 283 | 14.93 |
| Median=1: mean (SE)=2.21 (0.08) | – | – |
CT, commercial tobacco.