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Table 2 Baseline tobacco use characteristics by cigarette and cigar use behavior, PATH Study (Wave 1, 2013-14)

From: Longitudinal association of exclusive and dual use of cigarettes and cigars with asthma exacerbation among US adults: a cohort study

 

Non-established cigarette and cigar use

(n = 1,334)

Former cigarette or cigar use

(n = 481)

Exclusive cigarette use

(n = 926)

Exclusive cigar use

(n = 56)

Dual use

(n = 86)

No. (%)a

95% CI

No. (%)a

95% CI

No. (%)a

95% CI

No. (%)a

95% CI

No. (%)a

95% CI

Current (1 + days in past 30 days) established tobacco use

          

 Cigarettes

    

926 (100)

   

86 (100)

 

 Cigar Type

          

  Traditional cigars

      

22 (46.5)

32.5–61.1

36 (41.9)

31.5–53.1

  Filtered cigars

      

11 (21.0)

11.2–35.9

23 (27.8)

18.7–39.1

  Cigarillos

      

31 (45.8)

32.4–59.7

45 (50.4)

39.2–61.6

  Poly cigars

      

8 (13.3)

6.4–25.7

18 (20.1)

12.3–31.1

Mean number of days used in the past 30 days

          

 Cigarettes (mean (SD))

0.6 (3.5)

 

0.3 (2.8)

 

26.8 (10.7)

 

7.8 (17.5)

 

27.5 (9.7)

 

 Traditional cigars (mean (SD))

0.0 (0.4)

 

0.0 (0.4)

 

0.1 (2.1)

 

3.2 (9.5)

 

4.2 (12.3)

 

 Filtered cigars (mean (SD))

0.0 (0.2)

 

0.0 (0.1)

 

0.0 (0.6)

 

5.6 (16.0)

 

5.6 (16.0)

 

 Cigarillos (mean (SD))

0.0 (0.7)

 

0.0 (0.1)

 

0.3 (3.4)

 

6.4 (14.3)

 

5.2 (13.6)

 

Time-varying secondhand smoking exposure - mean number of hours of exposure in past 7 days (mean (SD))

3.6 (13.0)

 

4.5 (16.1)

 

22.5 (47.0)

 

15.1 (49.1)

 

26.3 (48.9)

 

Cigarette pack-years (mean (SD))

0.0 (0.0)

 

17.3 (19.9)

 

16.2 (25.0)

 

4.0 (18.6)

 

15.8 (31.1)

 
  1. Abbreviations: PATH, Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health; CI, Confidence Interval; SD, Standard Deviation; ENDS, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
  2. a Unweighted counts and weighted percentages for categorical variables and weighted mean and standard deviation for continuous variables calculated using Wave 1 weights