Various Unique Items in the TUSCS-CPS - Percentage and Mean Estimates (95% Confidence Intervals) of the US Household Population, 18 Years and Older.
| Topic | Percent | Population Size (thousands) |
Sample Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menthol Cigarette Use* | ||||
| Total | 26.7 (26.1-27.3) |
39,292 | 34,104 | |
| Male | 22.7 (21.9-23.5) |
21,091 | 16,368 | |
| Female | 31.4 (30.6-32.2) |
18,200 | 17,736 | |
| Light, Mild and Ultra Light Cigarette Use* | ||||
| Total | 53.0 (52.3-53.7) |
39,161 | 33,998 | |
| Male | 45.1 (44.2-46.0) |
21,033 | 16,325 | |
| Female | 62.2 (61.4-63.0) |
18,128 | 17,673 | |
| First Cigarette Within 30 Minutes† | ||||
| Total | 61.4 (60.6-62.1) |
29,975 | 26,527 | |
| Male | 63.1 (62.0-64.3) |
16,036 | 12,743 | |
| Female | 59.3 (58.3-60.4) |
13,939 | 13,784 | |
| NRT Use‡ | ||||
| Total | 25.9 (24.8-27.1) |
10,115 | 8,789 | |
| Male | 25.0 (23.3-26.8) |
5,215 | 4,038 | |
| Female | 26.9 (25.6-28.2) |
4,900 | 4,751 | |
| Health Professional Advice to Quit§ | ||||
| Total | 59.6 (58.9-60.4) |
26,954 | 24,055 | |
| Male | 57.3 (56.3-58.4) |
12,955 | 10,358 | |
| Female | 61.7 (60.8-62.7) |
14,000 | 13,697 | |
| In Bars and Cocktail Lounges, Smoking Should Not Be Allowed At All|| | ||||
| Total | 37.5 (37.2-37.9) |
200,388 | 173,552 | |
| Male | 33.5 (33.1-34.0) |
96,243 | 75,542 | |
| Female | 41.2 (40.8-41.7) |
104,145 | 98,010 | |
| Average Price Paid for Last Pack of Cigarettes# | ||||
| Total | 3.54 (3.53-3.56) |
24,148 | 20,097 | |
| Male | 3.56 (3.54-3.58) |
13,276 | 9,931 | |
| Female | 3.52 (3.50-3.55) |
10,872 | 10,166 | |
* Current everyday and some days smokers.
† Current everyday smokers. For total and gender-specific, median time to first cigarette equals 30 minutes; 25th percentile equals 10 minutes; 75th percentile equals 60 minutes.
‡ Among current everyday cigarette smokers who stopped smoking for one day or longer in the past 12 months, we assess use of nicotine patch, nicotine gum, nasal spray, inhaler and/or lozenge on the last quit attempt.
§ Advice in the past 12 months by doctor, dentist, nurse or other health professional to quit among current everyday and some days cigarette smokers who have seen a health professional in the past 12 months.
|| In bars and cocktail lounges, do you think that smoking should be allowed in all areas, allowed in some areas or not allowed at all?
# Current everyday and some days smokers reporting usual purchase by the pack in dollars (medians are slightly lower, e.g., median for total is $3.45); if we also include purchases by the carton the average total cost per pack is somewhat lower -- $3.19 total, $3.23 for males, and $3.15 for females (medians are slightly lower, e.g., median for total is $3.00).