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Percentage of adults 18 years and older who used cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, snuff, or any form of tobacco, by Hispanic origin, race, and sex

National Health Interview Surveys
1987, 1991 (combined) and 1998, 2000 (combined)—United States

  Non-Hispanic* 1987, 1991 (combined) Non-Hispanic* 1998, 2000 (combined)
White Black Asian/Pacific Islander American Indian/Alaska Native All White Black Asian/Pacific Islander American Indian/Alaska Native All
Cigar smoking
Male 4.8 3.9 2.2 5.3 4.6 6.7 4.9 1.4 8.9 6.3
Female 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.2
Total 2.3 1.8 1.1 2.7 2.2 3.0 2.1 0.7 4.2 2.8
Pipe smoking
Male 2.9 2.4 2.3 6.9 2.8 1.4 1.0 0.6 5.2 1.3
Female 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Total 1.4 1.1 1.2 3.5 1.4 0.7 0.5 0.3 2.5 0.6
Cigar or pipe smoking
Male 6.7 5.6 3.3 9.8 6.5 5.9 4.6 1.3 9.5 5.6
Female 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.2
Total 3.3 2.5 1.7 4.9 3.1 3.0 2.1 0.7 5.1 2.8
Any tobacco smoking
Male 33.2 40.2 24.0 37.3 33.7 29.2 29.5 19.8 38.7 33.7
Female 26.3 26.5 7.8 35.6 25.9 22.9 20.9 8.8 40.3 25.9
Total 29.6 32.6 16.0 36.4 29.6 25.9 24.9 14.2 39.5 29.6
Chewing tobacco use
Male 4.1 2.7 0.4 5.3 3.8 5.2 1.4 0.8 13.3 4.8
Female 0.1 1.5 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.0 2.3 0.2
Total 2.0 2.0 0.2 3.1 2.0 2.7 1.2 0.4 8.4 2.5
Snuff use
Male 3.8 0.9 0.9 3.2 3.4 6.8 0.9 1.3 14.0 6.1
Female 0.3 1.9 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.3 1.8 0.1 1.4 0.5
Total 1.9 1.4 0.5 1.8 1.8 3.6 1.4 0.7 8.2 3.3
Chewing tobacco or snuff use
Male 6.8 3.1 1.2 7.8 6.2 5.7 1.1 0.8 11.4 5.1
Female 0.3 2.9 0.0 1.2 0.6 0.2 1.2 0.0 1.8 0.3
Total 3.4 3.0 0.6 4.5 3.3 2.9 1.1 0.4

6.7

2.6
Any tobacco use
Male 38.0 42.4 25.6 43.9 38.2 33.1 30.2 20.4 46.4 38.2
Female 26.8 29.3 7.9 36.6 26.7 21.6 21.9 8.8 41.3 26.7
Total 32.2 35.2 16.8 40.2 32.2 27.9 25.6 14.5

43.9

32.2
 

Current use identified those persons who, for cigars, had smoked greater than or equal to 50 cigars and currently smoked cigars; for pipes, had smoked a pipe greater than or equal to 50 times and currently smoked a pipe; for cigars or pipes, were current users of cigars or pipes; for any tobacco smoking, were current users of cigarettes (i.e., had smoked greater than or equal to 100 cigarettes and currently smoked cigarettes), cigars, or pipes; for chewing tobacco, had used chewing tobacco greater than or equal to 20 times and currently used chewing tobacco; for snuff, had used snuff greater than or equal to 20 times and currently used snuff; for chewing tobacco or snuff, were current users of chewing tobacco or snuff; for any tobacco use, were current users of cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, or snuff.

* Includes other, unknown, and multiple race and unknown Hispanic origin.
0.0 Indicates a value >0 and <0.05.
.
Indicates a value of zero.

Source Data: National Health Interview Survey, 1987 and 1991 (combined)

Note: 95% confidence intervals do not exceed: plus or minus 0.8% for non-Hispanic whites, plus or minus 2.1% for non-Hispanic blacks, plus or minus 8.0% for non-Hispanic Asians/Pacific Islanders, plus or minus 9.6% for non-Hispanic American Indians/Alaska Natives, plus or minus 0.7% for all non-Hispanics, plus or minus 3.0% for Mexican Americans, plus or minus 7.0% for Puerto Rican Americans, plus or minus 8.0% for Cuban Americans, plus or minus 3.9% for other Hispanics, plus or minus 2.2% for all Hispanics, and plus or minus 0.7% for the total population.

Source: Surveillance for Selected Tobacco-Use Behaviors--United States, 1900-1994


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