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Percentage of adults 18 years and older who used cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, or snuff, by race, sex, and age

National Health Interview Surveys
1970, 1987, and 1991---United States

   

White  

Black

Total*
  1970 1987 1991 1970 1987 1991 1970 1987 1991
Cigar smoking
Male (age in years)		                  
18-24 7.4 1.8 1.0 3.2 0.4 . 6.8 1.6 0.8
25-34 17.3 5.3 2.4 11.8 2.4 2.2 16.7 4.9 2.3
35-44 19.5 7.5 4.9 16.5 5.5 3.0 19.0 7.1 4.6
45-64 18.8 7.4 5.2 22.0 4.2 6.9 19.0 7.0 5.5
>=65 16.7 4.2 2.7 23.8 10.7 6.6 17.2 4.8 3.0
Total 16.5 5.6 3.6 15.2 4.0 3.6 16.3 5.3 3.5
Female (age in years)                
18-24 0.2 0.0 . 0.1 0.1 . 0.2 0.0 .
25-34 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.6 . 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
35-44 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 . . 0.3 0.0 0.1
45-64 0.2 0.1 0.1 . 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
>=65 0.1 0.0 . 1.0 0.2 . 0.2 0.1 0.0
Total 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Pipe smoking
Male (age in years)
18-24 8.7 0.7 0.3 4.3 0.3 . 8.1 0.8 0.2
25-34 14.6 1.8 0.8 9.5 2.3 0.6 13.9 2.0 0.8
35-44 14.0 4.1 2.7 10.2 4.0 2.3 13.5 4.0 2.7
45-64 14.4 5.2 3.0 14.3 4.4 1.8 14.3 5.1 3.0
>=65 14.8 4.4 3.2 17.0 7.9 2.4 14.9 4.7 3.1
Total 13.5 3.4 2.1 10.8 3.4 1.4 13.1 3.4 2.0
Female (age in years)
18-24 0.1 . 0.1 . . . 0.1 . 0.0
25-34 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 . . 0.0 0.1 0.0
35-44 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 . . 0.2 0.1 0.0
45-64 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 . . 0.1 0.0 0.0
>=65 0.1 . 0.0 2.6 . . 0.3 . 0.0
Total 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.5 . . 0.1 0.1 0.0
Cigar or pipe smoking
Male (age in years)
18-24 13.8 2.2 1.2 6.4 0.7 . 12.9 2.1 1.0
25-34 25.9 6.4 3.1 17.6 4.4 2.6 24.9 6.1 3.0
35-44 27.1 10.0 6.5 22.3 7.9 5.2 26.4 9.5 6.4
45-64 26.8 10.8 7.3 29.5 7.5 8.4 26.9 10.3 7.5
>=65 25.7 7.4 5.3 33.3 15.2 8.5 26.1 8.1 5.5
Total 24.4 7.8 5.0 21.3 6.3 4.7 24.0 7.5 5.0
Female (age in years)
18-24 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 . 0.3 0.0 0.0
25-34 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.6 . 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
35-44 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 . . 0.4 0.1 0.1
45-64 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1
>=65 0.2 0.0 0.1 2.9 0.2 . 0.4 0.1 0.1
Total 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1
Chewing tobacco use
Male (age in years)
18-24 1.8 6.5 5.0 1.3 1.0 . 1.8 5.5 4.1
25-34 2.2 3.7 3.6 1.7 0.8 0.4 2.2 3.3 3.1
35-44 2.8 3.3 2.7 7.7 1.6 1.8 3.3 3.1 2.5
45-64 4.0 3.5 2.4 7.1 8.0 3.4 4.2 3.9 2.4
>=65 8.9 5.2 3.8 16.1 7.3 4.5 9.4 5.4 3.9
Total 3.8 4.2 3.3 5.9 3.4 1.8 3.9 4.1 3.1
Female (age in years)
18-24 0.1 0.1 . 1.5 0.1 . 0.3 0.1 0.1
25-34 0.2 0.0 . 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0
35-44 0.2 0.1 0.1 2.8 1.6  0.6 0.5 0.3 0.1
45-64 0.3 0.0 0.2 3.5 1.9 1.7 0.6 0.2 0.4
>=65 0.3 0.2 0.3 8.9 6.2 4.4 1.0 0.7 0.6
Total 0.2 0.1 0.1 3.1 1.7 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.3
Snuff use
Male (age in years)
18-24 0.7 7.3 7.5 0.7 0.7 . 0.7 6.4 6.2
25-34 0.5 4.1 5.5 . 0.1 0.5 0.5 3.6 4.8
35-44 0.7 2.7 3.3 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.8 2.5 2.9
45-64 1.8 1.6 1.6 2.0 2.0 0.5 1.8 1.6 1.4
>=65 3.4 2.1 2.1 11.4 3.5 1.8 4.0 2.2 2.2
Total 1.4 3.3 3.7 2.2 1.1 0.5 1.5 3.1 3.3
Female (age in years)
18-24 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.2 . 0.2 0.3 0.2
25-34 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1
35-44 0.3 0.1 0.1 2.7 0.9 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.1
45-64 1.2 0.2 0.1 7.9 2.6 2.2 1.8 0.4 0.3
>=65 3.1 0.8 0.8 15.8 9.6 6.9 4.0 1.5 1.3
Total 1.0 0.3 0.2 5.0 2.2 1.5 1.4 0.5 0.4
Chewing tobacco or
snuff use
Male (age in years)
18-24 2.2 10.4 10.1 1.5 1.0 . 2.2 8.9 8.4
25-34 2.7 6.9 7.9 1.7 0.8 0.7 2.5 6.0 6.9
35-44 3.5 5.1 5.4 7.7 2.3 2.1 3.9 4.8 4.9
45-64 5.6 4.7 3.8 8.8 8.4 3.8 5.8 5.0 3.7
>=65 11.8 6.6 5.5 24.5 9.5 6.0 12.7 6.9 5.6
Total 5.0 6.4 6.2 7.4 3.8 2.2 5.2 6.1 5.6
Female (age in years)
18-24 0.2 0.4 0.2 2.0 0.3 . 0.4 0.3 0.2
25-34 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.9 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.1
35-44 0.5 0.1 0.1 4.6 1.8 0.8 1.0 0.3 0.2
45-64 1.4 0.2 0.3 10.9 3.8 3.5 2.3 0.6 0.6
>=65 3.3 0.9 1.0 23.2 13.4 9.9 4.8 1.9 1.7
Total 1.2 0.3  0.3 7.5 3.2 2.4 1.8 0.6  0.6
 

For 1970, 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 greater than or equal to 3 packages of pipe tobacco and currently smoked a pipe; for cigars or pipes, were current users of cigars or pipes; for chewing tobacco, currently used chewing tobacco; for snuff, currently used snuff; for chewing tobacco or snuff, were current users of chewing tobacco or snuff. For 1987 and 1991, 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 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.

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

Source: National Health Interview Survey, 1970, 1987, and 1991.

Note: For any year and any age category, 95% confidence intervals do not exceed, for cigar smoking, plus or minus 1.1% for white men, plus or minus 4.9% for black men, plus or minus 1.1% for all men, plus or minus 0.2% for white women, plus or minus 1.4% for black women, and plus or sminus 0.2% for all women; for pipe smoking, plus or minus 1.3% for white men, plus or minus 4.1% for black men, plus or minus 1.2% for all men, plus or minus 0.1% for white women, plus or minus 2.0% for black women, and plus or minus 0.2% for all women; for cigar or pipe smoking, plus or minus 1.5% for white men, plus or minus 5.0% for black men, plus or minus 1.4% for all men, plus or minus 0.3% for white women, plus or minus 2.1% for black women, and plus or minus 0.3% for all women; for chewing tobacco use, plus or minus 1.3% for white men, plus or minus 4.3% for black men, plus or minus 1.2% for all men, plus or minus 0.2% for white women, plus or minus 3.6% for black women, and plus or minus 0.4% for all women; for snuff use, plus or minus 1.6% for white men, plus or minus 3.5% for black men, plus or minus 1.3% for all men, plus or minus 0.6% for white women, plus or minus 3.8% for black women, and plus or minus 0.6% for all women; for chewing tobacco or snuff use, plus or minus 1.6% for white men, plus or minus 4.7% for black men, plus or minus 1.5% for all men, plus or minus 0.6% for white women, plus or minus 4.1% for black women, and plus or minus 0.7% for all women.

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

 

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