Flavoured non-cigarette tobacco product use among US adults: 2013-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Limited data exist on flavoured non-cigarette tobacco product (NCTP) use among US adults.

Methods

Data from the 2013 to 2014 National Adult Tobacco Survey (N=75 233), a landline and cellular telephone survey of US adults aged ≥18, were assessed to estimate past 30-day NCTP use, flavoured NCTP use and flavour types using bivariate analyses.

Results

During 2013-2014, 14.4% of US adults were past 30-day NCTP users. Nationally, an estimated 10.2 million e-cigarette users (68.2%), 6.1 million hookah users (82.3%), 4.1 million cigar smokers (36.2%) and 4.0 million smokeless tobacco users (50.6%) used flavoured products in the past 30 days. The most prevalent flavours reported were menthol/mint (76.9%) for smokeless tobacco; fruit (74.0%) for hookah; fruit (52.4

SUBMITTER: Bonhomme MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5515238 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature