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Table 3 Transition probabilities* from wave 1 to wave 2 with 95% confidence intervals among adults continuing from PATH wave 1 to wave 2 (n = 26,446)

From: The impact of cigarette and e-cigarette use history on transition patterns: a longitudinal analysis of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study, 2013–2015

Wave 1 study group/subgroup

n

Wave 2 product use state

Exclusive cigarette smoking % (CI)

Dual use % (CI)

Exclusive e-cigarette use % (CI)

Neither % (CI)

1. Exclusive cigarette smoker

8613

76.4 (75.3, 77.4)

4.3 (3.8, 4.9)

1.3 (1.1, 1.6)

18.0 (17.0, 19.0)

 1.1. Experimental cigarette smoker

1396

36.7 (34.1, 39.3)

1.3 (0.8, 2.1)

1.8 (1.2, 2.9)

60.2 (57.5, 62.8)

 1.2. Established cigarette smoker without a history of e-cigarette use

6887

84.4 (83.3, 85.4)

4.1 (3.6, 4.7)

1.1 (0.9, 1.4)

10.4 (9.5, 11.4)

 1.3. Established cigarette smoker with a history of e-cigarette use

330

66.4 (60.9, 71.5)

23.1 (18.4, 28.6)

3.7 (2.1, 6.3)

6.8 (4.1, 11.0)

2. Exclusive e-cigarette user

580

12.0 (9.4, 15.4)

10.4 (7.9, 13.5)

45.0 (40.8, 49.3)

32.6 (28.2, 37.2)

 2.1. Experimental e-cigarette user without a history of cigarette smoking

120

7.51 (3.9, 13.9)

- 2

10.61 (5.7, 18.7)

80.6 (71.7, 87.2)

 2.2. Experimental e-cigarette user with a history of cigarette smoking

94

30.0 (21.1, 40.7)

- 2

14.4 (8.1, 24.3)

51.8 (41.0, 62.4)

 2.3 Established e-cigarette user without a history of cigarette smoking

77

8.21 (3.8, 16.6)

- 2

62.2 (49.8, 73.2)

25.9 (15.6, 39.7)

 2.4 Established e-cigarette user with a history of cigarette smoking

289

8.5 (5.8, 12.5)

16.8 (12.7, 21.9)

62.4 (56.7, 67.8)

12.3 (8.3, 17.7)

3. Dual user

2132

54.9 (52.1, 57.6)

28.0 (25.7, 30.3)

6.0 (4.8, 7.5)

11.1 (9.7, 12.7)

 3.1 Experimental dual user

1340

67.2 (64.1, 70.2)

13.4 (11.6, 15.5)

5.1 (3.8, 6.8)

14.3 (12.3, 16.7)

 3.2 Established dual user

792

34.3 (30.2, 38.6)

52.3 (48.0, 56.6)

7.6 (5.9, 9.9)

5.8 (4.3, 7.8)

  1. * Records with wave 2 status missing are excluded in the calculation
  2. 1The estimator is statistically unreliable because the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to 30 but less than or equal to 50
  3. 2The estimator is suppressed because there were fewer than 50 total respondents in the group of interest or if coefficient of variation is greater than 50