Background
Underlying mechanisms influencing use and co-use of alcohol and nicotine
Methods
Data and sample
Measures
Current smoking and current, binge, and heavy drinking
Cigarette price
Age
Other covariates
State-level policy and economic covariates
Other variables
Statistical analyses
Results
Variable | % or mean (SE) |
---|---|
N = 1,323,758 | |
Cigarette price, $ per pack
(b)
, by year and 6 year means | |
2001 | $1.95 (0.00) |
2002 | 2.09 (0.00) |
2003 | 2.06 (0.00) |
2004 | 2.01 (0.00) |
2005 | 2.03 (0.00) |
2006 | 1.98 (0.00) |
6-year mean | $2.02 (0.00) |
Female gender, %
| 50.54 |
Age group,%
| |
18-20 | 4.32 |
21-29 | 16.49 |
30-64 | 64.27 |
65 and higher | 14.92 |
Poverty, %
| |
Not poor | 84.89 |
Poor | 8.91 |
Maybe poor(c) | 6.19 |
Race/ethnicity, %
| |
Non-Hispanic White | 71.14 |
Non-Hispanic African American | 9.62 |
Non-Hispanic Asian | 2.63 |
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander | 0.36 |
Non-Hispanic American Indian Alaskan Native | 1.08 |
Non-Hispanic other race (d) | 0.78 |
Non-Hispanic multi-race | 1.51 |
Hispanic | 12.88 |
Have partner, %
| 64.10 |
Employment status, %
| |
Unemployed | 5.05 |
Employed | 64.64 |
Out of workforce | 30.35 |
Educational level, %
| |
<High school degree | 11.14 |
High school grad | 29.45 |
Some college | 27.28 |
College graduate or more | 32.12 |
State-level co-variates
| |
Beer price, $ per six-pack (b) | $3.99 (0.00) |
Magnitude of state smoke-free laws (range 0-12), mean | 4.17 (0.00) |
State poverty rate, mean | 0.12 (0.00) |
Variable | Current smoking | SE | Current drinking | SE | Binge drinking(c) | SE | Heavy drinking | SE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 1,323,758 (b) | ||||||||
Total
|
21.79
|
0.00
|
55.38
|
0.00
|
15.69
|
0.00
|
5.43
|
0.00
|
Age group
(d)
***
| ||||||||
18-20 | 24.19 | 0.49 | 47.05 | 0.58 | 25.26 | 0.55 | 8.40 | 0.35 |
21-29 | 27.58 | 0.22 | 63.95 | 0.24 | 28.99 | 0.25 | 8.44 | 0.15 |
30-64 | 22.92 | 0.08 | 56.99 | 0.10 | 14.48 | 0.08 | 4.97 | 0.04 |
65 and older | 9.84 | 0.11 | 41.40 | 0.18 | 3.45 | 0.08 | 3.23 | 0.07 |
Independent variables | Current Smoking β (SE) | Current Drinking β (SE) | Binge Drinking(c)β (SE) | Heavy Drinking β (SE) |
---|---|---|---|---|
N=1,323,758(b) | ||||
State cigarette pack price ($)
| 0.014* (0.007) | 0.037*** (0.009) | -0.019** (0.007) | 0.001 (0.004) |
Age (reference = 65 and older
| ||||
18-20 | 0.128*** (0.029) | 0.215*** (0.034) | 0.060 (0.032) | 0.027 (0.019) |
21-29 | 0.195*** (0.014) | 0.264*** (0.016) | 0.104*** (0.014) | 0.027** (0.009) |
30-64 | 0.211*** (0.008) | 0.140*** (0.011) | 0.054*** (0.006) | 0.023*** (0.004) |
Cigarette price x aged 18-20 | -0.032* (0.014) | -0.077*** (0.017) | 0.049** (0.016) | 0.005 (0.010) |
Cigarette price x aged 21-29 | -0.006 (0.007) | -0.045*** (0.008) | 0.060*** (0.007) | 0.011* (0.004) |
Cigarette price x aged 30-64 | -0.025*** (0.004) | -0.029*** (0.005) | 0.019*** (0.003) | -0.002 (0.002) |
Year (reference = 2006)
(d)
| ||||
2001 | 0.025*** (0.003) | 0.022***(0.004) | 0.002 (0.003) | 0.002 (0.002) |
2002 | 0.022***(0.003) | 0.030***(0.004) | 0.013***(0.003) | 0.007***(0.002) |
2003 | 0.021***(0.003) | 0.043***(0.003) | 0.016***(0.002) | 0.007*** (0.002) |
2004 | 0.008**(0.003) | 0.028***(0.003) | 0.005*(0.002) | 0.002 (0.002) |
2005 | 0.006**(0.002) | 0.015***(0.003) | 0 | 0.002 (0.001) |
Current Smoking | Current Drinking | Binge Drinking | Heavy Drinking | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Percentage point change(c) | Percentage point change(c) | Percentage point change(c,d) | Percentage point change(c) | |
N = 1,323,758(b) | ||||
Age group
| ||||
18-20 | -1.76 | -4.02* | 2.98 | 0.56 |
21-29 | 0.83 | -0.83 | 4.06*** | 1.15** |
30-64 | -1.10** | 0.82 | -0.09 | -0.19 |
65 and older | 1.43* | 3.72*** | -1.95** | 0.05 |