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Table 2 Characteristics of cigarette use and health conditions among individuals with past month cigarette use by history of criminal justice involvement, United States 2015–2016

From: Tobacco use among non-elderly adults with and without criminal justice involvement in the past year: United States, 2008–2016

Cigarette use characteristic

Weighted% (95% CI)a

P value

Past year criminal justice involvement (N = 2427)

No past year criminal justice involvement (N = 17,571)

Age of first cigarette use

14.8 (14.5–15.2)

15.8 (15.7–15.9)

< .001

Cigarettes per day

13.1 (12.5–13.8)

10.5 (10.3–10.7)

< .001

Nicotine dependence

71.6 (69.2–74.1)

54.6 (53.6–55.6)

< .001

Health condition

   

 COPD

9.0 (7.0–11.0)

5.7 (5.2–6.3)

.002

 Heart condition

7.4 (5.4–9.5)

6.5 (5.9–7.2)

.41

 Alcohol use disorder

23.7 (21.1–26.4)

12.1 (11.5–12.7)

< .001

 Illicit drug use, other than marijuanab

37.6 (34.6–40.5)

18.5 (17.7–19.3)

< .001

 Marijuana useb

40.5 (37.8–43.2)

30.7 (29.9–31.5)

< .001

 Serious mental illness

11.9 (10.3–13.5)

7.0 (6.6–7.5)

< .001

  1. aEstimates are adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, and gender
  2. bIn the past year