Respiratory symptoms and outcomes among cigar smokers: findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study waves 2–5 (2014–2019)

Table 1 Associations between traditional cigar and cigarette use status and functionally important respiratory symptoms (Wave 2—Wave 5 population averaged), PATH Study 2014–2019

Tobacco use status	Functionally important respiratory symptoms (≥ 3 symptoms) Obs = 41,112^a
Tobacco use status	Obs	Weighted % (95% CI)	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Never smokers of cigarettes or traditional cigars Obs = 19,333	1,289	6.0 (5.3, 6.7)	Ref	Ref
Current established traditional cigar smokers Obs = 1,034	94	7.3 (5.4, 9.7)	1.43 (0.98, 2.08)	0.82 (0.52, 1.28)
Current established cigarette smokers Obs = 20,232	4,693	22.3 (21.3, 23.3)	4.93 (4.25, 5.72)	2.49 (2.08, 2.97)
Current established dual smokers of traditional cigars and cigarettes Obs = 513	120	23.2 (17.9, 29.4)	4.65 (3.43, 6.31)	2.40 (1.64, 3.51)

OR Odds ratio, Obs Observations
Bolded estimates are statistically significant (p < 0.05)
Ns are unweighted; percentages and ORs are weighted using the Wave 5 all-waves weights for the Wave 1 Cohort
Excludes those with COPD and other non-asthma respiratory diseases
Adjusted for age (18–24, 25–39, 40–54, 55 +), sex, race/ethnicity, education, BMI, cigarette pack years, duration of cigar use, secondhand smoke exposure, past month marijuana use, and current established use of at least one of: ENDS, pipe, hookah, smokeless tobacco, snus. Also adjusted for current established use of cigarillos and filtered cigars
^aOverall Obs represents unadjusted model and does not take into account missingness on covariates. 11,031 observations were missing on covariates in the adjusted model

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