Cigarette Brand Preferences in 2005

The NSDUH Report:  Cigarette Brand Preferences in 2005

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  Highlights:

• Respondents in SAMHSA's 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health who reported smoking part or all of a cigarette in the past month were asked to report which cigarette brand they smoked most often during that time. Brand preferences did not differ significantly between 2002 and 2005.

• The five cigarette brands used most often by past month cigarette smokers were Marlboro, Newport, Camel, Basic, and Doral. At least one of the five most smoked cigarette brands was used by 86% of the smokers aged 12 to 17 and 89.2% of the smokers aged 18 to 25. Smokers aged 26 or older reported more diversity in cigarette brand selection than younger smokers; only 63.2% of this age group of smokers reported smoking one of the five most smoked cigarette brands.

• White smokers were most likely to smoke Marlboro (45%) or Camel (8.9%) cigarettes, Hispanic smokers to smoke Marlboro (57.2%) or Newport (13.5%), while black smokers were most likely to smoke Newport (49.5%) or Kool (11.4%), both menthol cigarettes.

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report:  Cigarette Brand Preferences in 2005,  is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse) conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's NHSDA/NSDUH is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   Estimates are also available for drug use by state.

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