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Table 1 Overview of self-reported tobacco use and concurrent use of alcohol

		Male			Female
Type of tobacco and frequency of alcohol use		Current	Former	Nonsmoker	Current	Former	Nonsmoker
Smoking tobacco		33% (97/298)	35% (101/294)	33% (93/289)	35% (155/491)	22% (153/491)	43% (183/491)
	Cigarettes/day	74	^aN/A	^aN/A	141	^aN/A	^aN/A
	Cigars/day	11	^aN/A	^aN/A	4	^aN/A	^aN/A
	Pipes/day	3	^aN/A	^aN/A	0	^aN/A	^aN/A
	E-cigarettes-puffs/day	3	^aN/A	^aN/A	4	^aN/A	^aN/A
	Cigarettes + cigars/day	2	^aN/A	^aN/A	2	^aN/A	^aN/A
	Cigarettes + pipes/day	1	^aN/A	^aN/A	1	^aN/A	^aN/A
	Cigarettes +cigars+ pipes/day	0	^aN/A	^aN/A	1	^aN/A	^aN/A
	Cigarettes + E-cigarettes-puffs/day	3	^aN/A	^aN/A	2	^aN/A	^aN/A
Concurrent use of alcohol with smoking tobacco use
	Never	27/95	31/101	32/93	60/154	61/153	77/174
	< 1 time a week	26/95	35/101	25/93	54/154	62/153	63/174
	1 to 2 times a week	23/95	16/101	19/93	26/154	18/153	25/174
	3 to 4 times a week	8/95	10/101	9/93	10/154	6/153	5/174
	5 to 6 times a week	1/95	7/101	4/93	2/154	3/153	0/174
	Daily	10/95	2/101	4/93	2/154	3/153	1/174
Smokeless tobacco		10% (31/289)	23% (59/289)	68% (199/289)	1% (5/492)	5% (24/492)	94% (463/492)
	Chew/day	9	^aN/A	^aN/A	1	^aN/A	^aN/A
	Snuff/day	15	^aN/A	^aN/A	2	^aN/A	^aN/A
	Snus/day	4	^aN/A	^aN/A	0	^aN/A	^aN/A
Concurrent use of alcohol with smokeless tobacco use
	Never	7/31	21/59	61/196	2/5	13/23	183/455
	< 1 time a week	13/31	23/59	58/196	0/5	7/23	174/455
	1 to 2 times a week	9/31	12/59	33/196	0/5	1/23	69/455
	3 to 4 times a week	1/31	2/59	23/196	1/5	1/23	18/455
	5 to 6 times a week	0/31	0/59	9/196	1/5	0/23	4/455
	Daily	1/31	1/59	12/196	0/5	1/23	7/455

^aN/A = Please note that the details for smoking and smokeless tobacco represent for current status of tobacco use only Note: For smokeless tobacco data: the total percentage corresponds to all individuals who indicated use of smokeless tobacco but not all indicated the specific type of smokeless tobacco

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