The March 2026 monthly data and the January 2026 data that were recently re-released by the Census Bureau are now available via IPUMS CPS. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
TOTHNICCP
Used other tobacco product, such as regular cigars, cigarillos, little filtered cigars or pipes filled with tobacco to try to quit smoking
- Codes
- Description
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Flags
- Questionnaire Text
- UnHarmonized Variables
Codes and Frequencies
Description
TOTHNICCP indicates whether a smoker who tried to quit in the past twelve months or a former smoker who quit in the past five years used a replacement nicotine source, such as regular cigars, cigarillos, little filtered cigars or pipes filled with tobacco other than the types listed in the questionnaire (gum, inhalers, spray, patches, tablets, or lozenges) in the attempt to quit.
This variable is a part of the Tobacco Use Supplement.
Universe
- Smokers interviewed for the Tobacco Use Supplement (TBRESP) who tried to quit in the last 12 months, or former smokers who stopped smoking within the last 5 years.
- May 2011: Smokers interviewed for the Tobacco Use Supplement (TBRESP) who tried to quit in the last 12 months, or former smokers who stopped smoking within the last 5 years; MIS 5-8 only.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | X | - | - | - | - |
| 2011 | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - |
| 2023 | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
