In NESARC-I, among those who had past-year nicotine dependence, 22.8% also met criteria for an AUD and 8.2% for a drug use disorder in the past-year40. Among past-year tobacco users, co-use of alcohol in the past year was 81.7% of Whites, 81.5% of Asians, 81.3% of Hispanics, 79.2% of Blacks, and 68.5% of Native Americans27. Among those with past-year nicotine dependence, 37.3% of Asians, 31.4% of Hispanics, 29.3% of Whites, 27.1% of Blacks, and 26.5% of Native Americans also had a past-year AUD27.
