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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Feb 7;185:133–140. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.12.012

Table 1.

Sample Descriptives and Differences by Product Use Status (N = 396).

Variable Overall N = 396 Concurrent Users (n = 266) Non-Concurrent Users (n = 130) t or x2 Value P-Value

M (±SD) or% [n] M (± SD) or% [n] M (± SD) or% [n]

Age 42.9 (±11.8) 41.8 (±12.1) 45.2 (±10.7) −2.76 0.006
Sex 10.38 0.001
 Male 64.9% [257] 70.3% [187] 53.8% [70]
 Female 35.1% [139] 29.7% [79] 46.2% [60]
Race 0.81 0.367
 White 61.6% [244] 63.2% [168] 58.5% [76]
 All Other 38.4% [152] 36.8% [98] 41.5% [54]
Lifetime Months Homeless 41.0 (±51.2) 41.1 (±51.5) 40.9 (±50.9) 0.026 0.980
Years Smoked 23.5 (±12.5) 23.2 (±12.2) 24.0 (±13.1) −0.56 0.578
Expired CO 13.5 (±8.7) 13.3 (±8.8) 13.9 (±8.6) −0.63 0.527
CPD 14.5 (±7.2) 14.7 (±7.3) 14.2 (±6.9) 0.74 0.462
Time to First Cigarette 0.02 0.893
 < 5 min 48.0% [190] 47.7% [127] 48.5% [63]
 ≥ 5 min 52% [206] 52.3% [139] 51.5% [67]
Diagnosed with a non-nicotine substance abuse disorder 42.2% [167] 45.9% [122] 34.6% [45] 4.53 0.033
Readiness to Quit (Scale 1–8) 4.7 (±2.0) 4.6 (±2.0) 4.7 (±2.0) −0.46 0.649
Past Year Quit Attempts 1.8 (±2.5) 2.0 (±2.7) 1.3 (±2.0) 1.72 0.003
Perceived Risk of Smoking 6.3 (±3.0) 6.5 (±2.9) 5.8 (±3.1) 2.09 0.037
Received smoking cessation counseling at local shelters 0.855 0.355
 No 96.5% [382] 95.9% [255] 97.7% [127]
 Yes 3.5% [14] 4.1% [11] 2.3% [3]

Note: Differences between Concurrent Users and Non-Concurrent Users were assessed using independent samples t tests and chi-square tests. CO=carbon monoxide. CPD=cigarettes smoked per day.