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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 3.

Endorsed Motives for Concurrent Nicotine and Tobacco Product Use (n = 266).

Snus RYO Tobacco from a hookah or waterpipe Dissolvable tobacco products ENDS Cigars Little cigars/cigarillos/bidis Chewing tobacco, dip, or snuff Other tobacco products Total Number of Endorsements

% [n] % [n] % [n] % [n] % [n] % [n] % [n] % [n] % [n]

To help me quit smoking cigarettes 29.2% [7] 3.2% [5] 0% [0] 25.0% [1] 42.9% [45] 12.5% [10] 8.3% [5] 44.7% [21] 20.0% [3] 97
To help me cut down on smoking cigarettes 41.7% [10] 17.8% [28] 16.7% [1] 50.0% [2] 58.1% [61] 27.5% [22] 23.3% [14] 51.1% [24] 13.3% [2] 164
It is cheaper than smoking cigarettes 20.8% [5] 74.5% [117] 50.0% [3] 75.0% [3] 41.0% [43] 52.5% [42] 61.7% [37] 34.0% [16] 26.7% [4] 270
It is less harmful to my health than cigarettes 16.7% [4] 5.7% [9] 0% [0] 0% [0] 26.7% [28] 3.8% [3] 3.3% [2] 6.4% [3] 13.3% [2] 51
I can use it in places where cigarettes are not allowed 29.2% [7] 2.5% [4] 0% [0] 0% [0] 38.1% [40] 2.5% [2] 3.3% [2] 48.9% [23] 6.7% [1] 79
It tastes better or is more pleasurable to use than cigarettes 25.0% [6] 8.3% [13] 16.7% [1] 0% [0] 37.1% [39] 15.0% [12] 15.0% [9] 17.0% [8] 13.3% [2] 90
I use this product for reasons that are not listed 8.3% [2] 19.1% [30] 16.7% [1] 25.0% [1] 17.1% [18] 20.0% [16] 31.7% [19] 21.3% [10] 33.3% [5] 102
None of the above reasons 12.5% [3] 9.6% [15] 33.3% [2] 0% [0] 10.5% [11] 16.3% [13] 10.0% [6] 6.4% [3] 46.7% [7] 60
Missing 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 N/A
Total Number of Users Responding 24 157 6 4 105 80 60 47 15 913

Note: Percentages are percent of users who indicated that motive for a product divided by total number of non-missing users of that product. RYO=Roll Your Own. ENDS=Electronic Nicotine Delivery System. Participants could endorse >1 product and >1 motive.