Table 3.
Tobacco-use among participants from Mturk vs Prime panels in a web-based survey.
| Tobacco-use |
Overall N (%) |
Mturk N (%) |
Prime Panels N (%) |
Chi-sq (p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 lifetime cigarettes (N = 604) |
Yes | 397 (65.7) | 193 (63.9%) | 204 (67.5%) | 0.89 (0.35) |
| No | 207 (34.3) | 109 (36.1%) | 98 (32.5%) | ||
| Current smoking status (N = 397) |
Everyday | 189 (31.3) | 64 (33.2%) | 125 (61.3%) | 44.74 (<0.01) |
| Somedays | 124 (20.5) | 64 (33.2%) | 60 (29.4%) | ||
| Not at all | 84 (13.9) | 65 (33.7%) | 19 (9.3%) | ||
| e-cig ever use (N = 604) |
Yes | 408 (67.5) | 206 (68.2%) | 202 (66.9%) | 2.06 (0.36) |
| No | 194 (32.1) | 96 (31.8%) | 98 (32.5%) | ||
| Don't know | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.7%) | ||
| Do you now use electronic products? (N = 408) |
Everyday | 81 (13.4) | 24 (11.7) | 57(28.2) | 38.04 (<0.01) |
| Somedays | 189 (31.3) | 85 (41.3) | 104 (51.5) | ||
| Not at all | 138 (22.8) | 97 (47.1) | 41 (20.3) | ||
| Type of e-product ever used (N = 406) |
E-cig only | 263 (43.5) | 157 (76.6) | 106 (52.7) | 25.69 (<0.01) |
| Other e-products | 20 (3.3) | 8 (3.9) | 12 (6.0) | ||
| More than one e-products | 123 (20.4) | 40 (19.5) | 83 (41.3) | ||
| Awareness of HTPs |
Never heard of HTPs | 337 (55.8) | 187 (61.9) | 150 (49.7) | 9.19 (<0.01) |
| Aware of HTPs | 267 (44.2) | 115 (38.1) | 152 (50.3) | ||