Table 2.
Demographic characteristics and tobacco use behaviors among 3161 smokers randomized to condition (%, unless indicated)
| General claim | Specific claim | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk | Exposure | Risk | Exposure | Control | p | |
| Total, n | 630 | 623 | 643 | 642 | 623 | – |
| MTurk, n | 229 | 223 | 220 | 217 | 227 | 0.79 |
| Prime Panels, n | 401 | 400 | 423 | 425 | 396 | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 35.4 | 38.5 | 33.4 | 35.8 | 37.6 | 0.36 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 42.2 (13.1) | 41.5 (12.7) | 41.5 (13.2) | 42.1 (12.7) | 41.3 (12.7) | 0.69 |
| Hispanic | 7.7 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 0.41 |
| Race | ||||||
| Am Indian/Alaska Native | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.65 |
| Asian | 1.8 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.9 | |
| Black/African American | 9.2 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 8.6 | |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |
| White | 83.2 | 83.0 | 82.3 | 81.1 | 84.7 | |
| Other/multiracial | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.7 | |
| Sexual orientation | ||||||
| Heterosexual | 86.2 | 88.7 | 85.5 | 87.3 | 89.0 | 0.44 |
| Gay or Lesbian | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.2 | |
| Bisexual | 9.7 | 8.1 | 11.0 | 8.3 | 7.7 | |
| Education | ||||||
| High school graduate or less | 27.4 | 24.6 | 27.4 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 0.47 |
| Some college/Associate degree | 44.9 | 45.8 | 42.1 | 41.6 | 40.3 | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 18.0 | 19.1 | 20.6 | 21.7 | 19.5 | |
| Graduate or professional degree | 9.7 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 13.1 | |
| Smoking frequency | ||||||
| Everyday | 83.3 | 81.5 | 82.7 | 83.3 | 84.8 | 0.66 |
| Some days | 16.7 | 18.5 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 15.3 | |
| Current e-cig use | ||||||
| Yes | 37.8 | 42.3 | 41.7 | 40.2 | 43.9 | 0.24 |
| Want to quit smoking w/in 6 months | ||||||
| Yes | 66.8 | 65.9 | 69.7 | 66.4 | 66.3 | 0.62 |
| IQOS awareness | ||||||
| Yes | 7.6 | 8.9 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 0.41 |
| First cigarette after waking | ||||||
| Within 5 minutes | 30.7 | 30.1 | 32.4 | 31.3 | 33.2 | 0.19 |
| 6–30 minutes | 40.1 | 43.2 | 38.4 | 43.4 | 36.8 | |
| 31–60 minutes | 14.9 | 11.3 | 15.7 | 12.0 | 13.6 | |
| After 60 minutes | 14.3 | 15.4 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 16.5 | |