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. 2023 Oct 4;26(4):435–443. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad187

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