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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Health. 2019 Mar 25;68(7):782–787. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2019.1590373

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics by Smoking Status Group.

Overall (N = 1370) Nonsmokers (n = 816) E-cig users (n = 319) Cigarette smokers (n = 48) Dual users (n = 187) P-value

Race, N (%)
 Caucasian 1079 (78.8%) 608 (74.5%) 265 (83.0%) 41 (85.4%) 165 (88.2%) <0.001
 African American 182 (13.3%) 138 (16.9%)ab 31 (9.7%)ac 4 (8.3%) 9 (4.8%)bc
Gender, N (% female) 1066 (78%) 684 (83.8%)ab 226 (70.8%)ac 39 (81.3%)d 117 (62.6%)bcd <0.001
Age
 Mean (SD) 20.11 (2.21) 20.14 (2.31) 19.87 (2.03) a 20.23 (1.84) 20.38 (2.13)a 0.078
Cigarettes per week
 Mean (SD) 11.74 (23.35) -- -- 4.42 (7.91)a 13.70 (25.64)a 0.029
Years smoked
 Mean (SD) 0.97 (1.99) -- -- 0.37 (1.04)a 1.13 (2.15)a 0.02
FTND
 Mean (SD) 1.98 (2.19) -- -- 1.83 (1.72) 2.0 (2.27) .864
Past Quit Attempt, N (%)
 Yes 628 (45.8%) -- -- 13 (27.7%)a 95 (50.6%)a 0.005
 No
Number of Quit Attempts
 Mean (SD) 1.65 (5.90) -- 0.89 (2.52) 0.51 (1.10)b 2.64 (8.25)ab 0.011
Desire to Quit
 Mean (SD) 5.79 (3.35) -- 6.10 (3.90) 4.91 (2.96) 5.77 (2.92) .117
Current Quit Attempt, N (%)
 Yes 326 (23.8%) -- -- 7 (14.9%)a 49 (26.1%)a .075
 No
SCQ, Mean (SD)
 Negative consequences 5.65 (2.78) 5.50 (3.08)a 5.83 (2.67) 5.13 (1.71) 6.05 (1.69)a 0.082
 Positive reinforcement 2.06 (2.29) 1.37 (1.98)abc 2.0 (2.18)ade 3.69 (1.50)bdf 4.42 (1.95)cef <.001
 Negative reinforcement 2.46 (2.73) 1.80 (2.46)abc 2.32 (2.57)ade 4.10 (2.39)bdf 4.74 (2.64)cef <.001
 Weight control 2.19 (2.45) 1.80 (2.42)abc 2.23 (2.32)ade 3.14 (2.01)bd 3.29 (2.49)ce <.001

Note. SD= standard deviation; FTND= Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence; SCQ= Smoking Consequences Questionnaire