Table 3.
Interaction Effects Cooling Agent with Base Flavor, Nicotine Concentration, and Nicotine/Tobacco Use on Appeal and Sensory Attributes
Appeal | Sensory attributes | |||||||||||||||
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Liking | Disliking | Use again | Sweetness | Smoothness | Bitterness | Harshness | Coolness | |||||||||
F | P | F | P | F | P | F | P | F | P | F | P | F | P | F | P | |
Cooling agenta × Flavorb | 0.1 | 0.993 | 0.1 | 0.993 | 0.3 | 0.976 | 0.1 | 0.993 | 0.5 | 0.771 | 0.9 | 0.688 | 2.5 | 0.067 | 1.1 | 0.470 |
Cooling agenta × Nicotine Concentrationc | 0.1 | 0.996 | 0.0 | 0.996 | 0.0 | 0.996 | 0.5 | 0.791 | 0.4 | 0.905 | 0.0 | 0.996 | 0.0 | 0.996 | 1.7 | 0.273 |
Cooling agenta × Nicotine/tobacco used | 0.2 | 0.968 | 0.9 | 0.795 | 1.0 | 0.760 | 0.2 | 0.968 | 0.1 | 0.968 | 0.3 | 0.968 | 0.5 | 0.968 | 1.7 | 0.383 |
Cooling agenta × Pre-existing menthol/mint flavor preferencee | 1.2 | 0.484 | 0.5 | 0.778 | 1.3 | 0.484 | 0.3 | 0.854 | 1.6 | 0.484 | 0.3 | 0.854 | 1.4 | 0.484 | 4.0 | 0.062 |
Note. p = p-value corrected for multiple testing to control false-discovery rate <.05 from omnibus F tests.
No cooling agent vs. menthol vs. synthetic cooling agent WS-23.
Tobacco vs. mint vs. fruit.
2% vs. 4%.
Current exclusive combustible cigarette use vs. exclusive e-cigarette use vs. dual use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes.
Menthol as usually used flavor among cigarette smokers and menthol or mint as most often used flavors among e-cigarette users.