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. 2025 Jan 15;13:e53971. doi: 10.2196/53971

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants.

Characteristic SiS3a (n=80) QuitGuide (n=75) Clearing the Air (n=71) Total (N=226)
Demographics

Age (y), mean (SD) 41.3 (11.1) 41.6 (13.1) 40.0 (12.5) 41.0 (12.2)

Gender, n (%)


Men 28 (35) 37 (49.3) 30 (42.3) 95 (42)


Women 51 (63.7) 36 (48) 41 (57.7) 128 (56.6)


Nonbinary 1 (1.3) 2 (2.7) 0 (0) 3 (1.3)

Race, n (%)


American Indian or Alaska Native 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1.4) 1 (0.4)


Asian or Pacific Islander 1 (1.3) 1 (1.3) 4 (5.6) 6 (2.7)


Black 23 (28.7) 19 (25.3) 13 (18.3) 55 (24.3)


White 50 (62.5) 46 (61.3) 48 (67.6) 144 (63.7)


Other or unknown 2 (2.5) 3 (4) 1 (1.4) 6 (2.7)


More than one race 4 (5) 6 (8) 4 (5.6) 14 (6.2)

Hispanic, n (%) 15 (18.7) 16 (21.3) 6 (8.5) 37 (16.4)

Education, n (%)


High school or less 7 (8.7) 12 (16) 5 (7) 34 (15)


Some college 31 (38.7) 38 (50.7) 25 (35.2) 94 (41.6)


Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, or higher 42 (52.5) 25 (33.3) 30 (42.3) 97 (42.9)

Employment, n (%)


Full-time 29 (36.3) 30 (40) 27 (38) 86 (38)


Part-time 14 (17.5) 11 (14.7) 18 (25.3) 43 (19)


Unemployed 32 (40) 33 (44) 23 (32.4) 88 (38.9)

Household income (US $), n (%)


≤39,999 41 (51.3) 42 (56) 30 (42.3) 113 (50)


40,000-69,999 18 (22.5) 18 (24) 22 (31) 58 (25.7)


70,000-99,999 16 (20) 8 (10.7) 10 (14.1) 34 (15)


≥100,000 4 (5) 7 (9.3) 8 (11.3) 19 (8.4)

Geographic location, n (%)


Urban 39 (48.7) 34 (45.3) 27 (38) 100 (44.2)


Suburban 29 (36.3) 24 (32) 35 (49.3) 88 (38.9)


Rural 12 (15) 17 (22.7) 9 (12.7) 38 (16.8)
Smoking characteristics

Number of days smoked in past 30 days, mean (SD) 15.3 (5.4) 14.7 (4.8) 14.6 (4.5) 14.9 (4.9)

Number of cigarettes smoked per smoking day, mean (SD) 3.5 (2.9) 3.0 (2.2) 3.8 (3.0) 3.4 (2.7)

Cigarette dependence (FTCDb), mean (SD) 1.7 (1.9) 1.6 (1.8) 1.7 (1.6) 1.7 (1.8)

Ever smoked daily? (yes), n (%) 54 (67.5) 53 (70.7) 44 (62) 151 (66.8)

Ever quit before? (yes), n (%) 49 (61.3) 56 (74.7) 52 (73.2) 157 (69.5)

Ever used E-cigarette? (yes), n (%) 46 (57.5) 41 (54.7) 46 (64.8) 133 (58.8)

Currently using E-cigarette? (yes), n (%) 14 (17.5) 10 (13.3) 9 (12.7) 33 (14.6)
Clinical characteristics

Depressive symptoms (CES-D-10c) (at risk), n (%) 30 (37.5) 37 (49.3) 41 (57.7) 108 (47.8)

Moderate to severe anxiety (GAD-7d) (yes), n (%) 19 (23.7) 21 (28) 19 (26.8) 59 (26.1)

Anhedonia (SHAPSe) (yes), n (%) 11 (13.7) 18 (24) 17 (23.9) 46 (20.3)

Ever diagnosed mental health condition (yes), n (%) 24 (30) 23 (30.7) 22 (31) 69 (30.5)

Alcohol use, past 30 days (yes), n (%)


Any alcohol use 45 (56.3) 37 (49.3) 40 (56.3) 122 (54)


Exceeded drinking guidelines 23 (28.7) 18 (24) 19 (26.8) 60 (26.5)


Any binge drinking episode 25 (31.3) 15 (20) 18 (25.3) 58 (25.7)

aSiS3: version 3 of the Smiling instead of Smoking app.

bFTCD: Fagerström Test for Cigarette Dependence (range: 0-10, where higher scores indicate greater nicotine dependence).

cCES-D-10: Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, 10-item version (yes=total score of ≥10, indicating risk of depression).

dGAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (yes=total score of ≥10, indicating moderate or more severe anxiety).

eSHAPS: Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale (yes=total score >2, indicating mild or more severe anhedonia, an inability to feel pleasure).