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. 2012 Nov;102(11):2088–2093. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300525

TABLE 1—

Characteristics of Young Adult Participants in Focus Group Discussions of Snus, Dissolvable Tobacco Products, and Electronic Cigarettes: Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN, 2010

Men, Range or No. (%) (n = 26) Women, Range or No. (%) (n = 40) Total, Range or No. (%) (n = 66)
Demographic characteristics
Age, y 19–26 18–26 18–26
Education
 4-y college student or graduate 13 (50) 18 (45) 31 (47)
 ≤ 2-y college student or graduate 13 (50) 22 (55) 35 (53)
Race/ethnicity
 Asian 8 (31) 11 (28) 19 (29)
 African American 2 (8) 2 (5) 4 (6)
 White 15 (58) 22 (55) 37 (56)
 Other 1 (3) 5 (12) 6 (9)
Used tobacco in the past 30 d
Any tobacco products
 Yes 21 (81) 25 (63) 46 (70)
 No 5 (19) 15 (37) 20 (30)
Cigarettes
 Yes 21 (81) 25 (63) 46 (70)
 No 5 (19) 15 (37) 20 (30)
Other combustible products (e.g., cigars, hookah)
 Yes 6 (23) 4 (10) 10 (15)
 No 20 (77) 36 (90) 56 (85)
Smokeless tobacco products
 Yes 2 (8) 0 (0) 2 (3)
 No 24 (92) 40 (100) 64 (97)