Table 1.
Characteristics of Legacy Young Adult Cohort Sample (Wave 2), Weighted
| Full sample (unweighted n = 4,196), % | Among nonsmokers (unweighted n = 3,382), % | Among current cigarette smokers (unweighted n = 812), % | p value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | – | 78.0 | 22.0 | – |
| Age | .5849 | |||
| 18–24 | 40.9 | 41.2 | 39.7 | |
| 25–34 | 59.1 | 58.8 | 60.3 | |
| Gender | .0547 | |||
| Male | 49.9 | 48.8 | 54.0 | |
| Female | 50.1 | 51.3 | 46.0 | |
| Race/ethnicity | .1244 | |||
| White, non-Hispanic | 59.7 | 58.6 | 63.5 | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 13.1 | 12.8 | 14.1 | |
| Other, non-Hispanic | 7.3 | 7.8 | 5.9 | |
| Hispanic | 19.9 | 20.9 | 16.6 | |
| Education | <.001 | |||
| Less than high school | 12.8 | 11.5 | 17.6 | |
| High school | 27.8 | 25.5 | 35.7 | |
| Some college or greater | 59.4 | 63.0 | 46.7 | |
| Open to smoking | 39.3 | – | ||
| Self-identified smoking status | – | |||
| Smoker | 58.6 | |||
| Social or occasional smoker | 41.5 | |||
| Smoking intensity on days smoked, past 30 days | – | |||
| Light (1–10 cigarettes per day) | 64.9 | |||
| Heavier (11–30 cigarettes per day) | 35.1 | |||
| Smoking frequency, past 30 days | – | |||
| Nondaily (1–29 days) | 47.5 | |||
| Daily (all 30 days) | 52.6 | |||
| Time to first tobacco product after waking | – | |||
| Within 5 min | 14.8 | |||
| 5–30 min | 36.7 | |||
| 31–60 min | 20.1 | |||
| Greater than 60 min | 28.4 | |||
| Quit attempt in past 12 months | 42.6 | – | ||
| Intention to quit smoking | – | |||
| I don’t plan to quit | 37.6 | |||
| Longer than 6 months | 24.5 | |||
| Within 6 months | 25.5 | |||
| Within 30 days | 12.5 | |||
| Cigarette warning label items | ||||
| Do warning labels on cigarettes make smokers more likely to quit? | 14.6 | 15.7 | 10.6 | .0157 |
| Have warning labels led you to decide not to have a cigarette? | 20.7 | 23.1 | 12.5 | <.001 |
| Have you heard about or seen new warning labels which include graphic pictures? | 54.0 | 53.0 | 57.6 | .0931 |
| Do you think that new warning labels with graphic pictures would make you think about not smoking? | 52.7 | 56.4 | 39.9 | <.001 |
Note. Missing data in full sample: current cigarette use (2); “Do warning labels on cigarettes make smokers more likely to quit?” (42); “Have warning labels led you to decide to not have a cigarette?” (53); “Have you heard about or seen new warning labels which include graphic pictures?” (38); “Do you think that new warning labels with graphic pictures would make you think about not smoking” (44). Missing data in nonusers: open to smoking (198); “Do warning labels on cigarettes make smokers more likely to quit?” (39); “Have warning labels led you to decide to not have a cigarette?” (50); “Have you heard about or seen new warning labels which include graphic pictures?” (35); “Do you think that new warning labels with graphic pictures would make you think about not smoking” (39). Missing data in current cigarette smokers: self-identified smoking status (92); smoking frequency (0); smoking intensity (47); time to first tobacco product after waking (92); quit attempt in past 12 months (15); intention to quit (13); “Do warning labels on cigarettes make smokers more likely to quit?” (3); “Have warning labels led you to decide to not have a cigarette?” (3); “Have you heard about or seen new warning labels which include graphic pictures?” (3); “Do you think that new warning labels with graphic pictures would make you think about not smoking” (4).
*p value for difference between current cigarette smokers and nonsmokers. Bold typeface indicates p < .05.
Source. Legacy Young Adult Cohort Study, Wave 2 (January 2012).