Table 3.
Characteristics of e-cigarette users.
| Current smokers |
Recent ex-smokers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currently use (n = 775) |
No current use (n = 2763) |
OR (95%CI) Adj. OR (95%CI) |
Current use (n = 109) |
No current use (n = 470) |
OR (95%CI) Adj. OR (95%CI) |
|
| Mean (SD) age | 42.9 (14.9) | 43.5 (14.8) | 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 1.00 (0.99–1.01) |
45.0 (14.8) | 43.4 (15.3) | 1.01 (0.99–1.02) 1.00 (0.99–1.02) |
| % (N) women | 48.1 (373) | 49.7 (1373) | 0.94 (0.80–1.10) 0.96 (0.81–1.13) |
48.6 (53) | 52.8 (248) | 0.85 (0.56–1.29) 0.95 (0.61–1.46) |
| % (N) high socio-economic statusa | 52.9 (410) | 43.8 (1211) | 1.44 (1.23–1.69)*** 1.48 (1.25–1.75)*** |
52.3 (57) | 54.5 (256) | 0.92 (0.60–1.39) 0.99 (0.64–1.54) |
| Mean (SD) cigarettes per day | 13.9 (8.9) | 12.6 (8.7) | 1.02 (1.01–1.02)** 1.02 (1.01–1.03)*** |
17.5 (10.9) | 14.0 (10.5) | 1.03 (1.01–1.05)** 1.03 (1.01–1.05)** |
| % quit attempt in past year | 31.7 (246) | 21.8 (601) | 2.81 (2.38–3.32)*** 2.82 (2.38–3.34)*** |
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Note: The adjusted models include all the other socio-demographic and smoking variables presented in Table 3. **p < .01, *** p < 0.001.
a
‘High’ socio-economic status includes individuals classified into managerial, professional and intermediate occupational groups by the NS-SEC.