Table 1.
Focus Group Participant Characteristics
| Total | Nondaily smokers | Daily smokers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) or | N (%) or | N (%) or | ||
| Variable | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p-value |
| N | 73 (100.0) | 46 (73.0) | 27 (37.0) | — |
| Sociodemographic variables | ||||
| Age (SD) | 23.78 (4.60) | 23.44 (5.41) | 30.44 (10.44) | <.001 |
| Gender (%) | .59 | |||
| Male | 27 (37.0) | 17 (37.0) | 10 (37.0) | |
| Female | 46 (63.0) | 29 (63.0) | 17 (63.0) | |
| Type of school (%) | .02 | |||
| 4-year college | 35 (48.0) | 25 (56.8) | 10 (34.5) | |
| 2-year college | 38 (52.0) | 19 (43.2) | 19 (65.5) | |
| Ethnicity (%) | .50 | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 50 (68.5) | 32 (69.6) | 18 (66.7) | |
| Black | 23 (31.5) | 14 (30.4) | 9 (33.3) | |
| Married or living with partner (%) | .003 | |||
| No | 48 (65.8) | 37 (80.4) | 11 (40.7) | |
| Yes | 25 (34.2) | 9 (19.6) | 16 (59.3) | |
| Any children in the home (%) | .04 | |||
| No | 44 (60.3) | 33 (71.7) | 11 (40.7) | |
| Yes | 29 (29.7) | 13 (28.3) | 16 (59.3) | |
| Days smoked in past 30 days (SD) | 17.00 (12.57) | 9.37 (9.58) | 30.00 (0.00) | <.001 |
| Average cpd on smoking days (SD) | 5.67 (6.78) | 2.26 (2.38) | 11.48 (7.88) | <.001 |
| Smoke within 30 mins of waking (%) | <.001 | |||
| No | 53 (72.6) | 45 (97.8) | 8 (19.6) | |
| Yes | 20 (17.4) | 1 (2.2) | 19 (70.4) | |
| Past year quit attempt (%) | .39 | |||
| No | 38 (52.1) | 25 (54.3) | 13 (48.1) | |
| Yes | 35 (47.9) | 21 (45.7) | 14 (51.9) | |
| Ready to quit in next 30 days (%) | .35 | |||
| No | 51 (69.9) | 31 (66.7) | 20 (74.1) | |
| Yes | 22 (30.1) | 15 (33.3) | 7 (25.9) |