Table 1.
Characteristics of the Study Sample (N = 833)
| Variable | N (%), M (SD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Men | Women | African American | Caucasian | Total | |
| Age | 45.7 (10.6) | 43.4 (10.8) | 46.7 (10.2) | 45.7 (11.0) | 46.0 (10.7) |
| Race | |||||
| Caucasian | 141 (32.3) | 152 (38.3) | 293 (35.2) | ||
| African American | 295 (67.7) | 245 (61.7) | 540 (64.8) | ||
| Marital Status | |||||
| Single | 137 (31.5) | 128 (32.2) | 139 (47.4) | 126 (23.4) | 265 (31.8) |
| Married/Living as married | 196 (45.1) | 150 (37.8) | 74 (25.3) | 272 (50.5) | 346 (41.6) |
| Divorced/Separated | 97 (22.3) | 97 (24.4) | 69 (23.6) | 125 (23.2) | 194 (23.2) |
| Widowed | 5 (1.2) | 22 (5.5) | 11 (3.8) | 16 (3.0) | 27 (3.3) |
| Education | |||||
| Some grade/high school | 32 (7.4) | 32 (8.1) | 39 (13.3) | 28 (5.2) | 64 (7.7) |
| High School Graduate/GED | 99 (22.8) | 85 (21.4) | 88 (30.0) | 96 (17.8) | 184 (22.0) |
| Some College/Technical School | 187 (43.0) | 163 (41.1) | 114 (38.9) | 236 (43.8) | 352 (42.2) |
| College Graduate | 117 (26.9) | 117 (29.5) | 52 (17.8) | 182 (33.8) | 234 (28.0) |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 152 (51.9) | 245 (45.4) | 397 (47.7) | ||
| Male | 141 (48.1) | 295 (54.6) | 436 (52.3) | ||
| Cigarettes per Day | 19.6 (9.8) | 17.7 (6.6) | 16.6 (8.4) | 19.8 (8.3) | 18.7 (8.5) |
| Age Started Smoking | 16.3 (4.4) | 16.4 (4.1) | 16.9 (4.6) | 16.1 (4.0) | 16.4 (4.3) |
| NMR | 0.36 (.19) | 0.42 (.22) | 0.33 (.20) | 0.42 (.20) | 0.39 (0.21) |
| Rate of Nicotine Metabolism | |||||
| Slow (≤ 0.26) | 143 (32.8) | 94 (23.7) | 135 (46.1) | 102 (18.9) | 237 (28%) |
| Normal (> 0.26) | 293 (67.2) | 303 (76.3) | 158 (53.9) | 438 (81.1) | 596 (72%) |
| FTND | |||||
| < 5 | 145 (33.4) | 114 (28.7) | 82 (31.7) | 177 (32.9) | 259 (31.2) |
| ≥ 5 | 289 (66.6) | 283 (71.3) | 211 (72.0) | 361 (67.1) | 572 (68.8) |
| HSI | |||||
| < 4 | 243 (55.9) | 210 (52.9) | 165 (56.3) | 288 (53.4) | 453 (54.5) |
| ≥ 4 | 192 (44.1) | 187 (47.1) | 128 (43.7) | 251 (56.6) | 379 (45.5) |
| TTFC | |||||
| ≥ 6 minutes | 288 (66.2) | 228 (57.4) | 153 (52.2) | 363 (67.4) | 516 (62.0) |
| ≤ 5 minutes | 147 (33.8) | 169 (42.6) | 140 (47.8) | 176 (32.7) | 316 (38.0) |
| FTND CPD | |||||
| ≤ 10 | 31 (7.1) | 50 (12.6) | 51 (17.4) | 30 (5.6) | 81 (9.7) |
| 11–20 | 275 (63.2) | 255 (64.2) | 201 (68.6) | 329 (61.0) | 530 (63.7) |
| 21–30 | 106 (24.4) | 84 (21.2) | 33 (11.3) | 157 (29.1) | 190 (22.8) |
| >30 | 23 (5.3) | 8 (2.0) | 8 (2.7) | 23 (4.3) | 31 (3.7) |
Note. FTND = Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence; NMR = nicotine metabolite ratio; HSI = Heaviness of Smoking Index; TTFC = Time to first cigarette.