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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2015 May;39(3):421–432. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.39.3.14

Table 4.

Associations of Perceived Risks and Benefits with Product Ever-Use and Intention to Use Cigarettes and Electronic Cigarettes

Ever-Use Possible Intention to Usea
Cigarettes Electronic Cigarettes Cigarettes Electronic Cigarettes
PR (95% CI) PR (95% CI) PR (95% CI) PR (95% CI)
Perceived Risksb
Unadjusted 0.76 (0.49, 1.06) 0.34 (0.15, 0.57) 0.78 (0.55, 1.21) 0.75 (0.51, 1.01)
Adjustedc 0.81 (0.47, 1.15) 0.30 (0.08, 0.58) 0.90 (0.54, 1.73) 0.74 (0.52, 1.06)
Perceived Benefitsd
Unadjusted 1.21 (0.91, 1.91) 1.22 (0.99, 1.72) 1.39 (0.96, 2.15) 1.27 (0.95, 1.73)
Adjustedc 1.33 (0.97, 2.41) 1.69 (1.10, 3.56) 1.34 (0.85, 3.15) 1.24 (0.84, 1.90)
a

Among never-users of the product

b

Quartile of mean score over 14 tobacco-related negative health or social outcomes

c

Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, parental education, spending money, and item format

d

Quartile of mean score over 5 tobacco-related positive health or social outcomes

Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; PR = prevalence ratio