Table 1.
Distribution of vaping device characteristics by select POS in Southeast U.S., June–August 2014.
| Point of sales |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaping device characteristics (N = 54)a | Total N (%) |
Drug store (2) | Gas station (3) | Grocery store (2) | Specialty store1 (5) | Other store2 (3) |
| Product Type (54) | ||||||
| E-cigarette | 38 (70.4%) | 9 (100%) | 8 (50%) | 3 (100%) | 7 (58.3%) | 11 (78.6%) |
| E-hookah | 16 (29.6%) | 0 | 8 (50%) | 0 | 5 (41.7%) | 3 (21.4%) |
| Disposable only (53) | 30 (56.6%) | 3 (33.3%) | 11 (68.8%) | 2 (66.7%) | 6 (54.5%) | 8 (57.1%) |
| Non-disposable only (53) | 16 (30.2%) | 2 (22.2%) | 5 (31.3%) | 1 (33.3%) | 5 (45.5%) | 3 (21.4%) |
| Both disposable and non-disposable (53) | 7 (13.2%) | 4 (44.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (25%) |
| Nicotine containing (29) | 17 (58.6%) | 6 (100%) | 3 (27.3%) | 2 (100%) | 2 (50%) | 4 (66.7%) |
| Packaging (53) | ||||||
| Traditional cigarette style box or other box |
20 (37.7%) | 8 (88.9%) | 1 (6.3%) | 1 (33.3%) | 3 (25%) | 7 (50%) |
| Plastic packaging | 12 (22.6%) | 0 | 7 (43.8%) | 0 | 4 (33.3%) | 1 (8.3%) |
| Pen box | 21 (39.6%) | 1 (11.1%) | 8 (50%) | 2 (66.7%) | 4 (33.3%) | 6 (42.9%) |
| Flavor typesb (41) | ||||||
| Tobacco and menthol flavors |
29 (70.7%) | 7 (87.5%) | 6 (46.2%) | 2 (100%) | 3 (50%) | 11 (91.7%) |
| Dessert and candy flavors | 5 (12.2%) | 2 (25%) | 1 (7.7%) | 0 | 0 | 2 (20%) |
| Fruit flavors | 16 (39.0%) | 2 (25%) | 7 (53.8%) | 0 | 3 (50%) | 4 (33.3%) |
| Drink flavors | 10 (24.4%) | 1 (12.5%) | 5 (38.5%) | 0 | 2 (33.3%) | 2 (20%) |
| Other types of flavors | 12 (29.3%) | 1 (12.5%) | 4 (30.8%) | 1 (50%) | 4 (66.7%) | 2 (16.7%) |
| Total products | 54 | 9 (16.7%) | 16 (29.6%) | 3 (5.6%) | 12 (22.2%) | 14 (25.9%) |
1
Includes tobacco outlets and vape outlets.
2
Includes stores other than drug, pharmacy, grocery, or specialty.
a
Data on some characteristics missing for some products, therefore, sample sizes may vary.
b
There were a total of 41 products. One discrete product could have more than one flavor, therefore frequencies for flavor type will not add up to the total number of products found in the specific POS.