Table 3.

Correlations of nicotine dependence scales and quitting behaviors among daily menthol and non-menthol smokers, aged 18–35 (n =186).

	Menthol (n = 127)			Non-menthol (n = 59)
	FTND	NDSS	WISDM	FTND	NDSS	WISDM
FTND	0.68	0.43	0.56	0.72	0.72	0.52
p-Value	–	.0000***	.0000***	–	.0000***	.0000***
NDSS	0.43	0.82	0.65	0.72	0.82	0.74
p-Value	.0000***	–	.0000***	.0000***	–	.0000***
WISDM	0.56	0.65	0.91	0.52	0.74	0.89
p-Value	.0000***	.0000***	–	.0000***	.0000***	–
Stopped smoking one day or longer because trying to quit in the past 12 months (1=no, 2=yes)	−0.28	0.04	−0.08	0.07	0.01	−0.05
p-Value	.001**	.66	.39	.60	.96	.72
Number of quit attempts in past 12 months (0=0, 1=1, 2=2–3, 3=4+)	−0.33	0.03	−0.09	−0.01	0.01	−0.02
p-Value	.0002***	.76	.32	.92	.96	.89
Likelihood of succeeding to quit in the next 6 months	−0.28	−0.34	−0.25	−0.12	−0.14	−0.46
p-Value	.003***	.0003***	.01*	.38	.34	.0004*
Cigarettes per day (1=0–5, 2=6–10, 3=11–19, 4=20+)	0.69	0.34	0.31	0.55	0.41	0.30
p-Value	.0000***	.0002***	.0003***	.0000***	.002**	.02*

^*p <0.05.

^**p <0.01.

^***p <0.001.