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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 11.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2016 May;40(3):310–321. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.40.3.3

Table 3.

Past 30-day Tobacco Use by VALS Factors

VALS factors Total sample Cigarettes
LCCs
Smokeless tobacco
E-cigarettes
Hookah
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD)
Novelty seeking 3.17 (0.49) 3.16 (0.49) 3.27 (0.51)*** 3.15 (0.49) 3.36 (0.48)*** 3.17 (0.49) 3.27 (0.46)* 3.16 (0.49) 3.27 (0.52)*** 3.15 (0.49) 3.35 (0.48)***

Fashion orientation 2.53 (0.82) 2.53 (0.82) 2.51 (0.81) 2.51 (0.82) 2.67 (0.80)*** 2.53 (0.82) 2.54 (0.76) 2.53 (0.82) 2.49 (0.82) 2.51 (0.82) 2.70 (0.77)***

Tangible creation 2.61 (0.73) 2.62 (0.72) 2.60 (0.76) 2.61 (0.73) 2.64 (0.74) 2.61 (0.73) 2.80 (0.70)** 2.61 (0.73) 2.67 (0.71) 2.62 (0.73) 2.57 (0.72)

Social conservatism 2.54 (0.80) 2.58 (0.78) 2.30 (0.84)*** 2.53 (0.80) 2.63 (0.76)* 2.54 (0.80) 2.51 (0.79) 2.56 (0.79) 2.36 (0.81)*** 2.56 (0.79) 2.41 (0.80)**

Intellectual curiosity 2.95 (0.56) 2.93 (0.56) 3.08 (0.57)*** 2.94 (0.56) 3.11 (0.53)** 2.95 (0.56) 2.88 (0.56) 2..94 (0.56) 3.01 (0.55)* 2.93 (0.56) 3.08 (0.55)***

Feelings of competency 3.00 (0.53) 3.00 (0.52) 3.00 (0.57) 2.98 (0.53) 3.11 (0.53)*** 2.99 (0.53) 3.18 (0.48)*** 2.99 (0.53) 3.03 (0.53) 2.98 (0.53) 3.11 (0.52)***

Self-focused thinking 2.20 (0.71) 2.18 (0.71) 2.30 (0.75)*** 2.19 (0.71) 2.28 (0.75)* 2.18 (0.71) 2.49 (0.73)*** 2.18 (0.71) 2.31 (0.72)** 2.17 (0.71) 2.39 (0.73)***

Narrowed interests 2.28 (0.66) 2.29 (0.66) 2.23 (0.69) 2.29 (0.66) 2.21 (0.68)* 2.28 (0.66) 2.37 (0.67) 2.29 (0.66) 2.24 (0.69) 2.29 (0.66) 2.24 (0.65)

Mechanical interests 2.21 (0.91) 2.19 (0.91) 2.34 (0.96)** 2.19 (0.91) 2.36 (0.94)** 2.19 (0.91) 2.80 (0.91)*** 2.19 (0.91) 2.43 (0.96)*** 2.21 (0.9l) 2.23 (0.92)
***

p < .001;

**

p < .01;

*

p < .05, per ANOVA