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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Regul Sci. 2016 Jul 1;2(3):204–213. doi: 10.18001/TRS.2.3.1

Table 3.

Participant Characteristics, Overall and by City

Overall Washington, DC Los Angeles, CA Orlando, FL Providence, RI Richmond, VA

N % N % N % N % N % N %
City

 Total 99 9 9% 32 32% 17 17% 14 14% 27 27%

Age Group

 Adult (30+) 36 36% 9 100% 0 0% 8 47% 10 71% 9 33%
 Young Adult (18–29) 63 64% 0 0% 32 100% 9 53% 4 29% 18 67%
 Average Age (SD) 31.6 (10.9) 26.8 (11.4) 24.8 (3.1) 29.7 (7.3) 32.7 (11.9) 31.3 (13.0)

Sex

 Women 49 49% 5 56% 16 50% 6 35% 8 57% 14 52%
 Men 50 51% 4 44% 16 50% 11 65% 6 43% 13 48%

Hispanic

 No 84 85% 7 78% 26 81% 14 82% 14 100% 23 85%
 Yes 15 15% 2 22% 6 19% 3 18% 4 15%

Race/ethnicity

 American Indian/Native Alaskan 1 1% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 7% 0 0%
 Asian 6 6% 0 0% 3 9% 0 0% 0 0% 3 11%
 Black or African American 15 15% 3 33% 2 6% 0 0% 2 14% 8 30%
 Hispanic 11 11% 0 0% 4 13% 3 18% 0 0% 4 15%
 Other 2 2% 0 0% 2 6% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
 White 64 65% 6 67% 21 66% 14 82% 11 79% 12 44%

Education

 Less than high school 2 2% 0 0% 1 3% 0 0% 0 0% 1 4%
 High school or GED 12 12% 0 0% 1 3% 2 12% 5 36% 4 15%
 Some college or 2-year degree 47 47% 2 22% 9 28% 13 76% 6 43% 17 63%
 College degree 28 28% 4 44% 16 50% 2 12% 2 14% 4 15%
 Postgraduate degree 10 10% 3 33% 5 16% 0 0% 1 7% 1 4%

Exclusive/Nonexclusive e-cigarette use

 Exclusive (only e-cigarette use in past 30 days) 47 47% 0 0% 25 78% 0 0% 4 29% 18 67%
 Nonexclusive (use of e-cigarettes and at least one of the following in the past 30 days: cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, cigars, hookah) 52 53% 9 100% 7 22% 17 100% 10 71% 9 33%