Table 1.
Sample Characteristics
| Snus Group n=626 |
Control Group n=610 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 48.7 (12.5) | 48.7 (12.6) | .9 |
| % Female | 70% | 65% | .1 |
| Race | .7 | ||
| % Caucasian | 89% | 87% | |
| % African American | 9% | 10% | |
| % Other | 2% | 3% | |
| % Married or Within a Couple | 47% | 51% | .2 |
| % Full/Part Employment | 42% | 45% | .3 |
| Education | .4 | ||
| % HS | 32% | 32% | |
| % > HS | 64% | 62% | |
| % Very/Somewhat Concerned of health | 74% | 74% | .9 |
| Age began smoking | 16.9 (3.7) | 17.0 (4.4) | .5 |
| Cigarettes per Day | 20.1 (8.7) | 19.9 (8.4) | .7 |
| Heaviness of Smoking Index | 3.5 (1.2) | 3.5 (1.2) | .9 |
| % Quit Attempt, past year | 9% | 8% | .6 |
| % Live with other smoker | 45% | 47% | .5 |
| % Allow smoking indoors at home | 55% | 50% | .01 |
| % Heard of low nitrosamine SLT1 | 76% | 75% | .6 |
| % Prior use of low nitrosamine SLT, lifetime1 | 7% | 8% | .4 |
| % Heard of Camel Snus | 70% | 68% | .7 |
| % Prior use of Camel Snus, lifetime | 5% | 5% | .4 |
| Intend to quit smoking, next month | 1.4 (2.3) | 1.3 (2.4) | .8 |
| Confidence to quit smoking | 2.6 (3.1) | 2.7 (3.0) | .4 |
Notes:
HS=high school; SLT=smokeless tobacco;
1
low nitrosamine SLT: Ariva, Revel, Exalt, Stonewall, Camel Snus, Marlboro Snus (exclusive of both e-cigarettes and traditional SLT products)