Table 2.
Demographic characteristics and use of standard tobacco products overall and by experimental condition (N = 219)
| Overall
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Non-experimental group (n = 116)
|
Experimental Group (n = 103)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Demographics | ||||||
| Age (mean, SD) | 41.5 | 14.3 | 41.0 | 14.0 | 42.1 | 14.6 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 103 | 47.0 % | 55 | 47.4 % | 48 | 46.6 % |
| Female | 116 | 53.0 % | 61 | 52.6 % | 55 | 53.4 % |
| Ethnicitya | ||||||
| Indian | 184 | 84.0 % | 99 | 85.3 % | 85 | 82.5 % |
| Pakistani | 28 | 12.8 % | 15 | 12.9 % | 13 | 12.6 % |
| Sri Lankan | 5 | 2.3 % | 3 | 2.6 % | 2 | 1.9 % |
| Bangladeshi | 6 | 2.7 % | 2 | 1.7 % | 4 | 3.9 % |
| Maldivian | 3 | 1.4 % | 3 | 2.6 % | 0 | 0.0 % |
| Nepali | 4 | 1.8 % | 3 | 2.6 % | 1 | 1.0 % |
| Bhutanese | 1 | 0.5 % | 1 | 0.9 % | 0 | 0.0 % |
| Education | ||||||
| <HS | 11 | 5.0 % | 3 | 2.6 % | 8 | 7.8 % |
| HS/GED | 13 | 5.9 % | 9 | 7.8 % | 4 | 3.9 % |
| Some college | 25 | 11.4 % | 13 | 11.2 % | 12 | 11.7 % |
| Bachelor’s+ | 170 | 77.6 % | 91 | 78.5 % | 79 | 76.7 % |
| Current tobacco use | ||||||
| Cigarettes | 35 | 16.1 % | 15 | 12.9 % | 20 | 19.6 % |
| Snuff or Chew | 12 | 5.6 % | 5 | 4.3 % | 7 | 7.0 % |
| Any standard productb | 44 | 20.5 % | 20 | 17.2 % | 24 | 24.2 % |
a
Percentages may total >100 % where participants selected multiple ethnicities
b
Cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chew, pipe, or e-cigarette