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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2016 Dec 27;96:94–100. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.12.048

Table 4.

HINTS-FDA 2015 demographic characteristics and smoking status as predictors of low nicotine cigarette beliefs.

Relative harmfulnessa
B (95% CI)		 Relative addictivenessb
B (95% CI)
Sex Female Referent Referent
Male 0.05 (−0.05, 0.14) 0.03 (−0.08, 0.14)
Race/ethnicity White Referent Referent
Black 0.26 (0.10, 0.42)* 0.08 (−0.05, 0.20)
Hispanic 0.17 (−0.03, 0.36) 0.26 (0.07, 0.45)*
Other 0.07 (−0.08, 0.22) 0.21 (0.04, 0.39)*
Age 18–24 years Referent Referent
25–44 years −0.08 (−0.34, 0.18) −0.12 (−0.40, 0.17)
45–64 years −0.19 (−0.45, 0.08) −0.06 (−0.35, 0.22)
65+ years −0.23 (−0.49, 0.03) −0.03 (−0.32, 0.25)
Education High school or less Referent Referent
Some college −0.05 (−0.18, 0.09) −0.11 (−0.23, 0.02)
College graduate −0.03 (−0.16, 0.10) −0.13 (−0.24, −0.03)*
Postgraduate −0.08 (−0.20, 0.04) −0.26 (−0.39, −0.13)*
Sexual orientation Heterosexual Referent Referent
Lesbian, gay, bisexual 0.09 (−0.05, 0.23) −0.01 (−0.20, 0.17)
Smoking status Never smoker Referent Referent
Smokerc, intends to quit −0.01 (−0.16, 0.15) 0.05 (−0.06, 0.16)
Smokerc, not quitting 0.01 (−0.21, 0.23) 0.06 (−0.12, 0.23)
Recent quitter 0.04 (−0.40, 0.47) 0.11 (−0.39, 0.62)
Established quitter 0.16 (0.08, 0.24)* 0.04 (−0.03, 0.10)
Believability of LNCs (control) −0.19 (−0.26, −0.13)* −0.21 (−0.26, −0.15)*

Notes. Unstandardized coefficients are reported. Sample size is small for recent quitters (n = 49) and results should be interpreted with caution.

“Referent” indicates the group to which the other groups are compared.

*

p < 0.05.

a

Current smokers who smoked at least 100 lifetime cigarettes and were currently smoking every day or some days.

b

Response options ranged from 1 (Much less harmful to your health than a typical cigarette) to 5 (Much more harmful to your health than a typical cigarette), with a midpoint of 3 (Equally harmful to your health).

c

Response options ranged from 1 (Much less addictive than a typical cigarette) to 5 (Much more addictive than a typical cigarette), with a midpoint of 3 (Equally addictive).