Table 5.

Attitudes Towards E-cigarette Accessibility. Price, and Regulation

	Total Sample Mean (SD)	User s1 Mean (SD)	Non- Users1 Mean (SD)	Total Sample: Attitudes toward E- cigarette Regulation p value	Users vs Non- Users: Attitudes toward E- cigarette Regulation
E-cigarettes cost too much	2.46 (.84)	2.49 (.80)	2.46 (.86)	0.0107	NS (0.19)
Cigarettes cost too much money	2.62 (.98)	2.69 (.95)	2.60 (.99)	-----	NS (0.54)
If e-cigarettes were more	2.89 (.89)	2.71 (.91)	2.98 (.86)	0.0498	0.0001
If cigarettes were more expensive, teens would be less likely to use them	2.94 (.86)	2.84 (.89)	2.99 (.85)	-----	NS (0.07)
Raising the age at which you can use e- cigarettes is a good	2.77 (.94)	2.51 (.92)	2.90 (.92)	0.000	.0001
Raising the age at which you can use cigarettes is a	2.86 (.96)	2.67 (.94)	2.95 (.96)	-----	.002
Raising taxes on e- cigarettes is a bad idea	1.93 (.82)	2.13 (.84)	1.83 (.79)	<.0001	<.0001
Raising taxes on cigarettes is a bad idea	1.76 (.80)	1.90 (.86)	1.70 (.77)		0.0003
E-cigarettes should be regulated by the federal	2.72 (.91)	2.47 (.87)	2.85 (.91)	<.0001	<.0001
Cigarettes should be regulated by the federal	2.89 (.95)	2.72 (.93)	2.98 (.95)	-----	<.0001
Cigarettes are easier to get than e-cigarettes	2.20 (.90)	2.13 (.87)	2.24 (.91)	-----	NS (.21)
Cigarettes are cheaper than e-cigarettes	2.32 (.89)	2.19 (.85)	2.34 (.90)	-----	NS (.47)

Notes:

¹“Users” were those who had ever used an e-cigarette and/or a cigarette; “non-users” were those who had never used either an e-cigarette or a cigarette.

Response scale ranged from strongly agree (4) to strongly disagree (1).