. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 9.

Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2017 Apr 25;22(6):497–505. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2017.1311972

Table 2.

Factor loadings and scale characteristics of the perceived harms of using e-cigarettes

Item	E-Cigarette Perceived Harms
Item	Factor 1	Factor 2	Communality
O1: Harm from breathing vapors from others’ e-cigs	−.67	.40	.27
O10: Any harm in occasional e-cig use	.41	−.10	.13
O11: E-cig use takes years off my life	.63	.13	.53
O12: E-cig use damages my health	.78	.14	.78
O13: More e-cig use, more health risk	.93	−.03	.83
O14: Using e-cigs risks heart disease	.79	.12	.75
O15: Using e-cigs risks lung cancer	.87	.08	.85
O16: E-cig liquid harmful to children	−.16	.63	.30
O17: Get addicted from using E-cigs	−.07	.45	.17

Variance accounted for	45.8%	5.4%
Averaged scale mean (SD)	4.6 (2.2)
Averaged scale minimum, maximum	1, 9
Averaged scale Cronbach’s α	0.93

Note. Bolded text indicates items included in the scale. Italicized text indicates cross-loadings.