Table 3.

Informational sources and deciding factors influencing marketed vape shop items (n = 61) using simple logistic regression.

Variable	Subvariable	Year 1 (n = 61) Frequency (%)	Year 2 (n = 61) Frequency (%)	p-Value
Info sources about new e-cigarette products	Internet	51 (84)	57 (93)	0.099
	Social media	50 (82)	59 (97)	0.018 *
	Personal contacts	48 (79)	53 (87)	0.234
	Sales reps	42 (69)	52 (85)	0.035 *
	Warehouses	28 (46)	41 (67)	0.019 *
	Other a	7 (11)	8 (13)	0.783
Deciding factors on which products to keep in shop	Internet	26 (43)	20 (33)	0.263
	Social media	32 (52)	33 (54)	0.856
	Personal contacts	27 (44)	19 (31)	0.137
	Sales reps	18 (30)	15 (25)	0.541
	Warehouses	11 (18)	13 (21)	0.649
	Other b	14 (23)	21 (34)	0.163
	Based on sales	49 (80)	56 (92)	0.075
Tobacco company representative c	Yes	26 (43)	14 (23)	0.022 *

^a Other: Magazines, personal preference, trade shops, corporate relationships with manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, distributors, e-juice companies, YouTube, expos and conventions, events, travelling to countries offering new products. ^b Other: Device/juice safety, inventory, monthly shop meetings, self-testing, customer feedback, owner preference, trial and error, distributors, ease of device use, based on demographics, word of mouth, conventions, trusted companies. ^c Have you had any contact with tobacco industry agents, such as distributors of cigarette and/or e-cigarette products? * Significant p-value. Note: There were no p-values remaining significant after a conservative Bonferroni correction for multiple tests (0.008 for info sources; 0.007 for deciding factors; N/A for tobacco company representative).