Table 1.
Sample Characteristics
| Full sample (N = 508) | Control condition (N = 267) | Education condition (N = 241) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||||
| Age (M, SD) | 25.3 (3.2) | 25.4 (3.2) | 25.2 (3.1) | .600 |
| Gender | .826 | |||
| Male | 253 (49.9) | 132 (49.4) | 121 (50.4) | |
| Female | 254 (50.1) | 135 (50.6) | 119 (46.6) | |
| Race | .971 | |||
| Black/African American | 37 (7.3) | 19 (7.1) | 31 (12.9) | |
| White | 407 (80.1) | 215 (80.5) | 192 (79.7) | |
| Other | 64 (12.6) | 33 (12.4) | 31 (12.9) | |
| Hispanic ethnicity | .956 | |||
| Yes | 46 (9.1) | 24 (9.0) | 22 (9.1) | |
| No | 462 (90.9) | 243 (91.0) | 219 (90.9) | |
| Current student | 206 (40.8) | 108 (40.9) | 98 (40.7) | .955 |
| Nonstudent | 299 (59.2) | 156 (59.1) | 143 (59.3) | |
| Education | .750 | |||
| Less than college education | 67 (13.2) | 34 (6.7) | 33 (6.5) | |
| Some college education or higher | 441 (86.8) | 233 (87.3) | 208 (86.3) | |
| Employment | .138 | |||
| Not full-time employed | 281 (55.3) | 156 (58.4) | 125 (51.9) | |
| Full-time employed | 227 (44.7) | 111 (41.6) | 116 (48.1) | |
| Cigarette smoking | .083 | |||
| Nonsmoker | 349 (69.0) | 191 (71.5) | 158 (66.1) | |
| Former smoker/experimenter | 57 (11.3) | 33 (12.4) | 24 (10.0) | |
| Current smoker | 100 (19.7) | 43 (16.1) | 57 (23.9) | |
| Cigarettes/day—current smokers (M, SD) | 7.4 (6.1) | 6.8 (5.8) | 7.8 (6.3) | .386 |
| Past month noncigarette tobacco use | .074 | |||
| Yes | 62 (12.2) | 26 (9.7) | 36 (14.9) | |
| No | 446 (87.8) | 241 (90.3) | 205 (85.1) | |
| Susceptibility to waterpipe tobacco use | .552 | |||
| Susceptible | 248 (48.8) | 127 (47.6) | 121 (50.2) | |
| Not susceptible | 260 (51.2) | 140 (52.4) | 120 (49.8) |
Data display N and % unless otherwise indicated. Noncigarette tobacco use includes use of cigars, cigarillos, smokeless tobacco, and electronic cigarettes. Some totals do not add to the sample n or n within condition due to sporadic missing data (<1% of cases for any variable). M = mean, SD = standard deviation.