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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Regul Sci. 2018 Jan 1;4(1):614–630. doi: 10.18001/TRS.4.1.8

Table 3.

Baseline Tobacco-related Behaviors among Adult Tobacco Users in Ohio, Stratified by Region (N = 1210)

Recruitment Region, N (%)
Total (N = 1210) N (%) Urban (N = 595) Rural (N = 615) p-valuea
Tobacco Product --

 Combustible 724 (59.8) 376 (63.2) 348 (56.6)
 SLT 208 (17.2) 64 (10.8) 144 (23.4)
 ENDS 133 (11.0) 77 (12.9) 56 (9.1)
 Dual 145 (12.0) 78 (13.1) 67 (10.9)

Daily User < .001

 No 71 (5.9) 57 (9.6) 14 (2.3)
 Yes 1138 (94.1) 538 (90.4) 600 (97.7)

Age First Tried Tobaccob [mean (SD)] 13.9 (5.3) 14.5 (5.5) 13.3 (5.0) < .001
Age Began Regular Useb [mean (SD)] 17.8 (5.7) 18.2 (6.0) 17.3 (5.3) .043
Years Consumed Tobacco [mean (SD)] 31.6 (15.4) 29.0 (15.0) 34.1 (15.4) < .001
Years Consumed Product [mean (SD)] 27.6 (16.8) 25.4 (16.3) 29.8 (16.9) < .001
Time to First Use, Minutes .095

 >30 490 (40.7) 266 (45.1) 224 (36.5)
 ≤30 714 (59.3) 324 (54.9) 390 (63.5)

Cessation Interestc [mean (SD)] 6.1 (3.1) 6.6 (3.0) 5.7 (3.1) .016
Stage of Change .356

 Pre-Contemplation 648 (62.0) 317 (59.0) 331 (66.3)
 Contemplation 345 (33.0) 195 (35.7) 150 (30.1)
 Preparation 53 (5.1) 35 (6.4) 18 (3.6)

Previous Quit Attempts in Past Year 1.000

 None 852 (70.4) 399 (67.1) 453 (73.7)
 1–4 289 (23.9) 158 (26.6) 131 (21.3)
 ≥5 69 (5.7) 38 (6.4) 31 (5.0)

Other Household Tobacco Users 1.000

 No 800 (66.1) 389 (65.4) 411 (66.8)
 Yes 410 (33.9) 206 (34.6) 204 (33.2)

Binge Drinking < .001

 No 836 (71.4) 372 (65.0) 464 (77.5)
 Yes 335 (28.6) 200 (35.0) 135 (22.5)

Work Indoor Air Restrictions 1.000

 Never Allowed 543 (89.3) 320 (91.4) 223 (86.4)
 Sometimes Allowed 46 (7.6) 21 (6.0) 25 (9.7)
 Always Allowed 19 (3.1) 9 (2.6) 10 (3.9)

Note.

a

Bonferroni-adjusted

b

p-value based on a log transformation

c

Cessation interest was measured on a scale of 0 (least likely) to 10 (most likely)