Table 3.
Demographic characteristics of 20,676 US adult frequent e-cigarette users classified into four Tobacco Use Pathway (TUP) groups
| Switchers (n = 15,807) |
Dual users (n = 1330) |
Former smoker e-cigarette users (n = 2483) |
Never smoker e-cigarette users (n = 1056) |
Total (n = 20,676) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| Age group | |||||
| 18–25 | 1714 (10.8) | 264 (19.8) | 587 (23.6) | 579 (54.8) | 3144 (15.2) |
| 26–35 | 4165 (26.4) | 378 (28.4) | 784 (31.6) | 199 (18.8) | 5526 (26.7) |
| 36–45 | 4382 (27.7) | 305 (22.9) | 543 (21.9) | 118 (11.2) | 5348 (25.9) |
| 46–55 | 3193 (20.2) | 237 (17.8) | 336 (13.5) | 92 (8.7) | 3858 (18.7) |
| 56–65 | 1910 (12.1) | 124 (9.3) | 192 (7.7) | 58 (5.5) | 2284 (11.0) |
| 66–75 | 421 (2.7) | 19 (1.4) | 41 (1.7) | 9 (0.9) | 490 (2.4) |
| 75+ | 19 (0.1) | 3 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 23 (0.1) |
| Total | 15,804 (100.0) | 1330 (100.0) | 2483 (100.0) | 1056 (100.0) | 20,673 (100.0) |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 11,173 (71.0) | 904 (68.1) | 1866 (75.5) | 806 (76.9) | 14,749 (71.6) |
| Female | 4513 (28.7) | 420 (31.6) | 594 (24.0) | 234 (22.3) | 5761 (28.0) |
| Transgender | 51 (0.3) | 4 (0.3) | 12 (0.5) | 8 (0.8) | 75 (0.4) |
| Total | 15,737 (100.0) | 1328 (100.0) | 2472 (100.0) | 1048 (100.0) | 20,585 (100.0) |
| Census region-division | |||||
| Northeast | 2511 (15.8) | 228 (17.1) | 470 (18.9) | 163 (15.5) | 3372 (16.3) |
| New England | 686 (4.3) | 51 (3.8) | 109 (4.4) | 43 (4.1) | 889 (4.3) |
| Middle Atlantic | 1825 (11.5) | 177 (13.3) | 361 (14.5) | 120 (11.4) | 2483 (12.0) |
| Midwest | 3710 (23.5) | 355 (26.7) | 547 (22.0) | 250 (23.7) | 4862 (23.6) |
| East North Central | 2547 (16.1) | 254 (19.1) | 408 (16.4) | 174 (16.5) | 3383 (16.4) |
| West North Central | 1163 (7.4) | 101 (7.6) | 139 (5.6) | 76 (7.2) | 1479 (7.2) |
| South | 6161 (39.0) | 469 (26.7) | 857 (34.5) | 337 (31.8) | 7824 (37.8) |
| South Atlantic | 3074 (19.4) | 250 (18.8) | 451 (18.2) | 162 (15.3) | 3937 (19.0) |
| East South Central | 1241 (7.9) | 95 (7.1) | 162 (6.5) | 71 (6.7) | 1569 (7.6) |
| West South Central | 1846 (11.7) | 124 (9.3) | 244 (9.8) | 104 (9.8) | 2318 (11.2) |
| West | 3085 (21.8) | 251 (18.9) | 522 (21.1) | 259 (24.6) | 4117 (19.9) |
| Mountain | 1195 (7.6) | 100 (7.5) | 200 (8.1) | 83 (7.9) | 1578 (7.6) |
| Pacific | 1890 (12.0) | 151 (11.4) | 322 (13.0) | 176 (16.7) | 2539 (12.3) |
| No answer | 340 (2.2) | 27 (2.0) | 87 (3.5) | 47 (4.5) | 501 (2.4) |
| Total | 15,807 (100.0) | 1330 (100.0) | 2483 (100.0) | 1056 (100.0) | 20,676 (100.0) |
| Employment (hours paid work pw) | |||||
| 35+ hours | 11,014 (69.9) | 824 (62.1) | 1718 (69.5) | 549 (52.2) | 14,105 (68.5) |
| 15–35 h | 1320 (8.4) | 142 (10.7) | 263 (10.6) | 231 (22.0) | 1956 (9.5) |
| 0–15 h | 320 (2.0) | 47 (3.5) | 55 (2.2) | 50 (4.8) | 472 (2.3) |
| 0 h | 3092 (19.6) | 313 (23.6) | 435 (17.6) | 221 (21.0) | 4061 (19.7) |
| Total | 15,746 (100.0) | 1326 (100.0) | 2471 (100.0) | 1051 (100.0) | 20,594 (100.0) |
| Highest education level | |||||
| Less than high school | 77 (0.5) | 11 (0.8) | 17 (0.7) | 5 (0.5) | 110 (0.5) |
| Some high school, no diploma | 380 (2.4) | 50 (3.8) | 81 (3.3) | 44 (4.2) | 555 (2.7) |
| GED | 1019 (6.5) | 107 (8.1) | 160 (6.5) | 26 (2.5) | 1312 (6.4) |
| High school graduate, diploma | 2944 (18.6) | 270 (20.3) | 619 (25.0) | 347 (32.9) | 4180 (20.2) |
| Some college, no degree | 5496 (34.8) | 462 (34.8) | 812 (32.8) | 336 (31.9) | 7106 (34.4) |
| Associate degree—voc./occup. | 1736 (11.0) | 119 (9.0) | 269 (10.9) | 83 (7.9) | 2207 (10.7) |
| Associate degree—academic | 1070 (6.8) | 78 (5.9) | 149 (6.0) | 63 (6.0) | 1360 (6.6) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 2325 (14.7) | 178 (13.4) | 287 (11.6) | 105 (10.0) | 2895 (14.0) |
| Master’s degree | 513 (3.2) | 37 (2.8) | 64 (2.4) | 35 (3.3) | 649 (3.1) |
| Professional school degree | 131 (0.8) | 9 (0.7) | 10 (0.4) | 7 (0.7) | 157 (0.8) |
| Doctorate degree | 95 (0.6) | 8 (0.6) | 11 (0.4) | 3 (0.3) | 117 (0.6) |
| Total | 15,786 (100.0) | 1329 (100.0) | 2479 (100.0) | 1054 (100.0) | 20,648 (100.0) |
| Vape advocacy group membership | |||||
| CASAA | 10,442 (66.1) | 694 (52.2) | 1620 (65.2) | 500 (47.3) | 13,256 (64.1) |
| SFATA | 1512 (9.6) | 60 (4.5) | 313 (12.6) | 107 (10.1) | 1992 (9.6) |
| NBS | 3126 (19.8) | 221 (16.6) | 640 (25.8) | 302 (28.6) | 4289 (20.7) |
| AVA | 1432 (9.1) | 108 (8.1) | 307 (12.4) | 117 (11.1) | 1964 (9.5) |