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. 2018 Aug 14;20(Suppl 1):S12–S21. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty061

Table 1.

Select Baseline Participant Characteristics and Self-reported Tobacco Use (N = 64)

% or Mean (SD)
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics
Age, mean (SD) (n = 63) 24.5 (3.2)
Age group, %
 18–24 years 46.0%
 25–29 years 54.0%
Women, % 48.4%
Employment status in past 30 days, %
 Full time 23.4%
 Part time 35.9%
 Not working (unemployed, homemaker, retired/  disabled) 40.6%
Weekly amount of money to spend on self or save
 Less than $100 40.6%
 ≥$100 59.4%
Current tobacco use
Cigarette flavor smoked most often, %
 Plain/unflavored/other 20.3%
 Menthol 79.7%
Cigar flavor smoked most often, %
 Plain/unflavored 14.1%
 Alcohol 39.1%
 Fruit/dessert/sweet 39.1%
 Mint/menthol/other/don’t know 7.8%
Preferred product when craving
 Cigarette 67.2%
 Cigar 29.7%
 No preference 3.1%
Use of another tobacco product in the past 30 days, %1 60.9%
Fagerström Test for Cigarette Dependence (FTCD) score
 Very low 42.2%
 Low 28.1%
 Moderate 15.6%
 High or very high 14.1%

1Other products used are presented in Supplementary Table 1.