Table 1.
Study sample characteristics (N=138) from Tobacco Status Project, a smoking cessation intervention delivered entirely through Facebook.
| Characteristic | Value | ||
| Male, n (%) | 57 (41.3) | ||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 20.8 (1.9) | ||
| Hispanic, n (%) | 8 (5.8) | ||
| Race, n (%) | |||
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White | 101 (73.2) | |
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More than one race | 20 (14.5) | |
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Black | 5 (3.6) | |
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Native American | 1 (0.7) | |
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Asian | 1 (0.7) | |
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Other | 10 (7.2) | |
| Region, n (%) | |||
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West | 38 (27.7) | |
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South | 52 (38.0) | |
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Midwest | 32 (23.4) | |
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Northeast | 15 (10.9) | |
| Annual household income, n (%) | |||
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≤$40,000 | 94 (68.1) | |
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$41,000 - $80,000 | 28 (20.3) | |
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$81,000 - $200,000 | 15 (10.8) | |
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Currently in school (full time or part time) | 42 (30.5) | |
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Currently employed (full time or part time) | 89 (53.5) | |
| Smoking characteristics | |||
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Are you a social smoker? (yes), n (%) | 101 (73.2) | |
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Daily smoker, n (%) | 121 (87.7) | |
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Fägerstrom Test For Nicotine Dependence, mean (SD) | 2.9 (2.1) | |
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Number of years smoked, mean (SD) | 2.8 (0.6) | |
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Cigarettes smoked per day, mean (SD) | 10.4 (6.3) | |
| Readiness-to-quit group, n (%) | |||
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Not ready to quit | 46 (33.3) | |
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Thinking about quitting | 66 (47.8) | |
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Getting ready to quit | 26 (18.8) | |
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Past month marijuana use (yes) | 59 (42.8) | |
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Past month hookah use | 33 (23.9) | |
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Past month vape or e-cigarette or e-hookah use | 69 (50.0) | |