Table 1.
Sample Characteristics
| Non-Hispanic White | Non-Hispanic African American | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall samplea | Womenb | Menc | Overall sample | Womend | Mene | Overall sample | |
| Variable | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) |
| Demographics | |||||||
| Agef | 48.27 (11.18) | 39.79 (12.01) | 39.60 (10.90) | 39.68 (11.32) | 47.81 (10.72) | 50.89 (10.17) | 49.75 (10.47) |
| Smoking characteristics | |||||||
| Age of regular smoking (years) | 19.71 (5.96) | 19.29 (6.39) | 19.13 (5.09) | 19.20 (5.64) | 20.00 (6.08) | 19.67 (5.97) | 19.79 (6.01) |
| FTNDf | 5.83 (1.82) | 5.54 (1.64) | 5.15 (1.80) | 5.31 (1.74) | 5.95 (1.83) | 5.89 (1.82) | 5.92 (1.82) |
| Cigarettes per dayf,g | 15.49 (7.06) | 16.26 (5.35) | 17.48 (4.60) | 16.97 (4.94) | 14.02 (6.51) | 15.93 (7.70) | 15.24 (7.34) |
| Mentholg,e | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| Non-menthol | 365 (48.7) | 27 (60) | 34 (50.7) | 61 (54.5) | 124 (54.6) | 177 (43.5) | 304 (47.6) |
| Menthol | 385 (51.3) | 18 (40) | 33 (49.3) | 51 (45.5) | 103 (45.4) | 230 (56.5) | 334 (52.4) |
FTND = Fagerström Test of Nicotine Dependence (range = 0–10), SD = standard deviation.
a n’s ranged from 750 to 788 due to missing data.
b n’s ranged from 45–48 due to missing data.
c n’s ranged from 67–68 due to missing data.
d n’s ranged from 227 to 249 due to missing data.
e n’s ranged from 407–424 due to missing data.
fSignificant effect of race.
gSignificant effect of gender.
eSignificant effect of gender × race.