Table 3.
Tobacco use behaviors, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 2015 (N=78)
| Health is better (n=60 ) % (n) | Health not affected (n=18 ) % (n) | Fisher’s exact p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoked 100 traditional cigarettes or more/lifetime | 0.002 | ||
| Yes | 98.3 (59) | 72.2 (13) | |
| No | 1.7 (1) | 27.8 (5) | |
| Before you started vaping, how many days in a month did you usually smoke traditional cigarettes? | <0.001 | ||
| Every day | 96.7 (58) | 52.9 (9) | |
| Less than every day | 3.3 (2) | 47.1 (8) | |
| Before you started vaping, how many traditional cigarettes did you typically smoke in one day? | 0.002 0.002a 0.01b |
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| None | 1.7 (1) | 29.4 (5) | |
| 1–10 | 16.7 (10) | 23.5 (4) | |
| 11–20 | 35.0 (21) | 29.4 (5) | |
| 21 or more | 46.7 (28) | 17.7 (3) | |
| Currently, how many days in a month do you usually use traditional cigarettes? | 0.03 | ||
| Every day | 1.7 (1) | 17.7 (3) | |
| Less than every day | 98.3 (58) | 82.4 (13) | |
| Currently, how many traditional cigarettes do you typically smoke in one day? | 0.13 0.20a |
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| None | 91.7 (55) | 77.8 (14) | |
| 10 or fewer cigarettes | 6.7 (4) | 11.1 (2) | |
| 11–20 cigarettes | 1.7 (1) | 5.6 (1) | |
| 21 or more cigarettes | 0 (0) | 5.6 (1) |
Significance at the p<0.05 level.
a
Fisher’s exact p-value for none vs any cigarettes
b
Fisher’s exact p-value for none and 1–10 cigarettes vs 11–20 cigarettes and 21 or more cigarettes.