Table 2.
Comparison of both A) daily concurrent nicotine users and C) the sub-group of daily dual users with B) non-daily dual users
| A: Concurrent daily nicotine use* |
B Dual daily use |
C: Concurrent non-daily use |
Sig | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Female | 47.5 | 46.1 | 46.3 | A-C: NS B-C: NS |
| Age: 18–24 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 24.4 | A-C: P<.0001 B-C: p<.0001 |
| 25–39 | 29.3 | 32.1 | 42.1 | |
| 40–54 | 32.8 | 32.6 | 20.9 | |
| 55 + | 25.0 | 22.1 | 12.6 | |
| Socioeconomic Status (SES): Low |
36.2 |
35.0 |
24.1 |
A-C: P=.004 B-C: p=.03 |
| Medium | 28.8 | 27.1 | 31.1 | |
| High | 35.1 | 37.8 | 44.8 | |
| Uses a tank system to vape | 58.2 | 56.5 | 36.4 | A-C: P<.0001 B-C: p<.0001 |
| Reports only no or slight urges to smoke in last day | 12.0 | 11.9 | 42.8 | A-C: p<.0001 B-C: p<.0001 |
| Very or extremely hard to quit completely | 46.7 | 43.7 | 14.7 | A-C: p<.0001 B-C: p<.0001 |
| Plans to quit within next 6 months | 46.3 | 49.1 | 53.2 | A-C: NS B-C: NS |
| Probably or definitely plans to vape in future | 67.1 | 74.7 | 43.0 | A-C: p<.0001 B-C: p<.0001 |
| Believes ECs less addictive than cigarettes | 56.7 | 57.2 | 51.3 | A-C: p<.0001 B-C: p<.0001 |
| Finds vaping less satisfying than smoking | 65.0 | 52.6 | 46.7 | A-C: p<.0001 B-C: p=.02 |
| Believes vaping less harmful than smoking | 74.0 | 70.2 | 60.9 | A-C: p<.0001 B-C: p=.002 |
| Believes switching to vaping believed to improve health | 76.5 | 75.7 | 67.0 | A-C: P=.0001 B-C: p=.0001 |
| Agrees society disapproves of smoking | 74.4 | 65.5 | 63.5 | A-C: P=.0002 B-C: p=.0002 |
| Agrees society approves of vaping | 35.8 | 39.2 | 31.9 | A-C: p=.007 B-C: p=.002 |
| Positive overall opinion of vaping | 43.3 | 52.8 | 30.8 | A-C: p=.0001 B-C: p<.0001 |
| Positive overall opinion of smoking | 14.1 | 18.4 | 10.7 | A-C: NS B-C: p=.02 |
*
Consists of the three Concurrent daily use groups