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. 2019 Aug 6;16:100966. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100966

Table 3.

Association between e-cigarette warning exposure and e-cigarette perceptions.

Prevalence and odds of perceiving e-cigarettes to cause at least some harm to users, among all respondents
Prevalence and odds of perceiving e-cigarette addiction to be at least somewhat likely
Prevalence and odds of perceiving e-cigarettes to be as harmful or more harmful than cigarettes
% AOR 95%CI p-value % AOR 95% CI p-value % AOR 95% CI p-value
Warning exposure
Yes 57.0 1.19 1.01 1.40 0.037 60.6 1.43 1.22 1.66 <0.001 26.8 1.45 1.22 1.73 <0.001
No/Don't know 60.4 ref 54.4 ref 21.8 ref



Country
Canada 65.1 ref 49.6 ref 23.6 ref
US 64.0 1.01 0.89 1.15 0.838 60.2 1.55 1.39 1.74 <0.001 28.5 1.33 1.16 1.53 <0.001
England 50.7 0.54 0.48 0.61 <0.001 55.4 1.28 1.14 1.44 <0.001 15.4 0.57 0.48 0.67 <0.001



Sex
Male 57.9 0.87 0.79 0.96 0.004 52.5 0.81 0.74 0.88 <0.001 23.2 1.10 0.98 1.23 0.105
Female 62.4 ref 58.1 ref 21.7 ref



Age
16–17 65.0 1.41 1.28 1.56 <0.001 56.3 1.05 0.96 1.15 0.269 24.9 1.35 1.21 1.52 <0.001
18–19 55.7 ref 54.1 ref 20.4 ref



Race/ethnicity
White 60.4 1.28 1.15 1.43 <0.001 56.6 1.23 1.15 1.36 <0.001 22.1 0.98 0.86 1.11 0.726
Other/mixed 58.7 ref 52.1 ref 23.3 ref



Past 30 day tobacco status
Exclusive cigarette user 47.7 0.53 0.43 0.65 <0.001 41.9 0.51 0.42 0.62 <0.001 25.7 1.29 1.02 1.64 0.036
Exclusive e-cigarette user 31.8 0.24 0.18 0.30 <0.001 44.2 0.53 0.42 0.67 <0.001 10.0 0.33 0.22 0.49 <0.001
Dual cigarette/ e-cigarette user 32.7 0.25 0.20 0.33 <0.001 49.2 0.61 0.48 0.77 <0.001 19.0 0.70 0.52 0.95 0.021
Non-user of either product 65.3 ref 57.9 ref 23.1 ref