Table 1.
Sample Characteristics
|
Non-Menthol Smokers (N = 25) N (%) |
Menthol Smokers (N = 90) N (%) |
|
| Gender | ||
| Female | 20 (80) | 60 (66.7) |
| Male | 5 (20) | 30 (33.3) |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Hispanic/Latino | 1 (4.2) | 2 (2.2) |
| Education | ||
| Partial high school | 3 (12.5) | 9 (10) |
| High school graduate | 12 (50) | 33 (36.7) |
| Partial college | 6 (25) | 26 (28.9) |
| Graduate School | 3 (12.5) | 9 (10) |
| College graduate | 0 (0) | 8 (8.9) |
| Junior High School | 0 (0) | 4 (4.4) |
| Less than 7 years of school | 0 (0) | 1 (1.1) |
| Income | ||
| $0 - $4,999 | 14 (56) | 28 (30.8) |
| $5,000 - $9,999 per year | 4 (16) | 12 (13.2) |
| $10,000 - $14,999 per year | 1 (4) | 10 (11) |
| $15,000 - $24,999 per year | 1 (4) | 12 (13.2) |
| $25,000 - $34,999 per year | 2 (8) | 7 (7.7) |
| $35,000-$49,999 per year | 1 (4) | 3 (3.3) |
| $50,000 - $74,999 per year | 0 (0) | 3 (3.3) |
| ≥ 75,000/year per year | 1 (4) | 2 (2.2) |
| Cigarette Use Frequency*† | ||
| Light (<10/day) | 5 (27.8) | 17 (19.5) |
| Moderate-Heavy (10–15/day) | 2 (11.1) | 40 (46) |
| Heavy (>15/day) | 11 (44) | 30 (34.5) |
| Cannabis Use1 | ||
| Yes | 15 (71.4) | 51 (59.3) |
| No | 6 (28.6) | 35 (40.7) |
| Past-Month Psychiatric Disorder4 | ||
| Yes | 14 (56) | 67 (74.4) |
| No | 11 (44) | 23 (25.6) |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Age | 47.1 (9.7) | 48.1 (10.05) |
| Number of years smoked | 27.78 (13.76) | 25.31 (12.09) |
| Number of cigarettes per day | 17.56 (12.18) | 14.75 (8.84) |
| Cigarette dependence2 | 2.65 (0.70) | 2.9 (1.03) |
| Alcoholic drinks per day3 | 2.91 (2.6) | 2.75 (2.36) |
Note. 0 = Female, 1 = Male.
1
Do you currently or have you ever smoked cannabis? (yes/no),
2
Heaviness of Smoking Index (HSI) scores.
3
In the last year, how many days per week did you drink alcohol on average?,
4
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-1). Valid percentages reported as a small subset of participants were missing demographic data.
†
chi-square test of group differences interpreted as unreliable given expected cell count less than 5.
*
p < .05