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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Regul Sci. 2019 Nov;5(6):518–531. doi: 10.18001/TRS.5.6.4

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics, ENDS Characteristics, and Cessation Attempts by Use Profile, 2016–2017

Characteristic Dual Users ENDS Rejecters Switchers Quitters
N = 598 N = 891 N = 112 N = 213
% (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
Sex
 Male 50.7 (45.4, 56.1) 44.6 (40.3, 48.9) 50.0 (39.4, 60.6) 44.6 (36.8, 52.3)
 Female 49.3 (43.9, 54.6) 55.4 (51.1, 59.7) 50.0 (39.4, 60.6) 55.4 (47.7, 63.2)
Age**
 18–24 12.4 (8.4, 16.3) 5.1 (2.7, 7.5) 7.1 (2.6, 11.6) 7.7 (2.7, 12.7)
 25–34 36.7 (31.3, 42.1) 27.6 (23.5, 31.8) 30.8 (20.6, 41.0) 34.0 (26.5, 41.5)
 35–44 19.7 (15.5, 24.0) 20.1 (16.6, 23.7) 21.2 (12.1, 30.3) 20.8 (14.1, 27.6)
 45–54 14.7 (11.5, 17.9) 19.4 (16.2, 22.6) 14.3 (7.1, 21.5) 13.3 (8.6, 18.1)
 55–64 12.4 (9.2, 15.6) 19.0 (16.1, 21.9) 14.4 (7.4, 21.4) 16.0 (10.8, 21.2)
 65+ 4.1 (2.6, 5.6) 8.7 (6.7, 10.7) 12.2 (5.7, 18.6) 8.1 (4.4, 11.9)
Race/Ethnicity**
 White, NH 58.5 (53.0, 64.0) 67.2 (62.8, 71.5) 75.7 (65.9, 85.5) 73.5 (66.2, 80.9)
 Black, NH 11.7 (8.2, 15.2) 14.3 (10.9, 17.7) 5.3 (0.2, 10.3) 8.3 (4.0, 12.6)
 Other, NH 10.9 (6.9, 14.9) 5.7 (3.4, 8.0) 4.8 (0.5, 9.0) 7.2 (2.5, 11.9)
 Hispanic 18.9 (14.3, 23.4) 12.8 (9.6, 16.0) 14.3 (5.7, 22.8) 11.0 (5.5, 16.4)
Education***
 <High School 22.1 (16.8, 27.4) 21.6 (17.4, 25.8) 8.5 (1.1, 15.9) 5.7 (1.0, 10.4)
 High School 32.5 (27.6, 37.5) 38.7 (34.5, 42.9) 38.7 (28.1, 49.3) 37.5 (29.7, 45.3)
 Some College 28.5 (24.1, 32.9) 29.5 (25.9, 33.0) 35.7 (26.1, 45.3) 33.1 (26.1, 40.1)
 College Degree+ 16.9 (13.0, 20.8) 10.3 (8.3, 12.3) 17.1 (9.5, 24.7) 23.7 (17.3, 30.2)
Income***
 <$25K 29.5 (24.7, 34.2) 30.5 (26.6, 34.4) 5.7 (1.8, 9.7) 14.7 (10.0, 19.3)
 $25K–$49.99K 25.0 (20.4, 29.6) 24.6 (21.0, 28.2) 30.5 (20.8, 40.2) 25.0 (18.1, 31.8)
 $50K–$74.99K 19.8 (15.3, 24.2) 19.2 (16.0, 22.5) 23.3 (14.1, 32.5) 16.8 (11.4, 22.1)
 $75K–$99.99K 7.4 (4.8, 10.0) 7.9 (5.8, 10.0) 13.6 (6.6, 20.6) 14.0 (8.6, 19.5)
 $100K+ 18.3 (13.8, 22.8) 17.8 (14.1, 21.4) 26.8 (17.1, 36.5) 29.6 (21.9, 37.3)
Currently Use ENDS Daily***
 Yes 15.3 (11.5, 19.0) 67.1 (57.2, 77.0)
 No 84.7 (81.0, 88.5) 32.9 (23.0, 42.8)
Ever Used ENDS Fairly Regularly***
 Yes 55.4 (50.0, 60.7) 22.9 (19.2, 26.5) 85.0 (78.2, 91.8) 30.1 (23.0, 37.1)
 No 44.6 (39.3, 50.0) 77.1 (73.5, 80.8) 15.0 (8.2, 21.8) 69.9 (62.9, 77.0)
Use(d) Nicotinea* N = 473 N = 192 N = 105 N = 67
 Yes 84.8 (80.2, 89.3) 87.9 (81.5, 94.3) 74.0 (64.6, 83.5) 92.8 (85.1, 100.0)
 No 15.2 (10.7, 19.8) 12.1 (5.7, 18.5) 26.0 (16.5, 35.4) 7.2 (0.0, 14.9)
Past Year Cigarette Quit Attempt*** N = 449 N = 674
 Yes 71.6 (66.5, 76.8) 50.9 (46.0, 55.7)
 No 28.4 (23.2, 33.5) 49.1 (44.3, 54.0)
Past Year ENDS Quit Attempt*** N = 591 N = 112
 Yes 28.4 (23.3, 33.5) 9.3 (3.5, 15.1)
 No 71.6 (66.5, 76.7) 90.7 (84.9, 96.5)

Note.

ENDS, electronic nicotine delivery systems; CI, confidence interval; NH, non-Hispanic; K, 1000.

a

Use of e-liquid containing nicotine was only assessed among current ENDS users and those who indicated that they had ever used ENDS fairly regularly.

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001 according to Rao-Scott χ2. Boldface indicates statistical significance at the p < .05 level. Weighted row % are reported.