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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 30.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Regul Sci. 2019 Mar;5(2):135–142. doi: 10.18001/TRS.5.2.5

Table 1.

Demographic and Smoking Characteristics

All (N = 169) Menthol (N = 61) Non-menthol (N = 108) p-value
Age (M ± SD) 35.6 ± 11.4 35.4 ± 11.4 35.6 ± 11.4 .91
         
% Female 71 80 66 .05
         
Population (%) .66
 Low SES Women 31 27 34
 Opioid Maintained 36 39 34
 Affective Disorder 33 34 32
Education (%) .009
 8th Grade or Less 2 7 0
 Some High School 14 20 10
 High School Graduate 34 23 41
 Some College 38 41 36
 2-Year Associate’s Degree 6 5 6
 College Graduate/4-Year Degree 4 5 3
 Graduate or Professional Degree 2 0 4
Marital Status (%) .14
 Never Married 61 72 55
 Married 16 10 19
 Divorced/Separated 21 16 23
 Widowed 2 2 3
Race (%) < .0001
 Caucasian 73 44 89
 African-American 14 34 2
 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1 0 1
 Asian 1 0 1
 Other or More than 1 race 9 15 6
 Hispanic 4 7 2
Cigarettes Per Day (M ± SD) 15.8 ± 7.5 14.7 ± 8.9 16.4 ± 6.6 .14
         
Fagerstrom Test of Nicotine Dependence 5.0 ± 2.2 5.1 ± 2.3 4.9 ± 2.1 .73
         
Age of First Cig (M ± SD) 16.3 ± 4.3 17.1 ± 4.7 15.8 ± 3.9 .06
         
Number of Quit Attempts 3.0 ± 8.7 2.2 ± 2.8 3.5 ± 10.6 .37

Note.

Numbers may not sum to 100% due to rounding. Bolded values represent statistically significant differences between groups (p < .05).