Table 1.

Sample Characteristics (N = 426)

	N (%)	Mean (SD)
Demographics
Age	–	25.3 (3.1)
Male	251 (58.9%)	–
White race	331 (77.7%)	–
Hispanic	56 (13.2%)	–
Education—some college or higher	348 (81.7%)	–
Full-time employment	263 (62.5%)	–
Income > $50,000/year	145 (34.4%)	–
Cigarette smoking
Age of cigarette initiation	–	17.0 (2.6)
Cigarettes per day	–	10.2 (14.8)
Days smoked past week	–	5.5 (2.0)
Nicotine dependence score (six items, range 1–10)	–	3.0 (2.5)
Average recall (total correct) (six items, range 0–6)	–	3.4 (1.4)
Average belief score (seven items, range 1–5)	–	3.0 (0.8)
Average intention to use Quest (one item, range 1–4)	–	2.3 (0.9)
Study condition
Red package, corrective message	110 (25.8%)	–
Red package, no corrective message	103 (24.2%)	–
Blue package, corrective message	105 (24.7%)	–
Blue package, no corrective message	108 (25.4%)	–