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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Regul Sci. 2020 Jan;6(1):66–80. doi: 10.18001/trs.6.1.7
Models Dual users (N=23,980) Exclusive smokers (N=31,032)
Parameters Coefficient (SE) Coefficient (SE)
Vape pen 1: ASC −1.024* −1.53***
(0.495) (0.391)
Vape pen 2: ASC −1.432* −1.583**
(0.725) (0.594)
None of the above: ASC −2.947*** −1.797**
(0.737) (0.59)
Non-price attribute 1: Less harmful to health than cigarettes (Blank as ref.)
Yes 0.643*** 0.646***
(0.085) (0.091)
Non-price attribute 2: Effective for helping people quit (Not effective as ref.)
Unknown 0.235** 0.352**
(0.089) (0.113)
Effective 0.875*** 1.324***
(0.105) (0.12)
Non-price attribute 3: Flavor (Tobacco as ref.)
Menthol −0.161 −0.53***
(0.136) (0.127)
Fruit/candy/sweet/other 0.126 −0.223
(0.156) (0.129)
Non-price attribute 4: Nicotine Strength (None as ref.)
 Low 0.179 0.02
(0.145) (0.126)
 Medium 0.109 −0.098
(0.161) (0.156)
 High −0.075 −0.271
(0.162) (0.182)
Price attribute: ($3 as ref.)
 Price:$5 −0.266* −0.253*
(0.109) (0.115)
 Price:$7 −0.575*** −0.401**
(0.111) (0.136)
AIC 13381 12741
BIC 13826 13225
Log likelihood −6636 −6312
*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001

Note.

ASC = Alternative-specific constant.

Clustered standard errors adjusting for correlations within choices by the same individuals are in parentheses. Standard deviations of random coefficients are in brackets.