Table 1.
Sample characteristics (n = 3219).
| Variable | % | n |
|---|---|---|
| Awareness of HTPs | 17.1 | 550 |
| Seeing HTPs for sale * | 52.7 | 290 |
| Interest in trying HTPs | 75.0 | 2415 |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 48.7 | 1568 |
| Male | 51.3 | 1651 |
| Age | ||
| 18–29 | 35.1 | 1130 |
| 30–39 | 30.6 | 984 |
| 40–49 | 17.6 | 565 |
| >50 | 16.8 | 540 |
| Education | ||
| Less than high school | 9.2 | 295 |
| High school graduate | 36.0 | 1159 |
| Some college | 20.9 | 673 |
| College degree or higher | 33.9 | 1092 |
| Household income | ||
| Less than 8000 MXN monthly | 23.7 | 762 |
| 8001 to 15,000 MXN monthly | 28.5 | 917 |
| 15,001 to 20,000 MXN monthly | 17.0 | 546 |
| >20,000 MXN at monthly | 25.9 | 835 |
| Don’t know | 4.9 | 159 |
| Data collection | ||
| Wave 1 | 45.8 | 1473 |
| Wave 2 | 30.9 | 995 |
| Wave 3 | 23.3 | 751 |
| Tobacco product use | ||
| Exclusive conventional smoker | 65.0 | 2091 |
| Dual sporadic user | 21.8 | 701 |
| Dual frequent user | 13.3 | 427 |
| Cigarette consumption | ||
| Not daily | 53.8 | 1731 |
| Daily ≤ 5 cigarettes | 21.8 | 701 |
| Daily > 5 cigarettes | 24.5 | 787 |
| Flavor capsule use | ||
| No | 40.1 | 1290 |
| Yes | 59.9 | 1929 |
| Smoking quit attempt | ||
| No | 57.0 | 1835 |
| Yes | 42.9 | 1384 |
| Plan to quit | ||
| Sometime in the future | 62.4 | 2010 |
| In the next six months | 37.6 | 1209 |
| Tobacco ads on Internet | ||
| No | 53.8 | 1732 |
| Yes | 46.2 | 1487 |
| Tobacco ads by email | ||
| No | 85.5 | 2751 |
| Yes | 14.5 | 468 |
| Binge drinking | ||
| No | 76.8 | 2471 |
| Yes | 23.2 | 748 |
| Marijuana use in the last month | ||
| None | 77.0 | 2478 |
| Once | 10.3 | 333 |
| More than once | 12.7 | 408 |
| Friends smokes | ||
| No | 16.1 | 518 |
| Yes | 83.9 | 2701 |
| Friends use e-cigarettes | ||
| No | 62.2 | 2003 |
| Yes | 37.8 | 1216 |
| Family smokes | ||
| No | 38.9 | 1252 |
| Yes | 61.1 | 1967 |
| Family uses e-cigarettes | ||
| No | 77.0 | 2479 |
| Yes | 23.0 | 740 |
* The 100% correspond to n = 550.