Table 3.
Changes in preferred flavor use, by e-cigarette use behaviors at follow-up
| Preferred Flavor | Current Exclusive E-Cigarette Users (n = 308) |
Current Poly-Users (n = 47) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (n [%]) | Follow-Up (n [%]) | P Value* | Baseline (n [%]) | Follow-Up (n [%]) | P Value* | P Value† | |
| Tobacco | 81 (26.3) | 33 (10.7) | <0.0001 | 12 (25.5) | 7 (14.9) | 0.10 | 0.40 |
| Menthol or mint | 34 (11.0) | 30 (9.7) | 0.41 | 13 (27.7) | 8 (17.0) | 0.06 | 0.13 |
| Fruit | 77 (25.0) | 74 (24.0) | 0.74 | 7 (14.9) | 8 (17.0) | 0.74 | 0.29 |
| Chocolate/candy or other sweets | 52 (16.9) | 96 (31.2) | <0.0001 | 7 (14.9) | 9 (19.2) | 0.53 | 0.09 |
| Beverage | 25 (8.1) | 22 (7.1) | 0.60 | 2 (4.3) | 3 (6.4) | 0.65 | 0.85 |
| Clove or spice | 14 (4.6) | 19 (6.2) | 0.32 | 2 (4.3) | 4 (8.5) | 0.41 | 0.54 |
| Alcoholic drink | 10 (3.3) | 8 (2.6) | 0.62 | 0 (0) | 4 (8.5) | NA | 0.04 |
| Other | 15 (4.9) | 26 (8.4) | 0.06 | 4 (8.5) | 4 (8.5) | 1.00 | 0.99 |
Definition of abbreviation: NA = Not applicable.
Boldface indicates statistical significance (P < 0.05).
*
McNemar test P values to examine changes in the preferred flavor between the baseline survey and the follow-up survey in current exclusive e-cigarette users or in current poly-users.
†
Chi-square test P values to examine differences in the preferred flavor between current exclusive e-cigarette users and current poly-users at the follow-up survey.