Table 3.
The reasons US adult current smokers provide for never having tried or used ENDS, overall and stratified by smoking quit attentions and age (2017–2018)
| Overall | Smoking Quit Intentions | Age | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 6 months | More than 6 months or no plan | 18–29 years | 30+ years | |||||||||||||
| n | Weighted % (95% CI) | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | punadj, padj | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | punadj, padj | |||||
| I do not want to substitute one addiction for another | 546 | 60.0 (55.7, 64.1) | 223 | 68.9 (61.5, 75.4) | 321 | 55.7 (50.3, 60.9) | (.003, < .001) | 33 | 52.2 (36.3, 67.7) | 513 | 61.0 (56.7, 65.2) | (.17, .29) | ||||
| I am concerned they are not safe enough | 490 | 52.7 (48.4, 56.9) | 198 | 61.5 (54.1, 68.3) | 289 | 48.3 (43.0, 53.7) | (.004, .001) | 28 | 42.7 (27.9, 58.9) | 462 | 54.1 (49.7, 58.4) | (.082, .056) | ||||
| I do not think they would help me to quit or cut down | 477 | 52.0 (47.8, 56.3) | 179 | 55.7 (48.4, 62.7) | 297 | 50.5 (45.1, 55.8) | (.25, .046) | 32 | 53.3 (37.3, 68.6) | 445 | 51.9 (47.5, 56.2) | (.83, .97) | ||||
| They cost too much | 362 | 42.8 (38.6, 47.1) | 134 | 43.9 (37.0, 51.0) | 227 | 42.4 (37.2, 47.8) | (.75, .13) | 29 | 50.9 (35.2, 66.5) | 333 | 41.7 (37.5, 46.0) | (.16, .59) | ||||
| I do not want to quit smoking | 293 | 35.1 (31.0, 39.3) | 49 | 17.1 (12.2, 23.4) | 243 | 44.0 (38.8, 49.4) | (< .001, < .001) | 17 | 39.9 (25.1, 56.8) | 276 | 34.4 (30.4, 38.6) | (.38, .77) | ||||
| There are too many products to choose from | 290 | 32.0 (28.3, 36.1) | 115 | 34.7 (28.5, 41.5) | 173 | 30.7 (26.0, 35.8) | (.35, .065) | 18 | 29.1 (16.8, 45.5) | 272 | 32.4 (28.6, 36.5) | (.58, .49) | ||||
| I haven’t gotten around to it yet |
240 | 27.2 (23.5, 31.1) | 89 | 30.1 (23.9, 37.1) | 149 | 25.6 (21.2, 30.6) | (.27, .035) | 19 | 39.7 (25.0, 56.5) | 221 | 25.4 (21.9, 29.2) | (.018, .031) | ||||
| I do not like the way they look | 232 | 24.5 (21.2, 28.2) | 90 | 24.9 (19.8, 30.9) | 141 | 24.4 (20.1, 29.2) | (.89, .15) | 14 | 23.3 (12.7, 38.8) | 218 | 24.7 (21.3, 28.5) | (.81, .76) | ||||
| I am not addicted to smoking and don’t need help to quit |
166 | 19.7 (16.5, 23.4) | 55 | 17.4 (12.9, 23.1) | 108 | 20.6 (16.5, 25.4) | (.38, .015) | 13 | 28.7 (15.7, 46.4) | 153 | 18.5 (15.5, 21.9) | (.061, .25) | ||||
| I am using other things to help me quit smoking | 163 | 15.7 (13.0, 18.8) | 103 | 28.8 (23.1, 35.3) | 59 | 9.2 (6.6, 12.6) | (< .001, < .001) | 9 | 11.6 (4.7, 25.8) | 154 | 16.3 (13.5, 19.5) | (.31, .43) | ||||
| I would be embarrassed to use them in public | 150 | 16.7 (13.8, 20.0) | 56 | 17.2 (12.8, 22.8) | 93 | 16.4 (12.8, 20.7) | (.81, .17) | 12 | 22.9 (11.8, 39.8) | 138 | 15.8 (13.1, 18.9) | (.16, .25) | ||||
| They are too difficult to get hold of | 78 | 9.2 (7.1, 11.8) | 33 | 10.2 (6.8, 14.9) | 44 | 8.6 (6.1, 12.1) | (.56, .13) | 4 | 9.3 (3.0, 25.0) | 74 | 9.2 (7.1, 11.8) | (.97, .67) | ||||
| Other | 53 | 6.0 (4.4, 8.3) | 18 | 7.2 (4.3, 11.9) | 35 | 5.5 (3.7, 8.2) | (.45, .43) | 2 | 5.0 (1.2, 18.6) | 51 | 6.2 (4.5, 8.5) | (.69, .91) | ||||
ENDS = electronic nicotine delivery system; n = unweighted frequency; CI = confidence interval. Column percentages are reported for each reason. Participants could select multiple reasons. Weighted unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression models were estimated and a likelihood ratio test was performed to evaluate the association between the column variables (smoking quit intentions; age) with each row variable (reason for never having tried or used ENDS). P-values are reported for unadjusted (punadj) and adjusted (padj) models. Adjusted models controlled for sex, race/ethnicity, household income, education, perceived relative harm of ENDS vs. cigarettes, and the other column variable. Statistically significant effects (p < .05) are denoted by boldface p-values.