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. 2017 Jan 12;20(2):246–252. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw327

Table 2.

Smoking Urge and Desire Change Scores

Primary study outcomes (N = 108)
Outcome (Mean, SEM) Pairwise comparisons
Water cue Active cue Post cue
BQSUa
 Vape pen cue +0.9 (0.8) +3.3 (1.0) +3.7 (1.2) (A = P) > W***
 Cigarette cue +0.1 (1.0) +5.1 (1.4) +3.7 (1.4) (A = P) > W***
Desire for a cigarette
 Vape pen cue +2.8 (1.6) +7.8 (2.0) +9.0 (2.4) (A = P) > W***
 Cigarette cue −1.9 (2.2) +7.9 (2.7) +6.7 (2.8) (A = P) > W***
Desire for an e-cigarette
 Vape pen cue +0.1 (1.6) +7.9 (2.3) +7.3 (2.1) (A = P) > W***
 Cigarette cue −2.1 (1.8) +2.7 (2.7) +2.5 (3.0) (A = P) > W***
Primary study outcomes in subset of daily smokers exposed to vape pen cue (n = 42) vs. prior study cigalike cue (n = 30)b
BQSU
 Vape pen cue +0.7 (1.0) +3.9 (1.2) +3.8 (1.5) (A = P) > W**
 Cigalike cue −1.3 (1.5) +2.5 (1.4) +2.9 (1.6) (A = P) > W**
Desire for a cigarette
 Vape pen cue +4.1 (1.7) +8.9 (2.2) +9.5 (2.5) (A = P) > W**
 Cigalike cue +0.6 (2.9) +8.7 (2.6) +10.3 (2.6) (A = P) > W***
Desire for an e-cigarette
 Vape pen cue −1.4 (1.9) +7.6 (2.4) +7.0 (2.0) (A = P) > W**
 Cigalike cue +5.4 (2.9) +18.5 (5.6) +20.3 (5.8) (A = P) > W**

Data are Mean (SEM). Statistical analyses from generalized estimating equations withp values for main effects of cue type, time and their interaction.

aBQSU = Brief Questionnaire of Smoking Urges.

bCigalike cue group from our prior study (n = 30)28 .

**p < .01, ***p < .001 post hoc pairwise comparisons of main effects of time, for all (active cue = post active cue) > water cue.