Table 2.

Reasons for Use Reported by Dual E-Cigarette/Cigarette Users with Heart Failure (n = 484).

	Unweighted sample size (%)	Weighted % (95% CI)
They might be less harmful to people around me than cigarettes	54 (90%)	90.94 (79.73 – 96.24)
They might be less harmful to me than cigarettes	51 (85%)	85.38 (72.91 – 92.68)
Using e-cigarettes helps people to quit smoking cigarettes.	50 (83%)	82.87 (70.08 – 90.9)
I can/could use e-cigarettes at times when or in places where smoking cigarettes isn’t/wasn’t allowed.	50 (83%)	82.27 (70.23 – 90.13)
They are more acceptable to non-tobacco users	42 (70%)	69.99 (57.45 – 80.11)
E-cigarettes don’t smell	40 (67%)	68.95 (53.55 – 81.06)
Using an e-cigarette feels/felt like smoking a regular cigarette	40 (67%)	64.8 (52.58 – 75.35)
They are/were affordable	34 (57%)	54.74 (40.97 – 67.82)
I like/liked socializing while using an e-cigarette	34 (57%)	56.09 (43.15 – 68.25)
E-cigarettes come/came in flavors I like/liked.	32 (53%)	50.89 (38.29 – 63.38)
People in the media or other public figures use/used e-cigarettes.	25 (42%)	38.84 (26.51 – 52.78)
The advertising for e-cigarettes appeals/appealed to me	21 (35%)	33.6 (22.53 – 46.82)
People who are important to me use/used e-cigarettes	16 (27%)	22.76 (13.03 – 36.68)

Note. Proportion do not sum to 100% because participants were asked to select as many reasons as applied. CI=Confidence Interval