Table 2.
Characteristics of the five latent classes and in the full sample, weighted.
Class 1 |
Class 2 |
Class 3 |
Class 4 |
Class 5 |
Full sample |
p value | ||
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LCC and hookah users (4%) |
Nonusers open to smoking (3%) |
Daily “smokers” (11%) |
Nondaily, light “social smokers” (9%) |
Nonusers closed to smoking (73%) |
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% | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Sociodemographics | ||||||||
Age | 0.15 | |||||||
18–24 | 46 | 40 | 35 | 46 | 41 | 41 | ||
25–34 | 54 | 60 | 65 | 54 | 59 | 59 | ||
Gender | <.001 | |||||||
Male | 77 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 47 | 50 | ||
Female | 23 | 49 | 47 | 44 | 53 | 50 | ||
Race/ethnicity | 0.0001 | |||||||
White, non-Hispanic | 67 | 40 | 74 | 51 | 59 | 60 | ||
Black, non-Hispanic | 9 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 13 | ||
Other, non-Hispanic | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | ||
Hispanic | 19 | 32 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 20 | ||
Education | <0.001 | |||||||
Less than high school | 8 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 13 | ||
High school | 23 | 26 | 39 | 32 | 26 | 28 | ||
Some college or greater | 69 | 52 | 38 | 57 | 63 | 59 | ||
Response to warning label items | ||||||||
Have you heard about or seen new warning labels which include graphic pictures? | 60 | 56 | 54 | 62 | 52 | 54 | 0.096 | |
Do you think that new warning labels with graphic pictures would make you think about not smoking? | 55 | 51 | 36 | 45 | 57 | 53 | <0.001 | |
Noncombustible tobacco use, past 30 days | ||||||||
E-cigarette use | 8 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | <0.001 | |
Chewing tobacco use | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | <0.001 | |
Dip/snuff use | 17 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | <0.001 | |
Snus use | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | <0.001 | |
Nicotine product use | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | <0.001 |
Source: Legacy Young Adult Cohort Study, Wave 2 (January 2012).