Table 1.

Baseline Sociodemographic and Tobacco Use Characteristics of Study Participants Overall and by Mean E-cigarette Satisfaction (N = 96)

	Overall		Mean e-cigarette satisfactiona
	N	%	Mean	p  b
Sex
Female	51	53.1	6.60	.86
Male	45	46.9	6.62
Race
African American/black	65	67.7	6.64	.47
Non-African American/black	31	32.3	6.53
Hispanic ethnicity
No	92	95.8	6.63	.24
Yes	4	4.2	6.07
Age group
18–29	26	27.1	6.72	.03
30–44	32	33.3	6.82
45–64	38	39.6	6.39
Educational attainment
High school graduate or lower	30	31.2	6.54	.53
Some college or higher	66	68.8	6.64
Menthol preference
No	24	25.0	6.46	.21
Yes	72	75.0	6.65
Fagerström Test for Cigarette Dependence score
<5	16	16.7	6.28	.94
6–7	57	59.4	6.77
8–10	23	24.0	6.42
Age of first cigarette
<14	31	32.3	6.27	<.001
14–18	48	50.0	6.74
19–24	12	12.5	6.26
24–55	5	5.2	7.66
Enjoy smoking
<5	26	27.1	6.51	.49
6–7	24	25.0	6.99
8–10	46	47.9	6.45
Confidence to quit smoking
≤4	25	26	6.31	<.001
5–7	42	43.8	6.51
8–10	29	30.2	7.05
Average cigarettes per day
≤5	28	29.2	6.68	.10
6–9	37	38.5	6.51
10+	31	32.3	6.33

^aMean e-cigarette satisfaction assessed during the two weeks of observation using participant-initiated reports.

^b  p-values from Pearson’s chi-squared tests.