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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2020 Oct 29;56(1):61–66. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2020.1834582

Table 1.

Penn state electronic cigarette dependence index score and individual components.

Mean PSECDI Score (SD) 7.8 (4.2)
 % (n) No Dependence 15.8 (12)
 % (n) Low dependence 46.1 (35)
 % (n) Medium dependence 23.7 (18)
 % (n) High dependence 14.5 (11)
Mean times per day (SD) (Range) 9.5 (11.0) (1–48)
Mean time to first use on waking(in mins) (SD) (Range) 62.6 (100.5) (0–700)
% (n) Awaken at night to use 11.8 (9)
% (n) Use e-cig because it is really hard to quit 44.7 (34)
% (n) Have strong cravings to use e-cig 72.4 (55)
% (n) With very or extremely strong urges to use 9.2 (7)
% (n) Find it hard to keep from using in places where you are not supposed to 34.2 (26)
% (n) More irritable when they cannot use 54.0 (41)
% (n) More nervous when they cannot use 52.6 (40)