Table 2.
Sociodemographic and Smoking Characteristics of Exclusive Cigarette and Exclusive RYO Smokers at Wave 1
| Variable | Value | Exclusive cigarette | Exclusive RYO | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 1340 (42.65%) | 1046 (51.12%) | <.001 |
| Female | 1802 (57.35%) | 1000 (48.88%) | ||
| Age | Mean (sd) | 46.96 (14.97) | 43.95 (14.75) | <.001 |
| Range | 16–86 | 16–87 | ||
| Education | School level or less | 997 (31.73%) | 692 (33.82%) | .237 |
| A level or college | 834 (26.54%) | 496 (24.24%) | ||
| Degree or above | 1215 (38.67%) | 795 (38.86%) | ||
| Prefer not to say, Don’t know or missing | 96 (3.06%) | 63 (3.08%) | ||
| Social grade | ABC1 | 1948 (62.00%) | 1042 (50.93%) | <.001 |
| C2DE | 1106 (35.20%) | 940 (45.94%) | ||
| Refused or unknown | 88 (2.80%) | 64 (3.13%) | ||
| Household income | Under £30 000 | 1243 (39.56%) | 1902 (53.37%) | <.001 |
| £30 000–£44 999 | 704 (22.41%) | 381 (18.62%) | ||
| £45 000 and over | 592 (18.84%) | 214 (10.46%) | ||
| Don’t know or Prefer not to say | 603 (19.19%) | 359 (17.55%) | ||
| Smoking status | Daily smoker | 2222 (70.72%) | 1592 (77.81%) | <.001 |
| Non-daily smoker | 920 (29.28%) | 454 (22.19%) | ||
| Quit intentions | Intention | 2335 (74.32%) | 1429 (69.84%) | <.001 |
| No intention or Don’t know | 807 (25.68%) | 617 (30.16%) | ||
| Noticed stop-smoking website | Yes | 402 (12.79%) | 278 (13.59%) | .408 |
| No or Don’t know | 2740 (87.21%) | 1768 (86.41%) | ||
| Visited a stop-smoking website | Yes | 55 (1.75%) | 33 (1.61%) | .708 |
| No or Don’t know | 3087 (98.25%) | 2013 (98.39%) |
RYO = roll-your-own. p values are from chi-square tests of independence for categorical variables and independent samples t test for continuous variables.