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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2020 Sep 1;44(5):732–743. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.44.5.15

Table 2.

Estimates of Flavor and Nicotine Effects on Appeal, by Use of e-Cigarettes as a Quit-smoking Aid

Use e-cigarettes as a quit-smoking aid
Difference in effect estimates, by use of e-cigarettes as quit-smoking aida
Yes (N = 31)
No (N = 12)
B (SE) p B (SE) p p
Flavor and Nicotine main effects
 Fruit vs Tobacco flavor 10.96 (1.97) <.001 13.77 (2.52) <.001 .29
 Menthol vs Tobacco flavor 4.36 (2.36) .06 11.29 (3.02) <.001 .83
 Nicotine-containing vs Nicotine-free −8.57 (1.57) <.001 −13.50 (1.99) <.001 .16
Flavor × nicotine interaction effects
 Fruit vs Tobacco × Nicotine vs Nicotine-free 1.18 (3.89) .76 12.69 (4.87) .01 .05
 Menthol vs Tobacco × Nicotine vs Nicotine-free 7.79 (4.65) .09 20.29 (5.82) .001 .06

Note.

Nicotine = 6 mg/mL; Nicotine-Free = 0 mg/mL. Appeal = Average of “liking,” “willingness-to-use-again” and “disliking” (reverse-scored) (range 0–100). B(SE) = Effect Estimate and Standard Error of Effect Estimate.

a

Test of interaction between use of e-cigarettes as a quit-smoking aid (yes vs no) and respective flavor, nicotine, or flavor × nicotine interaction effect adjusted by interaction between menthol combustible cigarette use and respective flavor, nicotine, or flavor × nicotine interaction effect.

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