Table 2.
Distribution of Responses to Nicotine Questions, by Question Version (N = 926).
| Question Version | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version 1 (n = 461) | Version 2 (n = 465) | p-Value b | |||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Birth Defects | |||||
| Mean a ± SD | 3.14 | ±0.97 | 3.01 | ±0.98 | 0.0247 |
| Strongly Disagree | 37 | 8.1% | 42 | 9.1% | |
| Disagree | 76 | 16.6% | 92 | 19.9% | |
| Agree | 131 | 28.6% | 148 | 32.0% | |
| Strongly Agree | 214 | 46.7% | 180 | 39.0% | |
| CVD | |||||
| Mean a ± SD | 3.78 | ±0.64 | 3.64 | ±0.79 | 0.0005 |
| Strongly Disagree | 13 | 2.8% | 22 | 4.7% | |
| Disagree | 15 | 3.3% | 24 | 5.2% | |
| Agree | 32 | 6.9% | 55 | 11.9% | |
| Strongly Agree | 401 | 87.0% | 363 | 78.2% | |
| Cancer | |||||
| Mean a ± SD | 3.70 | ±0.77 | 3.45 | ±0.93 | <0.0001 |
| Strongly Disagree | 23 | 5.0% | 30 | 6.5% | |
| Disagree | 21 | 4.6% | 52 | 11.2% | |
| Agree | 25 | 5.4% | 59 | 12.7% | |
| Strongly Agree | 392 | 85.0% | 322 | 69.6% | |
| Depression | |||||
| Mean a ± SD | 2.82 | ±0.87 | 2.79 | ±0.85 | 0.5378 |
| Strongly Disagree | 32 | 7.1% | 32 | 7.0% | |
| Disagree | 121 | 26.7% | 127 | 27.7% | |
| Agree | 196 | 43.3% | 206 | 44.9% | |
| Strongly Agree | 104 | 23.0% | 94 | 20.5% | |
| COPD | |||||
| Mean a ± SD | 3.69 | ±0.80 | 3.36 | ±1.02 | <0.0001 |
| Strongly Disagree | 23 | 5.0% | 42 | 9.1% | |
| Disagree | 27 | 5.9% | 62 | 13.4% | |
| Agree | 18 | 3.9% | 47 | 10.2% | |
| Strongly Agree | 391 | 85.2% | 311 | 67.3% | |
a Strongly agree = 4, Agree = 3, Disagree = 2, Strongly Disagree = 1. b 2-sided Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test.