Table 3.
E-cigarette flavor types used in the past 30 days, by device type and age, no. (%).
| Pod/cartridge-based (N = 872) | Disposable Bar (N = 663) | Other e-cigarettes (N = 659) | Add-on flavor enhancer with pod-/cartridge-basedc (N = 287) | Add-on flavor enhancer with disposablec (N = 269) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 21 (N = 585) | Age 21 and above (N = 287) | Under age 21 (N = 438) | Age 21 and above (N = 225) | Under age 21 (N = 427) | Age 21 and above (N = 232) | Under age 21 (N = 184) | Age 21 and above (N = 103) | Under age 21 (N = 164) |
Age 21 and above (N = 105) | |
| Mint/menthol a | 282 (48.2) | 138 (48.1) | 226 (51.6) | 127 (56.4) | 77 (18.0) | 40 (17.2) | 55 (29.9) | 30 (29.1) | 53 (32.3) | 28 (26.7) |
| Mint | 202 (34.5) | 95 (33.1) | 167 (38.1) | 87 (38.7) | 44 (10.3) | 22 (9.5) | 40 (21.7) | 24 (23.3) | 37 (22.5) | 21 (20.0) |
| Wintergreen | 60 (10.3) | 35 (12.2) | 60 (13.7) | 31 (13.8) | 5 (1.2) | 5 (2.2) | 4 (2.2) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Mentholb | 120 (20.5) | 63 (21.9) | 93 (21.2) | 68 (30.2) | 28 (6.6) | 13 (5.6) | 11 (6.0) | 5 (4.8) | 14 (8.5) | 7 (6.7) |
| Fruit | 219 (37.4) | 102 (35.5) | 226 (51.6) | 105 (46.2) | 97 (22.7) | 57 (24.6) | 86 (46.7) | 52 (50.5) | 72 (43.9) | 47 (44.7) |
| Sweet/dessert/candy a | 143 (24.4) | 71 (24.7) | 130 (29.7) | 76 (33.8) | 59 (13.8) | 17 (7.3) | 24 (13.0) | 12 (11.6) | 20 (12.1) | 14 (13.3) |
| Sweet/dessert | 95 (16.2) | 48 (16.7) | 98 (22.4) | 54 (24.0) | 36 (8.4) | 6 (2.6) | 14 (7.6) | 10 (9.7) | 8 (4.9) | 11 (10.5) |
| Candy | 85 (14.5) | 49 (17.1) | 77 (17.6) | 53 (23.5) | 23 (5.4) | 11 (4.7) | 10 (5.4) | 2 (1.9) | 12 (7.3) | 3 (2.9) |
| Tobacco flavored | 65 (11.1) | 49 (17.1) | 69 (15.7) | 56 (24.9) | 20 (4.7) | 11 (4.7) | 2 (1.1) | 2 (1.9) | 2 (1.2) | 1 (0.9) |
| Coffee or tea | 54 (9.2) | 30 (10.4) | 44 (10.1) | 27 (12.0) | 8 (1.9) | 6 (2.6) | 2 (1.1) | 3 (2.9) | 2 (1.2) | 4 (3.8) |
| Alcohol | 27 (4.6) | 25 (8.7) | 56 (12.8) | 26 (11.5) | 5 (1.2) | 2 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.80) | 0 (0.0) |
| Spice | 29 (5.0) | 15 (5.2) | 27 (6.2) | 24 (10.7) | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0) |
| Other Beverage (e. g., Coca-Cola) | 24 (4.1) | 22 (7.7) | 27 (6.2) | 17 (7.5) | 3 (0.7) | 3 (1.3) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.2) | 1 (0.9) |
| Unflavored | 13 (2.2) | 10 (3.5) | 22 (5.0) | 13 (5.8) | 12 (2.8) | 2 (0.9) | 4 (2.2) | 1 (1.0) | 3 (1.8) | 3 (2.9) |
| Other | 39 (6.7) | 13 (4.5) | 30 (6.8) | 18 (8.0) | 22 (5.1) | 13 (5.6) | 6 (3.3) | 1 (0.9) | 4 (2.4) | 2 (1.9) |
| Don’t know/ Don’t remember | 163 (27.9) | 71 (24.7) | 90 (20.5) | 45 (20.0) | 121 (28.3) | 81 (34.9) | 2 (1.1) | 2 (1.9) | 2 (1.2) | 5 (4.7) |
Note: All flavor types reported (not mutually exclusive categories of use);
a.
‘Mint/menthol’ flavor type shows any use of mint, menthol, wintergreen or ice flavors and ‘sweet/dessert/candy’ flavor type shows any use of sweet, dessert or candy flavors;
b.
Menthol includes all ice flavors;
c.
Flavors used most often. Bold indicates significant differences between flavor categories used by participants under 21 and 21 and above.