Table 1. Measures.
Measures | Categorizations | Questions and responses used in categorizations |
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Sample-defining measures (assessed at baseline wave of each wave pair) | ||
Cigarette smoking status | Daily smoker: smokes cigarettes every day | “Do you now smoke cigarettes…” with response options: every day/some days/not at all |
Quit intentions | No intentions: does not plan to ever quit cigarettes/tobacco for gooda | “Do you plan to ever quit [cigarettes/tobacco] for good?” with responses options: yes/no |
e-Cigarette use status | Nonuser: does not use e-cigarettes at all | “Do you now use [e-cigarettes]…” with response options: every day/some days/not at allb |
Predictor measure (assessed at follow-up wave among those who were e-cigarette nonusers at baseline wave) | ||
e-Cigarette use status |
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“Do you now use [e-cigarettes]…” with response options: every day/some days/not at allb |
Outcome measures (assessed at follow-up wave among those who were daily smokers and had no intentions to quit at baseline wave) | ||
Cigarette discontinuation at follow-up |
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Discontinuing daily cigarette smoking at follow-up |
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Cigarette smokers who were current users of any other non–e-cigarette tobacco product and had ever used that tobacco product fairly regularly were asked about intending to quit using tobacco rather than specifically about intending to quit smoking cigarettes.
e-Cigarettes refers to all e-products (ie, e-cigarettes, e-cigars, e-pipes, and e-hookah).