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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2021 Oct 25;32(4):501–504. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056957

Table 1.

The Effects of Exposure to A “Tobacco-Free Nicotine” Claim on Puff Bar Use Intentions and Perceptions Among Non-Tobacco-Using Young Adults (ages 18–29; n=1,822)

Post-Exposure Outcomes Related to Puff Bar E-cigarette Products
Intentions of using Puff Bar1 Perceiving Puff Bar “extremely harmful/very harmful”2 “Strongly or somewhat agree” with positive expectancy of using Puff Bar3 “Strongly or somewhat agree” with negative expectancy of using Puff Bar4 “Much more or more likely” to use Puff Bar than other e-cigarettes5
Coefficients Adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR)
(Coef; 95% CI) (AOR; 95% CI) (AOR; 95% CI) (AOR; 95% CI) (AOR; 95% CI)
Experimental Condition
 Experimental Group 0.17 (0.15, 0.20) 0.63 (0.52, 0.77) 1.22 (0.93, 1.61) 0.67 (0.55, 0.82) 1.67 (1.28, 2.19)
 Control Group Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Age
 18–20 0.30 (0.26, 0.34) 1.09 (0.82, 1.47) 2.30 (1.52, 3.49) 1.13 (0.84, 1.52) 2.37 (1.58, 3.54)
 21–24 0.03 (0.00, 0.06) 0.98 (0.77, 1.24) 1.35 (0.95, 1.90) 1.15 (0.90, 1.47) 1.48 (1.06, 2.08)
 25–29 Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Biological Sex
 Female Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Male 0.12 (0.10, 0.15) 0.72 (0.59, 0.89) 1.04 (0.77, 1.39) 0.67 (0.54, 0.82) 0.88 (0.66, 1.17)
Sexual Orientation
 Heterosexual Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Other6 0.16 (0.13, 0.19) 0.66 (0.53, 0.83) 1.21 (0.89, 1.65) 0.91 (0.71, 1.15) 1.28 (0.95, 1.73)
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Non-Hispanic Black 0.55 (0.51, 0.59) 0.87 (0.63, 1.18) 1.01 (0.64, 1.61) 0.48 (0.35, 0.65) 1.52 (1.02, 2.26)
 Hispanic 0.32 (0.28, 0.36) 1.03 (0.76, 1.38) 1.03 (0.68, 1.56) 0.57 (0.43, 0.76) 0.78 (0.51, 1.21)
 Non-Hispanic Other7 0.55 (0.52, 0.59) 0.66 (0.47, 0.91) 1.64 (1.08, 2.48) 0.63 (0.45, 0.88) 1.27 (0.83, 1.94)
Education Level
 ≤High school −0.07 (−0.11, −0.04) 1.00 (0.77, 1.30) 0.61 (0.42, 0.89) 0.78 (0.60, 1.03) 1.08 (0.76, 1.12)
 Some college 0.03 (−0.00, 0.07) 1.20 (0.93, 1.56) 1.00 (0.70, 1.43) 1.14 (0.87, 1.49) 1.20 (0.64, 1.19)
 ≥Associate degree Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Subjective Financial Situation
 <Live comfortably8 0.75 (0.61, 0.91) 0.78 (0.64, 0.95) 1.04 (0.78, 1.38) 0.87 (0.71, 1.08) 1.03 (0.78, 1.35)
 Live comfortably Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Living with Others Who Use Tobacco
 Yes 0.01 (−0.02, 0.04) 0.99 (0.77, 1.30) 0.83 (0.58, 1.18) 1.03 (0.79, 1.35) 0.67 (0.47, 0.97)
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Having Best Friend(s) Using Tobacco
 Yes 0.49 (0.45, 0.51) 0.71 (0.58, 0.88) 2.11 (1.56, 2.85) 0.69 (0.56, 0.86) 1.52 (1.14, 2.04)
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Tobacco Marketing Exposure in the Past Year
 Yes 0.24 (0.20, 0.27) 0.95 (0.73, 1.22) 1.44 (0.97, 2.13) 0.98 (0.76, 1.26) 1.46 (1.01, 2.11)
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Ever Using E-cigarettes
 Yes 0.72 (0.68, 0.75) 0.71 (0.52, 0.98) 1.77 (1.21, 2.60) 0.72 (0.52, 0.99) 1.70 (1.15, 2.52)
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Ever Using Other Tobacco Products9
 Yes 0.22 (0.18, 0.25) 0.73 (0.56, 0.95) 1.21 (0.84, 1.73) 0.75 (0.57, 0.98) 0.98 (0.67, 1.42)
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
1.

Puff Bar intentions were a numeric value range from 0 (definitely no) to 100 (definitely yes)

2.

Base outcome: Reporting Puff Bar products “somewhat harmful/slightly harm/not harmful at all”

3.

Base outcome: Reporting “neither agree or disagree/strongly disagree/disagree” with positive expectancy of using Puff Bar products

4.

Base outcome: Reporting “neither agree or disagree/strongly disagree/disagree” with negative expectancy of using Puff Bar products

5.

Base outcome: Reporting “equally likely/ less likely/much less likely” to use Puff Bar products than other e-cigarettes

6.

“Other” category for sexual orientation includes asexual, bisexual, gay, lesbian, pansexual, queer, questioning or unsure, and other identities

7.

“Other” category for race/ethnicity includes Asians, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders, and other racial groups

8.

“<Live comfortably” included categories of “met needs with a little left,” “just meet basic expenses,” and “don’t meet basic expenses”

9.

Other tobacco products included cigarettes, hookah, cigarillos or little cigars, premium or large cigars, smokeless tobacco, nicotine pouches, and heated tobacco products