Table 6.
Participant characteristics by e-cigarette flavor preference latent class.
| Mint N = 712 | No Preference N = 613 | Fruit/Sweet N = 592 | Dislikes One or More N = 205 | p-value1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age,% | 0.02 | ||||
| 14–17 years | 24.0 | 27.6 | 31.6 | 25.9 | |
| 18–20 years | 76.0 | 72.4 | 68.4 | 74.2 | |
| Gender,% | <0.001 | ||||
| Female | 66.0 | 58.9 | 73.0 | 60.5 | |
| Male | 31.0 | 37.7 | 23.0 | 36.1 | |
| Other | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.4 | |
| Race/Ethnicity,% | <0.001 | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 66.0 | 48.0 | 56.6 | 55.1 | |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 15.3 | 23.3 | 17.9 | 19.5 | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 5.1 | 12.2 | 9.1 | 10.2 | |
| Asian,2 non-Hispanic | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.9 | |
| Other3 | 8.7 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 9.3 | |
| Parent Education,4% | 0.05 | ||||
| High School or Less | 25.6 | 26.4 | 28.4 | 26.3 | |
| Some College | 16.7 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 18.1 | |
| College Degree | 56.2 | 51.6 | 52.7 | 50.2 | |
| Don't Know | 1.5 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 5.4 | |
| Lifetime E-Cigarette Use,% | <0.001 | ||||
| 3–10 times | 10.7 | 26.4 | 20.1 | 27.3 | |
| 11–49 times | 14.8 | 27.7 | 21.6 | 14.2 | |
| ≥50 times | 74.6 | 45.8 | 58.3 | 58.5 | |
| Current E-Cigarette Use,% | <0.001 | ||||
| 0 days in past 30 days | 16.4 | 26.9 | 29.4 | 38.1 | |
| 1–5 days in past 30 days | 12.8 | 24.0 | 14.0 | 19.0 | |
| 6–19 days in past 30 days | 13.2 | 20.9 | 14.9 | 14.2 | |
| ≥20 days in past 30 days | 57.6 | 28.2 | 41.7 | 28.8 | |
| Tobacco Use After Waking,5% | <0.001 | ||||
| Within 30 min | 35.9 | 53.7 | 45.8 | 39.4 | |
| After 30 min | 64.1 | 46.3 | 54.2 | 60.6 | |
| Past 30-Day Use | |||||
| Combustible Tobacco,6% | 40.2 | 45.4 | 23.1 | 38.1 | <0.001 |
| Smokeless Tobacco,7% | 18.8 | 21.7 | 6.9 | 14.2 | <0.001 |
| Cannabis,7% | 62.4 | 69.2 | 54.7 | 54.2 | <0.001 |
| Alcohol,8% | 66.3 | 65.9 | 56.9 | 52.7 | <0.001 |
Chi-square test across the four latent classes (“straight-line” class excluded, N = 115).
Includes Pacific Islander/Hawaii Native.
Includes American Indian/Alaska Native, Middle Eastern/North African, prefer not to answer, “other,“ and more than one race.
Highest reported educational attainment of either father/male guardian or mother/female guardian.
Includes use of any tobacco and/or nicotine product within 30 min of waking; question only asked of past 30-day tobacco and/or nicotine users (N = 1585).
Includes cigarettes, cigars, and/or hookah.
Includes moist snuff, chewing tobacco, snus, nicotine pouches, and/or nicotine tablets/lozenges.
Includes combustible, aerosolized, edible, and/or other modalities of cannabis (marijuana) consumption.