Table 1.
Focus group participant* demographics
| Recent (past 30 days) Cigarillo users (n=19, 4 focus groups) | Infrequent (past 12 months) Cigarillo users (n=23, 4 focus groups) | Total (n=42, 8 focus groups) |
|
| Sex | |||
| Male | 52.6% | 47.8% | 50% |
| Female | 47.4% | 52.2% | 50% |
| Average age (and range) | 23 (19–26) | 23 (19–29) | 23 (19–29) |
| 18–20 | 10.5% | 21.7% | 16.7% |
| 21–25 | 84.2% | 69.6% | 76.2% |
| 26–29 | 5.3% | 8.7% | 7.1% |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | 68.4% | 60.9% | 64.3% |
| Black/African American | 15.8% | 17.4% | 16.7% |
| Asian | 5.3% | 13.0% | 9.5% |
| Hispanic | 10.5% | 4.3% | 7.1% |
| Other | 0 | 4.3% | 2.4% |
| Highest education level | |||
| High school degree/GED (equivalency degree) | 5.2% | 4.3% | 4.8% |
| Some college/technical school | 47.4% | 47.8% | 47.6% |
| College degree or higher | 47.4% | 47.8% | 47.6% |
| Other tobacco use | |||
| Smoked cigarette (ever) | 84.2% | 65.2% | 73.8% |
| Smoked cigarette (in past 30 days) | 57.9% | 30.4% | 42.9% |
| Used e-cigarette/vape (ever) | 94.7% | 73.9% | 83.3% |
| Used e-cigarette/vape (in past 30 days) | 84.2% | 34.8% | 57.1% |
| Cigarillo brands used | |||
| Swisher sweets | 78.9% | 65.2% | 71.4% |
| Black and mild | 42.1% | 30.4% | 35.7% |
| White owl | 36.8% | 30.4% | 33.3% |
| Backwoods | 42.1% | 8.7% | 23.8% |
| Dutch masters | 42.1% | 4.3% | 21.4% |
| Game | 26.3% | 4.3% | 14.3% |
| Other | 42.1% | 13.0% | 16.7% |
| Perceived harm of cigarillos compared with cigarettes | |||
| Less harmful | 31.6% | 21.7% | 26.2% |
| About the same | 47.4% | 60.9% | 54.8% |
| More harmful | 15.8% | 13.0% | 14.3% |
| I don’t know | 5.3% | 4.3% | 4.8% |
| Frequency of noticing health warning on cigarillo packs in past 30 days | |||
| Never | 5.3% | 21.7% | 14.3% |
| Rarely | 21.0% | 17.4% | 19.0% |
| Sometimes | 31.6% | 26.1% | 28.6% |
| Often | 21.0% | 30.4% | 26.2% |
| Very often | 21.0% | 4.3% | 11.9% |
| Likelihood of using a cigarillo in next 6 months | |||
| Not at all or not very likely | 0 | 34.8% | 19.0% |
| Somewhat likely | 0 | 39.1% | 59.5% |
| Very or extremely likely | 100% | 26.1% | 21.4% |
*Participants came from the following 20 states in the USA: AZ (1), CA (4), CO (2), FL (2), GA (2), IL (6), MA (3), MD (1), MI (1), MN (1), MS, (1), NJ (2), NY (2), NC (1), OH (1), TX (8), UT (1), VA (1), WV (1), WI (1).