Table 2.

E-cigarette-related behaviors and motivations among ever users# (%) (n = 189).

	Total	Gender		Age (years)		Tobacco use status
		Females	Males	18–24	25–30	Never	Past	Current
	n = 189	n = 72	n = 117	n = 69	n = 120	n = 16	n = 41	n = 132
Current daily use of e-cigs (Yes)	8	7	9	7	9	0	2	11
Vaped nicotine e-cigs (Yes)	65	68	63	63	65	31**	58	70
Motivations for use^
A friend used them	66	54	74	77	64	69	80	61
To help quit regular cigarettes	38	40	37	30	40	n/a	20**	46
I think they are less harmful than regular cigarettes	33	31	34	27	34	19	22	38
To try to cut down on the number of cigarettes I smoke	33	29	35	23	35	n/a	12**	42
Out of curiosity	31	35	30	27	32	13	34	33
To stop me going back to regular cigarettes	30	31	30	27	30	n/a	22	33
Appealing flavors	28	24	30	23	28	19	20	31
How obtained
Friend over 18	57	51	60	67	55	50	58	56
Vape shop	46	40	49	47	45	38	34	50
Tobacconist	32	29	33	13	35	6**	20**	39
Brother/sister	17	22	14	10	19	19	20	17
Where most used^
At parties	46	43	47	43	46	25	37	51
At home, but only if outside	39	39	39	47	38	44	34	40
At home, both inside and outside	36	40	33	30	37	13	32	40
At restaurants/cafes	33	35	32	30	34	19	24	38
At my workplace	30	26	32	23	31	13	20	35
Most used flavors^
Mint	62	54	68	53	64	63	63	62
Fruit	51	53	50	63	48	38	56	51
Menthol	49	46	50	43	50	25	51	51
Tobacco	41	33	46	30	43	13**	22**	51
Candy/chocolate/dessert	39	42	38	47	38	19	39	42

# Past and current users; ^ Multiple response options could be selected; ** Different to ‘Current tobacco user’ at p <.001.