Characteristic | N (%) |
---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 18 (58%) |
Female | 13 (42%) |
Age (in years) | 33.6±10.9 |
Race | |
White | 26 (84%) |
Black | 5 (16%) |
Education (in years) | 14.2±1.9 |
E-cigarette use status | |
Dual user | 12 (38.7%) |
Sole user | 19 (61.3%) |
Dual user | |
Non-menthol cigarette user | 7 (58.3%) |
Menthol cigarette user | 5 (41.6%) |
Length of combustible cigarette smoking (in years)* | 18.1±12.6 |
Length of e-cigarette use (in months) | |
Dual user* | 26±14 |
Sole user* | 20±11 |
Nicotine strength (mg/mL) | |
Dual user* | 20.6±5.7 |
Sole user† | 17.2±6.5 |
Favourite e-cigarette flavour category‡ | |
Fruit (eg, berries, peach, cherry, watermelon) | 13 (42.0%) |
Tobacco | 6 (19.4%) |
Vanilla | 6 (19.4%) |
Menthol | 3 (9.6%) |
Other (black magic, bubble gum, capp and absinthe) | 3 (9.6%) |
Penn State Electronic Cigarette Dependence Index | |
High dependence | 6 (19.4%) |
Medium dependence | 14 (45.2%) |
Low dependence | 5 (16.1%) |
Not dependent | 6 (19.4%) |
*Response from one respondent was missing.
†Responses from two respondents were missing.
‡Flavours are categorised based on participants’ open-ended responses.