Demographic factors associated with the top three flavour types used with electronic cigarettes in the past 30 days among past 30-day users of flavoured e-cigarettes, by specific flavour (n=2146)
| Fruit flavour* | Menthol/mint flavour* | Candy, chocolate or other sweet flavour* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % (95% CI) | p Value† | n | % (95% CI) | p Value† | n | % (95% CI) | p Value† | |
| Overall | 951 | 44.9 (42.2 to 47.7) | 957 | 43.9 (41.1 to 46.7) | 515 | 25.7 (23.4 to 28.3) | |||
| Gender | 0.398 | 0.068 | 0.559 | ||||||
| Male | 506 | 45.9 (42.1 to 49.7) | 472 | 41.6 (38.0 to 45.4) | 277 | 26.5 (23.2 to 30.0) | |||
| Female | 435 | 43.5 (39.5 to 47.6) | 478 | 46.8 (42.7 to 51.0) | 235 | 25.0 (21.6 to 28.8) | |||
| Age group (years) | 0.001 | <0.001 | ‡ | ||||||
| 18–24 | 294 | 50.9 (45.7 to 56.1) | 198 | 37.1 (32.1 to 42.3) | 161 | 31.1 (26.5 to 36.1) | |||
| 25–29 | 151 | 47.4 (40.1 to 54.8) | 123 | 46.2 (38.8 to 53.8) | 81 | 27.7 (21.5 to 34.8) | |||
| 30–44 | 266 | 44.6 (39.6 to 49.8) | 247 | 41.0 (36.1 to 46.1) | 163 | 26.8 (22.6 to 31.5) | |||
| 45–64 | 197 | 35.0 (30.2 to 40.1) | 318 | 56.0 (50.8 to 61.0) | 91 | 15.0 (11.8 to 18.9) | |||
| 65+ | 37 | 32.9 (22.0 to 46.0) | 66 | 58.7 (45.9 to 70.4) | 16 | § | |||
| Race/ethnicity | 0.004 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| White, Non-Hispanic | 692 | 47.8 (44.5 to 51.1) | 646 | 43.7 (40.4 to 47.0) | 351 | 25.8 (23.0 to 28.8) | |||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 50 | 29.1 (22.0 to 37.4) | 115 | 63.3 (54.7 to 71.2) | 22 | 11.1 (6.9 to 17.4) | |||
| Hispanic | 92 | 44.3 (35.2 to 53.8) | 86 | 38.4 (29.8 to 47.8) | 54 | 26.4 (19.4 to 34.9) | |||
| Other, Non-Hispanic¶ | 104 | 42.9 (35.2 to 50.9) | 93 | 35.7 (28.5 to 43.7) | 79 | 33.3 (26.1 to 41.3) | |||
| Annual household income (US$) | 0.385 | 0.909 | 0.177 | ||||||
| <20 000 | 93 | 38.2 (30.5 to 46.5) | 116 | 46.6 (38.3 to 55.0) | 61 | 28.2 (20.7 to 37.1) | |||
| 20 000–49 999 | 296 | 44.1 (39.1 to 49.2) | 299 | 44.8 (39.7 to 49.9) | 152 | 25.4 (21.2 to 30.2) | |||
| 50 000–99 999 | 238 | 46.3 (40.6 to 52.0) | 213 | 42.1 (36.4 to 48.0) | 121 | 24.5 (19.8 to 29.9) | |||
| ≥100 000 | 102 | 44.0 (36.2 to 52.1) | 108 | 44.4 (36.7 to 52.2) | 44 | 18.9 (13.8 to 25.4) | |||
| Unspecified | 222 | 48.1 (42.6 to 53.6) | 221 | 43.1 (37.7 to 48.5) | 137 | 29.2 (24.6 to 34.4) | |||
| Education | 0.296 | 0.599 | 0.401 | ||||||
| Less than high school | 79 | 38.3 (29.9 to 47.4) | 70 | 40.5 (31.5 to 50.1) | 49 | 26.9 (19.6 to 35.7) | |||
| High school diploma/GED | 317 | 44.8 (40.1 to 49.5) | 317 | 45.3 (40.7 to 50.1) | 203 | 28.3 (24.3 to 32.7) | |||
| Some college | 383 | 46.5 (42.4 to 50.7) | 393 | 42.7 (38.7 to 46.9) | 183 | 23.8 (20.2 to 27.7) | |||
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 159 | 47.0 (40.5 to 53.5) | 167 | 46.6 (40.1 to 53.1) | 76 | 23.7 (18.3 to 30.1) | |||
| US census region | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.014 | ||||||
| Northeast | 106 | 37.9 (30.6 to 45.9) | 170 | 62.6 (55.0 to 69.7) | 61 | 20.0 (14.6 to 26.6) | |||
| Midwest | 192 | 43.1 (37.5 to 48.8) | 211 | 48.2 (42.4 to 54.0) | 88 | 20.6 (16.3 to 25.6) | |||
| South | 318 | 40.2 (36.0 to 44.5) | 378 | 45.9 (41.6 to 50.3) | 195 | 28.0 (24.1 to 32.2) | |||
| West | 335 | 57.2 (51.5 to 62.7) | 198 | 28.3 (23.8 to 33.4) | 171 | 29.1 (24.4 to 34.3) | |||
| Sexual orientation | 0.290 | 0.464 | 0.425 | ||||||
| Heterosexual/straight | 774 | 43.8 (40.8 to 46.9) | 785 | 44.4 (41.3 to 47.5) | 412 | 24.9 (22.4 to 27.7) | |||
| Lesbian, gay or bisexual | 71 | 50.8 (39.8 to 61.7) | 72 | 46.0 (35.3 to 57.0) | 40 | 31.3 (21.5 to 43.0) | |||
| Unspecified | 106 | 48.8 (41.0 to 56.8) | 100 | 39.2 (31.8-47.1) | 63 | 27.7 (21.3 to 35.1) | |||
| Cigarette smoking status | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.028 | ||||||
| Current smoker | 534 | 39.4 (36.0 to 42.9) | 667 | 48.1 (44.5 to 51.6) | 296 | 23.4 (20.5 to 26.6) | |||
| Recent former smoker | 152 | 52.2 (45.1 to 59.2) | 114 | 41.2 (34.5 to 48.4) | 67 | 24.3 (18.7 to 31.0) | |||
| Long-term former smoker | 84 | 52.8 (43.5 to 62.0) | 79 | 39.2 (30.7 to 48.5) | 49 | 31.7 (23.4 to 41.4) | |||
| Never smoker | 175 | 56.6 (49.4 to 63.5) | 91 | 31.3 (24.8 to 38.6) | 99 | 33.2 (26.9 to 40.2) | |||
*Flavoured e-cigarette users were allowed to report the use of more than one flavour and thus, proportions of specific flavour used may add to >100%.
†p Value based on Satterthwaite-adjusted Wald χ2.
‡p Value not presented due to unstable estimates for one or more demographic groups.
§The relative SE was ≥30% or denominator <50.
¶Other, Non-Hispanic includes Asian, Non-Hispanic; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic; American Indian or Alaska Native, Non-Hispanic; Multiracial, Non-Hispanic and Other race, Non-Hispanic.
GED, general education development certificate; n, unweighted number of specific flavour users.