Smokers' beliefs about the number of Light or Ultra Light cigarettes equivalent to one Regular cigarette in terms of tar delivery
| Type of smoker | All subjects % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular (%) | Light (%) | Ultra Light (%) | |||
| Number of Light cigarettes | |||||
| 1 | 19.8 | 20.5 | 14.3 | 19.3 | |
| 2 | 45.8 | 51.9 | 47.0 | 48.3 | |
| 3+ | 34.4 | 27.6 | 38.7 | 32.4 | |
| Mean2-150 | 2.2ab | 2.1a | 2.3b | 2.1 | |
| SE | (1.02) | (1.02) | (1.03) | (1.01) | |
| Number of Ultra Light cigarettes | |||||
| 1 | 15.4 | 12.4 | 6.4 | 12.9 | |
| 2 | 15.9 | 18.9 | 20.7 | 17.7 | |
| 3+ | 68.7 | 68.7 | 72.9 | 69.3 | |
| Mean | 3.1ab | 3.0a | 3.4b | 3.1 | |
| SE | (1.03) | (1.03) | (1.03) | (1.02) | |
Means with different letters are significantly different at p ⩽ 0.05.
↵2-150 Differences assessed using pairwise independentt tests.