Background characteristics and smoking history of study participants overall and by experimental condition
| Item | Overall (n=1890) | Experimental conditions | Control condition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feel/PSA (n=269) | Feel/unbranded (n=284) | Feel/branded (n=245) | Vents/PSA (n=267) | Vents/ unbranded (n=302) | Vents/branded (n=245) | Choice only (n=278) | ||||
| Background characteristics | ||||||||||
| Female (%) | 58.9 | 53.2 | 62.7 | 58.4 | 62.6 | 55.6 | 58.4 | 61.9 | ||
| Age (years) | 39.9 (14.1) | 39.6 (13.6) | 40.6 (14.0) | 39.4 (13.9) | 38.0 (14.4) | 39.8 (14.7) | 40.7 (14.4) | 41.0 (13.9) | ||
| Any college education (%) | 55.2 | 57.6 | 56.1 | 51.7 | 57.7 | 58.7 | 55.1 | 49.1 | ||
| Gross household income ($1000) | 37.3 (16.4) | 39.5 (15.6) | 35.9 (16.4) | 37.9 (16.4) | 36.9 (16.9) | 38.4 (16.7) | 36.6 (16.4) | 36.2 (16.5) | ||
| Employed (%) | 77.8 | 78.7 | 77.0 | 76.5 | 79.2 | 79.4 | 74.5 | 78.5 | ||
| Smoking history | ||||||||||
| Cigarettes per day | 17.1 (11.8) | 17.7 (11.3) | 15.2 (9.3) | 17.6 (13.0) | 16.5 (11.8) | 17.7 (12.0) | 16.6 (12.4) | 17.6 (11.7) | ||
| Purchase of cessation aid in past year (%) | 26.7 | 26.1 | 24.4 | 31.1 | 26.2 | 24.4 | 24.5 | 30.8 | ||
| Type of cigarette smoked: | ||||||||||
| Light (%) | 47.0 | 52.0 | 43.6 | 52.5 | 47.9 | 41.7 | 50.0 | 42.4 | ||
| Ultra Light (%) | 19.0 | 18.9 | 18.0 | 17.4 | 19.5 | 18.3 | 17.1 | 23.1 | ||
| Regular (%) | 34.0 | 29.1 | 38.5 | 30.2 | 32.7 | 40.0 | 32.9 | 34.6 | ||
Entries are percentages or means with associated standard deviation.
There were no statistical differences between conditions (all p values > 0.05).