Current smokers | |||||||
Overall (n=650) | Control (condition 6, n=112) | Graphic ads (condition 1, n=100) | Simple ads (condition 2, n=105) | Elaborated ads (condition 3, n=103) | Web ads (condition 4, n=110) | Advertising claims (condition 5, n=120) | |
Sex | 47 | 45 | 37 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 50 |
Race | 87 | 89 | 89 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 84 |
Ethnicity | 89 | 91 | 83 | 93 | 88 | 92 | 88 |
Education | |||||||
% HS graduate | 43 | 38 | 48 | 39 | 44 | 43 | 48 |
% Some college or more | 50 | 53 | 47 | 52 | 54 | 47 | 48 |
% Tried (NAS) | 31 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 35 | 29 |
*In a 5% sample soft launch, 72% of the respondents reported a college degree. In prior data sets the researchers collected from online providers, 35%–38% of daily smokers reported a college degree; the representative sample from the National Tips campaign had a 32% weighted average with some college or more.18 Thus, this study applied a quota of 35% for respondents with a college degree.