Table 1

Characteristics of current smokers who did not use e-cigarettes at wave 1, PATH (2013–2015) (n=5124)

	n	%
Sex
Male	2580	55.0
Female	2544	45.0
Age
25–34 years	1454	28.1
35–44 years	1186	22.7
45–54 years	1195	23.2
55–64 years	906	18.1
65–74 years	314	6.5
≥75 years	69	1.5
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	3399	69.8
Non-Hispanic black	811	14.8
Hispanic	583	10.1
Non-Hispanic other	331	5.4
Region
Northeast	770	17.8
Midwest	1479	25.5
South	1987	39.4
West	888	17.3
Household income
Below poverty level	1945	35.6
At or near poverty level	1450	27.9
≥Twice poverty level	1729	36.6
Education
Less than high school	889	16.3
High school/GED	1829	39.7
Some college	1796	32.3
Bachelor’s/advanced degree	610	11.7
Lived in a smoking household as a child
No	1438	27.8
Yes	3686	72.3
Currently lives with a cigarette smoker
No	2579	51.8
Yes	2545	48.2
Frequency of cigarette use at wave 1
Some-day cigarette smoker	878	17.6
Everyday cigarette smoker	4246	82.4
Intensity of cigarette smoking at wave 1
<1 pack per day	3303	63.7
1–2 packs per day	1602	31.9
≥2 packs per day	219	4.4
Time to first cigarette in morning
≤5 min	1204	23.2
6–29 min	2037	39.6
30–59 min	98	2.0
≥60 min	1785	35.2
Tried to quit smoking cigarettes in year prior to wave 1
No	2787	55.1
Yes	2337	45.0
New e-cigarette use at wave 2
Non-user	4461	87.0
Experimental e-cigarette user	358	6.9
Some-day e-cigarette user	178	3.5
Everyday e-cigarette user	127	2.6

Restricted to adults aged 25+ who were current cigarette smokers at wave 1 but not current e-cigarette users. Sample weights were incorporated to adjust the percentage estimates in the PATH sample for unequal probabilities of selection and non-response.
e-cigarettes, electronic cigarettes; GED, General Equivalency Development test; PATH, Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health.