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Table 1 Past year quit attempts and ever use of e-cigarettes, by demographic characteristics, in a nationally representative cohort of U.S. smokers; TUS-CPS 2010–11 longitudinal sample

From: E-cigarette use and smoking reduction or cessation in the 2010/2011 TUS-CPS longitudinal cohort

 

N

(%)

Past- year quit attempt (%)

Ever use of e-cigarettes for any reason (%)

Ever use for quitting (%)

Overall

2454

(100 %)

43.6

12.2

5.0

Age***

 18–24

117

(13.3 %)

52.1

21.7

6.7

 25–34

400

(18.0 %)

45.5

14.1

4.8

 35–49

818

(30.3 %)

43.4

10.4

5.0

 50 and above

1119

(38.3 %)

40.0

9.4

4.6

Gender

 Female

1306

(46.6 %)

47.6

12.0

5.6

 Male

1148

(53.4 %)

40.2

12.4

4.6

Race/Ethnicity***

 Non-Hispanic White

2001

(76.2 %)

43.4

13.8

5.9

 Other

453

(23.8 %)

44.3

7.1

2.4

Education**

 Less than high school

383

(17.6 %)

42.6

7.4

2.6

 High school

1005

(40.1 %)

42.5

12.0

4.7

 Some college

740

(30.4 %)

47.0

13.9

6.4

 College graduate

326

(11.9 %)

40.5

15.6

6.4

Cigarettes/day (cpd)***

  < 15

1244

(53.5 %)

48.7

9.9

3.8

 15+

1175

(46.5 %)

37.3

15.1

6.6

Smoking < 30 min of waking

 No

1514

(64.4 %)

45.3

11.5

4.6

 Yes

890

(35.6 %)

40.6

13.6

6.1

Smoking before age 16***

 No

2028

(83.3 %)

43.5

11.5

4.2

 Yes

426

(16.7 %)

44.2

16.0

9.4

  1. Note: P-values are from a chi-squared test across categories for differences in ever-use of e-cigarettes. Percentages are weighted to be representative of the U.S. population
  2. **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001