Characteristics | Dual users n = 146 | Single user n = 69 | Total participants (n = 215) | P value (2-tailed) |
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Age | 23 (19–40) | 23 (19–39) | 23 (19–40) | 0.946* |
Sex | ||||
Male | 145 (98) | 69 (98.6) | 214 (98.2) | 1.0 |
Female | 3 (2) | 1 (1.4) | 4 (1.8) | |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 22 (14.9) | 19 (27.1) | 41 (18.8) | 0.041 |
Single | 126 (85.1) | 51 (72.9) | 177 (81.2) | |
Race | ||||
Malay | 127 (85.8) | 61 (87.1) | 188 (86.2) | 0.632 |
Chinese | 19 (12.8) | 7 (10) | 26 (11.9) | |
Indian | 2 (1.4) | 2 (2.9) | 4 (1.8) | |
Education | ||||
Primary | – | – | – | |
secondary | 39 (26.4) | 19 (27.1) | 58 (26.6) | 0.902 |
Diploma/Degree | 109 (73.6) | 51 (72.9) | 160 (73.4) | |
Occupation | ||||
Private | 70 (47.3) | 38 (54.3) | 108 (49.5) | 0.535 |
Government | 13 (8.8) | 6 (8.6) | 19 (8.7) | |
Self-employment | 15 (10.1) | 9 (12.9) | 24 (11) | |
Students | 50 (33.8) | 17 (24.3) | 67 (30.7) | |
Income | ||||
00♀ | 50 (33.8) | 17 (24.3) | 67 (30.7) | 0.468 |
< 2500 MYR# | 2 (1.4) | 2 (2.9) | 4 (1.8) | |
≥ 2500–5000 MYR | 89 (60.1) | 48 (68.6) | 137 (62.8) | |
> 5000 MYR | 7 (4.7) | 3 (4.3) | 10 (4.6) | |
EC-MFTND | 3 (1–7) | 3 (1–7) | 3 (1–7) | 0.668 |
EC-MGNVBQ | 14 (3–22) | 13 (3–24) | 14 (3–24) | 0.625 |
Quit attempts in the past year? | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0.585* |
Any therapy to quit smoking before EC use | ||||
Never Attempted | 142 (95.9) | 66 (94.3) | 208 (95.4) | 0.730 |
NRT | 6 (4.1) | 4 (5.7) | 10 (4.6) | |
Age started smoking | 15 (12–27) | 16 (12–22) | 15 (12–27) | 0.125* |
Pack/year | 7 (0.5–50) | 4.75 (0.25–30) | 6 (0.25–50) | 0.114* |
ECs use (months) | 4 (2–24) | 8 (6–24) | 5 (2–24) | < 0.001* |
ECs consumption | ||||
Daily | 145 (98) | 69 (98.6) | 214 (98.2) | 1.000 |
Occasionally | 3 (2) | 1 (1.4) | 4 (1.8) |