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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants (N = 67).

From: US smokers' reactions to a brief trial of oral nicotine products

Variable

Levels

Lost to follow-up

Completed Study

p-value*

  

(n = 23)

(n = 44)

 

Gender

Female

52.247.8

52.3

0.994

 

Male

 

47.7

 

Highest Level of Education

Less than HS

39.1

20.5

0.053

 

HS Graduate

34.8

22.7

 
 

More than HS

26.1

56.8

 

Age

< 40

30.4

18.2

0.379

 

41 - 54

60.9

63.6

 
 

55 +

8.7

18.2

 

Race

White

56.5

67.4

0.183

 

Black

43.5

25.6

 
 

Other

0

7

 

Intention to Quit in the next year

No

8.7

15.9

0.411

 

Yes

91.3

84.1

 

How addicted do you consider yourself?

Very

78.3

72.7

0.274

 

Somewhat

17.4

27.3

 
 

Not at all

4.3

0

 

Prior use of NR

Yes

26.1

52.3

0.04

 

No

73.9

47.7

 

Prior use of ST

Yes

8.7

11.488.6

0.735

 

No

91.3

  

Cigarettes per Day

Mean

21.4

22.2

0.519

 

(SE)

-3.7

-1.9

 

Minutes to First Cigarette after Waking

Median

5

5

0.662

 

(IQR)

(2-15)

(5-15)

 
  1. * categorical variables compared by chi-square; continuous variables compared by Wilcoxon test, p-value < 0.05
  2. HS = High school