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Study flow chart.
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Visited Physician in Past 12 Months (n = 2671)* Talked to Physician About e-Cigarettes (n = 257)† Age (years) 18–24 9.8 8.9 25–34 27.3 37.0 35–44 22.1 18.3 45–54 21.6 16.0 55–64 19.2 19.8 Sex Male 50.6 58.4 Female 49.4 41.6 Education High school or less 20.4 14.4 Some college or university 33.0 24.5 Completed college or university 46.6 61.1 Annual household income ≤$29,999 19.9 12.8 $10,000–59,999 31.5 24.2 ≥$60,000 48.6 63.0 Race/ethnicity White 56.8 59.1 African American 5.4 6.2 Latino 33.8 32.0 Other race 4.0 3.1 Daily smoking No 21.3 20.6 Yes 78.7 79.4 Cigarettes per day (n) 12.0 (9.3) 11.8 (8.2) Heavy Smoking Index (range, 0–6) 2.3 (1.5) 2.4 (1.3) Intention to quit in the next 6 months No 51.1 34.2 Yes 48.9 65.8 Attempted to quit in the previous 4 months No 53.6 35.8 Yes 46.4 64.2 Talked about e-cigarettes No 84.8 Yes 15.2 Received advice to use e-cigarettes to quit No 38.5 Yes 61.5 E-cigarette use Never used e-cigarettes 43.1 18.7 Tried e-cigarettes/no use in past 4 months 12.3 8.9 Current nondaily use 38.7 58.0 Current daily use 5.9 14.4 - Table 2.
Results from Adjusted Generalized Estimate Equation Models of Correlates of Talking to a Physician about e-Cigarettes among Those Who Visited a Doctor (n = 2671) and Correlates of Receiving Advice to Use e-cigarettes to Quit among Those Who Talked to Their Doctors about e-Cigarettes (n = 257)
Independent Variables Dependent Variables Talked to Physician about e-Cigarettes Received Advice to Use e-Cigarettes to Quit Respondents (%) OR 95%CI Respondents (%) OR 95%CI Age (years) 18–24 14 1.00 — 78 1.00 — 25–34 23 1.55 0.89–2.67 67 0.32 0.09–1.16 35–44 14 1.03 0.57–1.86 51 0.14 0.03–0.65 45–54 10 1.15 0.61–2.17 59 0.24 0.06–1.06 55–64 10 1.27 0.68–2.38 46 0.24 0.05–1.13 Sex Male 18 1.00 — 67 1.00 — Female 11 0.56* 0.41–0.77 52 0.41 0.19–0.84 Education High school or less 13 1.00 — 60 1.00 — Some college or university 10 0.73 0.48–1.09 53 0.74 0.26–2.06 Completed college/university 20 0.97 0.63–1.47 65 0.73 0.26–2.05 Annual household income ≥$29,999 8 1.00 — 63 1.00 — $10,000–59,999 13 1.19 0.68–2.08 44 0.55 0.17–1.72 ≥$60,000 20 1.64 0.96–2.82 70 1.63 0.46–5.75 Race/ethnicity White 12 1.00 — 61 1.00 — African American 23 1.72 0.83–3.57 60 1.29 0.33–5.07 Latino 17 1.62 1.10–2.38 59 1.03 0.42–2.49 Other race 20 1.79 0.91–3.52 79 2.56 0.32–20.08 Self-rated health Poor 10 1.00 90 1.00 — Fair 11 0.97 0.37–2.54 55 0.08 0.006–1.76 Good 13 1.23 0.47–3.17 51 0.04 0.003–0.56 Very good 21 1.97 0.75–5.16 73 0.09 0.007–1.36 Daily smoking No 14 1.00 — 54 1.00 — Yes 15 0.93 0.60–1.42 63 1.69 0.56–5.10 Cigarettes per day, mean (SE) 13.3 (0.86) 0.99 0.96–1.02 12.9 (0.88) 0.99 0.93–1.07 Heavy Smoking Index, mean (SE) 2.6 (0.09) 1.15 0.96–1.38 2.5 (0.12) 0.87 0.54–1.40 Intention to quit No 9 1.00 — 63 1.00 — Yes 21 1.26 0.83–1.90 60 1.03 0.45–2.34 Attempted to quit No 8 1.00 — 63 1.00 — Yes 23 2.18* 1.45–3.27 59 0.52 0.21–1.24 E-cigarette use Never used e-cigarettes 7 1.00 — 37 1.00 — Tried but no use in past 4 months 10 1.85 1.07–3.18 61 2.25 0.63–8.06 Current nondaily use 22 2.70* 1.79–4.05 65 3.62 1.39–9.41 Current daily use 34 4.29* 2.34–7.84 83 9.40* 2.54–34.71 Data are weighted estimates. Models were adjusted for all variables shown in the table, as well as weights.
↵* P < .0042, Bonferroni correction.
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
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