Lower Successful Quit Rate of Menthol Tobacco Users in a Tobacco Cessation Program: An Explanatory Analysis in Search of Potential Mechanisms
Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics of the Study Sample - Overall and by Menthol/MultipleFlavor Use
|
| Variables |
Menthol/Multiple Flavor Use |
Overall (n=232) |
|
|
| No (n=18) |
Yes (n=206) |
Missing (n=8) |
|
|
| Quit Smoking |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
11 (61.1) |
168 (81.5) |
7 (87.50) |
186 (80.17) |
|
| Yes |
7 (38.9) |
38 (18.5) |
1 (12.50) |
46 (19.83) |
|
| Study Arm |
|
|
|
|
|
| In-person |
7 (38.9) |
71 (34.5) |
1 (12.50) |
79 (34.0) |
|
| Virtual/Hybrid |
4 (22.2) |
82 (39.8) |
4 (50.00) |
90 (38.8) |
|
| Self-help |
7 (38.9) |
53 (25.7) |
3 (37.50) |
63 (27.2) |
|
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
| 50 Years or Less |
5 (27.8) |
41 (19.9) |
1 (12.50) |
47 (20.3) |
|
| More than 50 Years |
12 (66.7) |
163 (79.1) |
7 (87.50) |
182 (78.4) |
|
| Missing |
1 (5.6) |
2 (1.0) |
- |
3 (1.3) |
|
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
| Men |
6 (33.3) |
96 (46.6) |
5 (62.50) |
107 (46.1) |
|
| Women |
10 (55.6) |
104 (50.5) |
3 (37.50) |
117 (50.4) |
|
| Missing |
2 (11.1) |
6 (2.9) |
- |
8 (3.5) |
|
| Race |
|
|
|
|
|
| Black |
12 (66.7) |
172 (83.5) |
8 (100.0) |
192 (82.8) |
|
| White |
5 (27.8) |
22 (10.7) |
- |
27 (11.6) |
|
| Other/Multiple |
- |
8 (3.9) |
- |
8 (3.4) |
|
| Missing |
1 (5.6) |
4 (1.9) |
- |
5 (2.2) |
|
| Educational Attainment |
|
|
|
|
|
| Some High School or Less |
3 (16.7) |
57 (27.7) |
4 (50.0) |
64 (27.6) |
|
| Graduated from High School/GED |
5 (27.8) |
76 (36.9) |
1 (12.5) |
82 (35.3) |
|
| Some College |
4 (22.2) |
48 (23.3) |
2 (25.0) |
54 (23.3) |
|
| Bachelor or More |
5 (27.8) |
22 (10.7) |
1 (12.5) |
28 (12.1) |
|
| Missing |
1 (5.5) |
3 (1.4) |
- |
4 (1.7) |
|
| Other Tobacco Product Use** |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
10 (55.6) |
165 (80.1) |
5 (62.5) |
180 (77.6) |
|
| Yes |
8 (44.4) |
39 (18.9) |
2 (25.0) |
49 (21.1) |
|
| Missing |
- |
2 (1.0) |
1 (12.5) |
3 (1.3) |
|
|
| |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
|
Mean (SD) |
|
|
| Nicotine Addiction (at Baseline) |
4.4 (2.1) |
4.4 (2.0) |
|
4.4 (2.0) |
|
| Number of Cardiometabolic Risk Conditions |
0.7 (1.0) |
1.1 (0.9) |
|
1.1 (1.0) |
|
| Depression |
1.5 (1.7) |
1.3 (1.7) |
|
1.3 (1.7) |
|
|
** P < 0.01
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