Lower Successful Quit Rate of Menthol Tobacco Users in a Tobacco Cessation Program: An Explanatory Analysis in Search of Potential Mechanisms

Table 2.

Correlation Matrix of the Study VariablesCorrelation Matrix of the Study Variables

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1.Menthol/Multiple Flavor Use 1.00                
2.Quit Smoking -0.14* 1.00              
3.Age (Yr) 0.06 0.04 1.00            
4.Gender (Women) -0.06 -0.11 0.06 1.00          
5. Education -0.13 0.09 -0.01 0.05 1.00        
6. Number of Cardiometabolic Risk Conditions 0.10 0.10 0.28*** 0.12 0.05 1.00      
7. Depression -0.04 -0.14* 0.00 0.02 -0.03 0.17* 1.00    
8. Other Tobacco Products Use -0.17* 0.0839 -0.17* -0.08 -0.01 -0.09 0.11 1.00  
9. Nicotine Addiction (at Baseline) 0.00 -0.06 -0.01 -0.08 -0.18** -0.01 0.22** -0.02 1.00

Note: *** P < 0.001, ** P < 0.01, * P < 0.05.