Table 2

Demographic correlates of awareness of e-cigarette industry practices and anti-e-cigarette attitudes (n=1232)

Demographic characteristicsAwareness of e-cigarette industry practicesAnti-e-cigarette attitudes
Express independence by not using e-cigarettesStand against e-cigarette useInvolvement to get rid of e-cigarettesSupport for e-cigarette companies to go out of business
B95% CIB95% CIB95% CIB95% CIB95% CI
Age0.01−0.05 to 0.060.010.00 to 0.030.00−0.01 to 0.020.01−0.01 to 0.03−0.01−0.02 to 0.01
Race and ethnicity
 Hispanic −0.95 −1.46 to –0.42 −0.04−0.18 to 0.11 −0.17 −0.32 to –0.02 −0.10−0.25 to 0.05−0.09−0.24 to 0.07
 Black −1.47 1.97 to –0.98 −0.11−0.25 to 0.03 −0.30 −0.44 to –0.16 −0.21 −0.35 to –0.07 −0.21 −0.35 to –0.06
 WhiteREFREFREFREFREF
 Other race−0.50−1.11 to 0.11−0.08−0.25 to 0.09 −0.21 −0.38 to –0.03 −0.27 −0.45 to –0.10 −0.12 −0.30 to –0.06
Gender
 Men 0.63 0.30 to 0.97 0.02−0.07 to 0.110.06−0.04 to 0.160.06−0.03 to 0.16−0.00−0.10 to 0.10
 WomenREFREFREFREFREF
Education
 ≤high school/GED−0.41−0.82 to 0.010.10−0.02 to 0.210.07−0.05 to 0.180.11−0.02 to 0.220.07−0.06 to 0.19
 Some college0.50 −0.93 to –0.08 0.11−0.01 to 0.23 0.14 0.02 to 0.27 0.10−0.02 to 0.220.08−0.05 to 0.20
 ≥college degreeREFREFREFREFREF
Annual household income
 <US$75 0000.54 −0.90 to –0.17 −0.44 −0.54 to –0.34 −0.47 −0.58 to –0.37 −0.45 −0.55 to –0.34 −0.41 −0.52 to –0.30
 ≥US$75 000REFREFREFREFREF
Sexual orientation
 HeterosexualREFREFREFREFREF
 LGB+−0.47−1.03 to 0.08 −0.21 −0.37 to –0.05 −0.08−0.24 to 0.08−0.02−0.18 to 0.14−0.03−0.19 to 0.13
  • Other race category includes individuals identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, multiracial or ‘other’; LGB+ category includes individuals identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or ‘something else’; B indicates unstandardised beta coefficient; bold values indicate statistical significance p<0.05.