Table 3

Associations between awareness of e-cigarette industry practices with anti-e-cigarette attitudes (n=1232)

Independent variableOutcome variables
Anti-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% CI
Awareness of e-cigarette industry practices
 0 practicesREFREFREFREF
 1–4 practices 0.24 0.07 to 0.40 0.18 0.01 to 0.35 0.19 0.02 to 0.36 0.26 0.09 to 0.43
 5–8 practices 0.39 0.22 to 0.57 0.47 0.30 to 0.65 0.47 0.29 to 0.65 0.46 0.28 to 0.64
 9–12 practices 0.30 0.07 to 0.52 0.40 0.17 to 0.62 0.45 0.22 to 0.69 0.37 0.14 to 0.60
  • Multivariable linear regression models adjusted for age, race and ethnicity, gender, education, annual household income, sexual orientation, and awareness of cigarette industry practices; B indicates unstandardised beta coefficient; bold values indicate statistical significance p<0.05.