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Table 1 Participants in the Focus Groups, Cognitive Debriefing Interviews (CDIs) and Surveys

From: Development and validation of a new instrument to measure perceived risks associated with the use of tobacco and nicotine-containing products

Variables

Focus Groupsa

CDIsb

Survey 1

(N = 2020)

Survey 2

(N = 1640)

Sex, n (%)

 Male

109 (47.6)

42 (47.7)

932 (46.1)

792 (48.3)

 Female

120 (52.4)

46 (52.3)

1088 (53.9)

848 (51.7)

Age (years), Mean ± SD

39.7 ± 12.7

45.0 ± 17.4

42.9 ± 16.3

 18–25 years, n (%)

34 (14.8)

27 (30.7)

na

na

 26–50 years, n (%)

136 (59.4)

34 (38.6)

na

na

 51–65 years, n (%)

59 (25.8)

26 (29.5)

na

na

 18–30 years, n (%)

na

na

560 (27.7)

509 (31.0)

 31–45 years, n (%)

na

na

636 (31.5)

544 (33.2)

 46+ years, n (%)

na

na

824 (40.8)

587 (35.8)

Race, n (%)

 Caucasian

  

1628 (80.6)

1309 (79.9)

 African-American

  

152 (7.5)

128 (7.8)

 Other

  

240 (11.9)

203 (12.4)

Education Level, n (%)

 High school and less

68 (29.7)

30 (34.1)

705 (34.9)

634 (38.7)

 Some college and more

142 (62.0)

58 (65.9)

1315 (65.1)

1006 (61.3)

 Other

19 (8.3)

Smoking Status, n (%)

 Adult smoker with no intention to quit

71 (31.0)

22 (25.0)

437 (21.6)

408 (24.9)

 Adult smoker motivated to quit

39 (17.0)

22 (25.0)

461 (22.8)

408 (24.9)

 Adult former smoker

62 (27.1)

22 (25.0)

516 (25.5)

407 (24.8)

 Adult never smoker

57 (24.9)

22 (25.0)

606 (30.0)

417 (25.4)

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. aNine focus groups, conducted in London (n = 3), Birmingham (n = 3), and Glasgow (n = 3); Four focus groups conducted in Rome and in Tokyo; Twelve focus groups, conducted in Atlanta (n = 4), Los Angeles (n = 4) and Philadelphia (n = 4)
  3. bForty CDIs conducted in London (n = 20), Manchester (n = 10), and Glasgow (n = 10); Forty eight CDIs conducted in Atlanta (n = 23) and Los Angeles (n = 25)