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Table 2 Proportions of participants reporting various images of cigarettes and electronic cigarettes by e-cigarette user status

From: Affect, risk perception, and the use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes: a population study of U.S. adults

 

Cigarette images

E-cigarette images

% who mentioned

Total

(n = 5387)

Current user

(n = 550)

Former user

(n = 655)

Never user

(n = 4182)

Total

Current user

Former user

Never user

Synonym

17.5

32.4

25.8

14.8

19.6

29.0

27.2

17.6

Disgust

23.0

15.9

18.5

24.4

13.5

2.8

9.3

15.2

Risky

35.4

19.8

24.8

38.5

11.0

3.6

4.1

12.7

Addiction

4.9

7.1

6.9

4.4

3.9

1.8

2.8

4.2

Relaxing/ Satisfaction

2.6

8.1

6.2

1.5

1.2

6.2

1.5

0.7

Safer than cigarettes

–

–

–

–

5.3

7.9

5.4

5.0

Same/worse than cigarette

–

–

–

–

3.8

0.6

2.6

4.3

Other

18.3

18.5

18.5

18.3

45.6

48.4

49.2

44.8