Table 1 AS demographics by nicotine perception held
From: Modeling the population health impact of accurate and inaccurate perceptions of harm from nicotine
Characteristic | Total | Perception of nicotine harm: “Do you believe nicotine is the chemical that causes most of the cancer caused by smoking cigarettes?” | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Definitely yes | Probably yes | Probably not | Definitely not | ||
7007 | 1338 | 2943 | 2090 | 515 | |
Sex | |||||
Female | 46.38% | 19.01% | 45.99% | 28.95% | 6.04% |
Male | 53.62% | 18.06% | 43.19% | 31.64% | 7.11% |
Age | |||||
18–24 | 8.15% | 13.79% | 36.36% | 36.85% | 12.99% |
25–44 | 45.47% | 16.84% | 39.97% | 35.52% | 7.67% |
45+ | 46.38% | 21.02% | 50.36% | 24.18% | 4.44% |
Race/Ethnicity | |||||
Non-Hispanic White | 68.78% | 13.47% | 44.42% | 35.02% | 7.09% |
Non-Hispanic Black | 13.08% | 33.94% | 43.08% | 17.57% | 5.41% |
Non-Hispanic Others | 5.42% | 19.06% | 43.02% | 31.21% | 6.7% |
Hispanic | 12.71% | 29.63% | 46.89% | 18.26% | 5.21% |
Education | |||||
LT College | 57.39% | 22.45% | 46.92% | 25.19% | 5.44% |
Some College | 31.70% | 14.08% | 41.74% | 36.58% | 7.59% |
College Grad | 10.91% | 9.64% | 40.32% | 40.33% | 9.7% |
Smoking Behavior | |||||
Every Day | 76.32% | 18.51% | 45.52% | 29.84% | 6.13% |
Some Day | 23.68% | 18.58% | 41.12% | 32.12% | 8.18% |