A cross-sectional study on tobacco use and dependence among women: Does menthol matter?

Table 1 Demographic, tobacco use and dependence measure by menthol and non-menthol smokers (M ± SD)

Current age (y)	Menthol	Non-Menthol	p-value
	n = 335	n = 593
All (n = 928	41.1 ± 10.1	40.9 ± 10.1	.20^a
White (n = 730)	41.6 ± 9.9	40.7 ± 10.1	.04^b
AA (n = 198	40.5 ± 10.2	44.3 ± 10.7	.04^b
Cigs Per day (CPD)
All	16.8 ± 7.4	18.8 ± 8.2	.72^a
White	18.7 ± 7.4	19.1 ± 8.1	.40^b
AA	14.9 ± 6.9	13.9 ± 7.9	.40^b
Age started smoking (y)
All	16.7 ± 5.8	16.1 ± 4.1	.76^a
White	16.5 ± 6.1	16.0 ± 4.1	.23^b
AA	17.0 ± 5.4	17.7 ± 5.3	.23^b
Years smoking current brand
All	14.5 ± 10.0	13.2 ± 10.1	.27^a
White	13.4 ± 9.8	13.1 ± 10.2	.34^b
AA	15.7 ± 10.0	12.9 ± 6.9	.34^b
# Quit attempts
All	3.1 ± 3.2	3.3 ± 3.0	.81^a
White	3.2 ± 3.3	3.3 ± 3.0	.98^b
AA	3.0 ± 3.1	3.0 ± 3.9	.98^b
Time To First Cig (N = 928)	%	%
All <5min	49.0 %	36.0 %	< .001^c
n=928 >5min	51.0 %	69.0 %
White <5min	39.5 %	35.7 %	.36^c
n=730 >5min	60.5 %	64.3 %
AA <5min	58.3 %	40.0 %	.06^c
n=198 >5min	41.7 %	60.0 %
Longest Quit Time (months; n=928)
All <90 days	56.0 %	46.5 %	.01^c
>90 days	44.0 %	68.3 %
White <90 days	46.6 %	53.7 %	.11^c
>90 days	53.4 %	46.3 %
AA <90 days	58.2 %	42.8 %	.13^c
>90 days	41.8 %	57.2 %

^aMenthol preference main effect; ^bMenthol preference x Race interaction; ^c Pearson Chi-square.

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