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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Smoking cessation message testing to inform app-based interventions for young adults – an online experiment

 

%; M (SD)

Age, mean (SD)

26.57 (2.94)

Age categories

 

 18–25

31.89

 26–30

68.11

Sex

 

 Female

45.18

 Male

54.82

Sexual or gender minority

 

 No

83.06

 Yes

16.94

Race/Ethnicity

 

 Non-Hispanic White

48.50

 Non-Hispanic Black

21.93

 Hispanic

22.59

 Other or multi-racial

6.98

Education

 

 High school or less

34.22

 Some college

30.56

 Bachelor’s degree

23.26

 Graduate degree

11.96

Daily smoking

62.46

Time to first cigarette (30 min or less)

60.80

Readiness to quit smoking

 

 Currently trying to quit

73.75

 Will quit in the next month

26.25

Motivation to quit smoking, mean (SD)

3.82 (0.93)

Motivation to quit smoking categories

 

 Low (1–3)

32.56

 High (4–5)

67.44

Psychological flexibility (AAQ-II), mean (SD)

23.44 (8.22)

Psychological flexibility (AAQ-II) categories

 

 Flexible (7–27)

65.45

 Inflexible (28–49)

34.55