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Table 2 Classification of 20,836 US adult frequent e-cigarette users into six Tobacco Use Pathway Groups (TUPs)

From: Changing patterns of first e-cigarette flavor used and current flavors used by 20,836 adult frequent e-cigarette users in the USA

Num.

TUP group

N

% of total sample

% of frequent EC users

1

Switchers

15,807

70.5

75.9

2

Dual users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes

1330

5.9

6.4

3

Former smoker-turned-dual users

129

0.6

0.6

4

Former-smoker e-cigarette users

2483

11.1

11.9

5

Never-smoker-turned-dual users

31

0.1

0.1

6

Never-smoker e-cigarette users

1056

4.7

5.1