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Table 1 Accuracy of judging THC content based on “edible” cannabis packaging and consumer status (n = 45,504)

From: THC labeling on cannabis products: an experimental study of approaches for labeling THC servings on cannabis edibles

Variable

No cannabis consumption in past 12 months (n = 29,731)

“Any” cannabis consumption in past 12 months (n = 15,773)

Edible cannabis consumption in past 12 months (n = 8241)

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

Packaging manipulation

X2(2) = 10.86

0.004

X2(2) = 0.08

0.959

X2(2) = 0.02

0.992

 Multi-serving bar vs. individual squares

1.09 (1.03, 1.16)

0.002

1.01 (0.93, 1.10)

0.791

0.99 (0.88, 1.12)

0.913

 Individually packaged squares vs. individual squares

1.08 (1.02, 1.14)

0.010

1.00 (0.92, 1.09)

0.972

1.00 (0.89, 1.12)

0.995

 Individually packaged squares vs. multi-serving bar

0.99 (0.93, 1.04)

0.615

0.99 (0.91, 1.07)

0.817

1.01 (0.90, 1.13)

0.907

Stamp manipulation

X2(1) = 15.13

< 0.001

X2(1) = 4.80

0.028

X2(2) = 0.00

0.988

 No stamp (ref)

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 THC stamp

1.10 (1.05, 1.15)

< 0.001

1.08 (1.01, 1.15)

0.028

1.00 (0.91, 1.10)

0.988

Age group

X2(4) = 447.77

< 0.001

X2(4) = 54.80

< 0.001

X2(4) = 10.41

0.034

 16–25 (ref)

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 26–35

0.86 (0.79, 0.94)

< 0.001

0.95 (0.86-1.06)

0.339

1.02 (0.88, 1.17)

0.839

 36–45

0.77 (0.71, 0.84)

< 0.001

0.88 (0.79, 0.98)

0.022

0.97 (0.83, 1.13)

0.680

 46–55

0.64 (0.58, 0.69)

< 0.001

0.83 (0.73, 0.93)

0.001

0.89 (0.75, 1.05)

0.161

 56–65

0.47 (0.43, 0.51)

< 0.001

0.68 (0.60, 0.76)

< 0.001

0.81 (0.68, 0.96)

0.014

Sex

X2(1) = 91.15

< 0.001

X2(1) = 122.45

< 0.001

X2(1) = 78.78

< 0.001

 Female (ref)

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 Male

0.78 (0.74, 0.82)

< 0.001

0.67 (0.62, 0.72)

< 0.001

0.63 (0.57, 0.70)

< 0.001

Jurisdiction

X2(1) = 167.31

< 0.001

X2(2) = 96.68

< 0.001

X2(2) = 62.11

< 0.001

 Canada (ref)

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 US “illegal” states

1.28 (1.21, 1.37)

< 0.001

0.98 (0.89, 1.08)

0.710

0.93 (0.81, 1.07)

0.304

 US “legal” states

1.43 (1.35, 1.51)

< 0.001

1.39 (1.29, 1.50)

< 0.001

1.42 (1.27, 1.59)

< 0.001

Education

X2(4) = 48.78

< 0.001

X2(1) = 51.70

< 0.001

X2(4) = 42.37

< 0.001

 Less than high school (ref)

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 High school diploma or equivalent

0.89 (0.80, 0.99)

0.032

0.92 (0.80, 1.06)

0.270

0.96 (0.77, 1.19)

0.701

 Some college/university or technical training

1.06 (0.95, 1.17)

0.287

1.20 (1.05, 1.38)

0.008

1.32 (1.07, 1.62)

0.009

 Bachelor’s degree or higher

1.05 (0.94, 1.17)

0.372

1.07 (0.93, 1.24)

0.336

1.13 (0.91, 1.41)

0.256

 Unstated

0.44 (0.31, 0.64)

< 0.001

0.35 (0.20, 0.62)

< 0.001

0.18 (0.07, 0.47)

< 0.001

Ethnicity

X2(1) = 112.42

< 0.001

X2(1) = 78.42

< 0.001

X2(1) = 46.71

< 0.001

 White (ref)

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 Other/mixed/unstated

0.73 (0.69, 0.78)

< 0.001

0.70 (0.64, 0.76)

< 0.001

0.68 (0.61, 0.76)

< 0.001

Perceived income adequacy (difficulty making ends meet)

X2(5) = 184.80

< 0.001

X2(5) = 79.67

< 0.001

X2(5) = 36.25

< 0.001

 Very difficult (ref)

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 Difficult

0.91 (0.84, 1.00)

0.051

1.05 (0.93, 1.18)

0.452

1.08 (0.91, 1.29)

0.370

 Neither easy nor difficult

0.78 (0.72, 0.85)

< 0.001

0.94 (0.84, 1.06)

0.302

0.94 (0.79, 1.11)

0.446

 Easy

0.85 (0.77, 0.93)

< 0.001

0.94 (0.83, 1.07)

0.376

1.00 (0.83, 1.21)

0.978

 Very easy

0.72 (0.65, 0.80)

< 0.001

0.75 (0.65, 0.86)

< 0.001

0.95 (0.77, 1.17)

0.017

 Unstated

0.36 (0.31, 0.43)

< 0.001

0.42 (0.33, 0.54)

< 0.001

0.45 (0.31, 0.64)

< 0.001

  1. Odds of responding correctly to question, “How many squares of chocolate should someone eat if they want one serving of THC?” (correct response = < 1 square or 1 square). Logistic regression models, adjusting for age sex, education, ethnicity, income adequacy, and survey device type. Each column shows results stratified by subsample based on cannabis consumption status
  2. “Legal” states refer to US states in which non-medical cannabis was legal at the time the study was completed
  3. AOR Adjusted odds ratio, ref Reference category, SD Standard deviation, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, X2(df) Chi-squared statistic (degrees of freedom)