Table 1.
Use of ONP and SLT by Youth Demographics in the U.S., Findings From the ITC Youth Survey 2019–2021
| ONP |
SLT |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | Total | Ever versus never | Past 30-day user versus nonuser | Ever versus never | Past 30-day user versus nonuser |
| N=25,258 | n=1,146 | n=497 | n=1,723 | n=596 | |
| p<0.0001 | p=0.0012 | p<0.0001 | p=0.0775 | ||
| Age, years, n (%) | |||||
| 16 | 5,491 (22.7) | 175 (2.9) | 77 (1.3) | 281 (4.9) | 124 (2.2) |
| 17 | 6,615 (26.6) | 240 (2.9) | 121 (1.4) | 403 (5.6) | 158 (2.1) |
| 18 | 7,581 (29.9) | 373 (4.8) | 150 (2.2) | 553 (7.4) | 164 (2.3) |
| 19 | 5,571 (20.8) | 358 (5.7) | 149 (2.3) | 486 (9.0) | 150 (3.0) |
| Sex, n (%) | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
| Male | 7,379 (51.1) | 456 (4.9) | 213 (2.3) | 806 (8.8) | 344 (3.6) |
| Female | 17,879 (49.0) | 690 (3.2) | 284 (1.3) | 917 (4.5) | 252 (1.1) |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | p=0.1526 | p=0.7604 | p=0.0016 | p=0.4290 | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 13,125 (70.5) | 599 (4.0) | 271 (1.8) | 1,044 (7.1) | 361 (2.4) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 3,538 (8.6) | 181 (5.2) | 76 (2.3) | 200 (6.3) | 66 (2.0) |
| Hispanic | 2,725 (6.2) | 130 (4.4) | 47 (1.9) | 177 (6.5) | 65 (2.7) |
| Other/mixed | 5,606 (14.0) | 225 (3.7) | 99 (1.8) | 292 (5.0) | 100 (1.9) |
| Do not know/refused | 264 (0.6) | 11 (3.6) | 4 (1.6) | 10 (3.6) | 4 (2.0) |
| Perceived family SES, n (%) | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
| Not meeting basic expenses | 1,327 (4.5) | 103 (7.2) | 46 (3.6) | 156 (11.8) | 54 (4.7) |
| Just meeting basic expenses | 6,559 (22.8) | 323 (4.4) | 131 (1.9) | 493 (7.6) | 158 (2.6) |
| Meeting needs with a little leftover | 7,770 (31.9) | 299 (3.6) | 126 (1.4) | 507 (6.5) | 161 (2.0) |
| Living comfortably | 8,234 (35.9) | 389 (4.2) | 183 (2.1) | 522 (6.1) | 209 (2.4) |
| Don't know/refused | 1,368 (4.8) | 32 (1.9) | 11 (0.4) | 45 (2.5) | 14 (0.6) |
| Ever tried ONPs, n (%) | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |||
| No | 24,112 (95.9) | 1,136 (4.7) | 295 (1.2) | ||
| Yes | 1,146 (4.1) | 587 (53.8) | 301 (28.4) | ||
| Past 30-day ONP user, n (%) | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |||
| No | 24,761 (98.2) | 1,430 (5.8) | 375 (1.6) | ||
| Yes | 497 (1.8) | 293 (56.3) | 221 (44.4) | ||
| Ever tried SLT, n (%) | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |||
| No | 23,535 (93.3) | 559 (2.0) | 204 (0.8) | ||
| Yes | 1,723 (6.7) | 587 (32.8) | 293 (15.2) | ||
| Past 30-day SLT user, n (%) | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |||
| No | 24,662 (97.7) | 845 (3.0) | 276 (1.0) | ||
| Yes | 596 (2.3) | 301 (49.3) | 221 (34.1) | ||
| Ever tried cigarettes, n (%) | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
| No | 17,563 (72.5) | 409 (2.2) | 143 (0.8) | 442 (2.6) | 140 (0.9) |
| Yes | 7,695 (27.5) | 737 (9.1) | 354 (4.4) | 1,281 (17.5) | 456 (6.2) |
| Past 30-day smoker, n (%) | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
| No | 22,746 (94.4) | 734 (3.3) | 279 (1.3) | 1,078 (5.4) | 306 (1.7) |
| Yes | 2,512 (5.6) | 412 (18.0) | 218 (9.9) | 645 (28.9) | 290 (13.7) |
| Ever tried NVPs, n (%) | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
| No | 14,759 (61.6) | 290 (1.6) | 101 (0.6) | 399 (2.5) | 119 (0.7) |
| Yes | 10,499 (38.4) | 856 (8.0) | 396 (3.7) | 1,324 (13.4) | 477 (4.9) |
| Past 30-day NVP user, n (%) | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | |
| No | 20,878 (84.7) | 591 (2.4) | 214 (0.9) | 925 (4.4) | 278 (1.4) |
| Yes | 4,380 (15.3) | 555 (13.1) | 283 (6.7) | 798 (19.4) | 318 (7.8) |
Note: Unweighted sample sizes and weighted frequencies are presented. All p-values were calculated using a weighted Pearson's chi-square test. Boldface p-values indicate statistical significance at p<0.05
ITC, International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project; NVP, nicotine vaping product; ONP, oral nicotine product; SLT, smokeless tobacco.