Table 2.
Percentage responding great risk of harm and easy to fairly easy availability for tobacco products and nicotine vaping, comparing reservation AI (2021–2022) and MTF (2022) students
| 8th grade | 10th grade | 12th grade | ||||
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| AI (%) (95% CI) | MTF (%) (95% CI) | AI (%) (95% CI) | MTF (%) (95% CI) | AI (%) (95% CI) | MTF (%) (95% CI) | |
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| Harmfulness a | ||||||
| Smoke one or more packs of cigarettes per day | 49.5** (48.6, 50.5) | 61.9 (59.5, 64.3) | 49.8** (48.9, 50.7) | 71.0 (69.0, 72.9) | 58.4** (57.4, 59.3) | 71.6 (67.9, 75.0) |
| Vape nicotine regularly | 33.7** (32.7, 34.7) | 53.2 (49.9, 56.5) | 31.8** (30.6, 33.0) | 51.5 (49.1, 53.8) | 46.4 (45.5, 47.3) | 45.2 (42.8, 47.7) |
| Use smokeless tobacco regularly | 23.5** (22.7, 24.4) | 36.5 (34.3, 38.8) | 26.8** (25.8, 27.8) | 44.1 (42.5, 45.7) | 36.9 (35.8, 38.1) | NA |
| Availability b | ||||||
| Cigarettes | 22.5** (21.8, 23.3) | 33.8 (31.3, 36.4) | 35.2** (33.7, 36.6) | 47.5 (45.2, 49.7) | 42.8** (41.3, 44.3) | 54.2 (50.7, 57.6) |
| Vape pens or e-cigarettes | 26.9** (25.9, 27.9) | 34.6 (31.5, 37.8) | 42.2** (41.0, 43.5) | 51.9 (48.4, 55.3) | 46.7** (45.5, 47.9) | 69.3 (65.9, 72.4) |
| Smokeless tobacco | 15.9 (15.0, 16.8) | NA | 26.5 (25.6, 27.5) | NA | 36.8 (35.4, 38.2) | NA |
*
p < 0.05;
**
p<.01
a:
Percentage responding “great risk”.
b.
Percentage responding “fairly easy” or “very easy”.
AI = American Indian
MTF = Monitoring the Future
CI = confidence interval
NA = not asked