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. 2013 Jul 17;11(1):16. doi: 10.1186/1617-9625-11-16

Table 2.

Percentage and adjusted odds ratios of U.S. middle and high school students who think breathing smoke from other people’s cigarettes or other tobacco products causes ‘some’ or ‘a lot’ of harm, by selected characteristics - National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2012

Characteristic
Unweighted frequency
Percentage
Adjusted odds ratio a
  n % 95% CI Odds ratio 95% CI
Sex
 
 
 
 
 
  Girl
11,757
79.0
77.8-80.1
1.00
 
  Boy
11,581
71.8
70.5-73.1
0.72
0.66-0.77
Race/Ethnicity
 
 
 
 
 
  White, Non-Hispanic
12,691
75.6
74.3-76.8
1.00
 
  Black, Non-Hispanic
3,112
72.2
70.3-74.0
0.83
0.74-0.93
  Hispanic
5,247
76.0
74.3-77.7
1.07
0.96-1.19
  Asian, Non-Hispanic
1,141
83.6
80.7-86.2
1.43
1.15-1.78
  American Indian/Alaska Native, Non-Hispanic
319
72.3
65.8-77.9
0.98
0.72-1.34
  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic
165
80.7
69.1-88.7
1.31
0.60-2.85
Grade Level
 
 
 
 
 
 Middle School
10,943
73.7
72.2-75.2
 
 
  6th
3,368
73.6
71.0-76.1
1.00
 
  7th
3,830
73.1
70.6-75.4
0.99
0.80-1.22
  8th
3,745
74.4
71.4-77.3
1.08
0.86-1.35
 High School
12,337
76.7
75.4-78.0
 
 
  9th
3,110
74.1
71.7-76.4
1.14
0.92-1.40
  10th
2,966
76.6
74.7-78.4
1.36
1.14-1.61
  11th
3,210
78.1
76.2-79.9
1.49
1.23-1.82
  12th
3,051
78.6
76.7-80.4
1.69
1.38-2.08
Tobacco Use (Past 30 Days) b
 
 
 
 
 
  No Tobacco Use
19,173
77.9
76.8-78.9
1.00
 
  Non-Combustible Tobacco Use Only
2,491
71.9
66.6-76.6
0.79
0.62-1.02
  Combustible Tobacco Use Only
311
65.8
63.5-68.0
0.51
0.45-0.57
  Combustible and Non-Combustible Tobacco Use
869
52.1
48.1-56.1
0.31
0.26-0.36
Lives with a Tobacco User c
 
 
 
 
 
  No
13,096
78.3
77.3-79.3
1.00
 
  Yes
9,788
72.1
70.7-73.5
0.81
0.75-0.87
Overall 23,346 75.4 74.4-76.3    

Abbreviation: CI confidence interval.

a Odds ratios were computed using a binary logistic regression model adjusted for all covariates listed in the table. Statistically significant odds ratios are noted in bold.

b A respondent was considered to be a combustible tobacco user if they reported using cigarettes, cigars/cigarillos/little cigars, pipes, roll-your-own-cigarettes, bidis, clove cigarettes, hookahs or water pipes on at least 1 day during the past 30 days. Non-combustible tobacco users were defined as respondents who reported using chewing tobacco/snuff/dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco products on at least 1 day during the past 30 days.

c A respondent was considered to live with a tobacco user if they reported that anyone who lives with them now smokes cigarettes, uses smokeless tobacco such as chewing tobacco, smokes cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars, or uses any other form of tobacco.