Table 4.
Associations between e-cigarette access and alcohol-related behaviours in drinkers
| Sample distribution | Accessed e-cigarettes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | n | % | P a | AOR (95% CIs) b | P | ||
| Binge drink | No (Ref) | 21.0 | 2293 | 8.6 | |||
| Yes | 79.0 | 8630 | 27.8 | <0.001 | 1.48 (1.20-1.82) | <0.001 | |
| Drinking frequency | <weekly (Ref) | 75.1 | 8310 | 18.3 | |||
| > = weekly | 24.9 | 2758 | 40.0 | <0.001 | |||
| Drink outside | (Ref) No | 86.5 | 9604 | 20.3 | |||
| Yes | 13.5 | 1496 | 45.7 | <0.001 | |||
| Alcohol access methodsc | |||||||
| Buy in pubs and clubs | (Ref) No | 92.7 | 9851 | 22.4 | |||
| Yes | 7.3 | 780 | 41.5 | <0.001 | |||
| Buy from off licences/supermarkets | (Ref) No | 88.8 | 9436 | 20.6 | |||
| Yes | 11.2 | 1195 | 49.2 | <0.001 | 1.29 (1.08-1.55) | 0.005 | |
| Parents/guard ians give/buy | (Ref) No | 42.9 | 4566 | 31.8 | |||
| Yes | 57.1 | 6065 | 17.7 | <0.001 | |||
| Take from parents/guardians without consent | (Ref) No | 93.9 | 9985 | 22.9 | |||
| Yes | 6.1 | 646 | 37.0 | <0.001 | |||
| Friends/family under 18 | (Ref) No | 88.9 | 9448 | 22.7 | |||
| Yes | 11.1 | 1183 | 32.5 | <0.001 | |||
| Friends/family over 18 | (Ref) No | 53.7 | 5710 | 20.8 | |||
| Yes | 46.3 | 4921 | 27.2 | <0.001 | 1.24 (1.09-1.40) | 0.001 | |
| Get adults outside shops to buy for me | (Ref) No | 89.9 | 9556 | 21.0 | |||
| Yes | 10.1 | 1075 | 48.9 | <0.001 | 1.28 (1.06-1.54) | 0.010 | |
| I only drink alcohol to get drunk | (Ref) No | 64.4 | 6934 | 15.8 | |||
| Yes | 35.6 | 3833 | 37.5 | <0.001 | 1.27 (1.11-1.45) | 0.001 | |
| Been violent or in a fight when drunk | (Ref) No | 83.1 | 9029 | 17.1 | |||
| Yes | 16.9 | 1836 | 54.8 | <0.001 | 1.78 (1.52-2.08) | <0.001 | |
aChi squared analysis; bHierarchical backward conditional logistic regression, included sample n = 9,651: the variables gender, age, deprivation quintile, smoking status and parent/guardian smoking were also included in the model; male gender, any smoking experience and parental smoking were significantly associated with e-cigarette access. cStudents were instructed to tick all that applied. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CIs = confidence intervals; Ref = reference category; ns = not significant.