Table 2.
Prevalence and ORs of Cigarette Smoking Behaviors and Attitudes for White, African American, or Hispanic 10th-Grade Students (Monitoring the Future, 2008, 2009) by Weight Status Group
| Healthy | Overweight | Obese | Severely obese | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | % | % | OR | 95% CI | % | OR | 95% CI | % | OR | 95% CI |
| Cigarettes | ||||||||||
| Ever smoked cigarettes | 30.8 | 35.6 | 1.16* | 1.10–1.23 | 36.6 | 1.17* | 1.10–1.25 | 41.6 | 1.36* | 1.22–1.53 |
| Cigarette use in past 30 days | 13.7 | 16.5 | 1.15* | 1.09–1.21 | 16.4 | 1.12* | 1.02–1.22 | 17.9 | 1.27* | 1.08–1.48 |
| Early grade (<grade 9) of first use | ||||||||||
| Smoke first cigarette | 17.7 | 22.1 | 1.14* | 1.01–1.29 | 26.5 | 1.47* | 1.29–1.67 | 28.0 | 1.23 | 0.96–1.57 |
| Smoke daily | 4.2 | 6.1 | 1.27* | 1.04–1.51 | 7.5 | 1.41* | 1.18–1.73 | 9.4 | 1.59* | 1.02–2.21 |
| Attitudes and peer use | ||||||||||
| Low risk of harm from smoking ≥1 packs per day | 25.1 | 30.9 | 1.15* | 1.07–1.24 | 31.4 | 1.19* | 1.10–1.29 | 32.4 | 1.35* | 1.14–1.59 |
| Don't disapprove of smoking ≥1 packs per day | 12.0 | 14.4 | 1.10* | 1.01–1.19 | 17.5 | 1.28* | 1.15–1.43 | 20.2 | 1.54* | 1.23–1.92 |
| Some, most, or all of friends smoke cigarettes | 34.4 | 37.4 | 1.09 | 0.99–1.20 | 38.7 | 1.14* | 1.03–1.25 | 41.6 | 1.19 | 0.95–1.49 |
| Friends don't disapprove of smoking occasionally | 24.0 | 28.0 | 1.15 | 0.97–1.37 | 25.8 | 1.03 | 0.86–1.24 | 39.3 | 1.77* | 1.21–2.59 |
| African American | % | % | OR | 95% CI | % | OR | 95% CI | % | OR | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cigarettes | ||||||||||
| Ever smoked cigarettes | 23.7 | 29.9 | 1.20* | 1.06–1.35 | 24.7 | 0.98 | 0.83–1.15 | 31.2 | 1.18 | 0.89–1.58 |
| Cigarette use in past 30 days | 4.9 | 8.1 | 1.28* | 1.07–1.53 | 8.4 | 1.33* | 1.07–1.66 | 11.8 | 1.55* | 1.10–2.18 |
| Early grade (<grade 9) of first use | ||||||||||
| Smoke first cigarette | 15.5 | 21.3 | 1.09 | 0.83–1.41 | 16.0 | 1.06 | 0.79–1.81 | 18.4 | 0.67 | 0.44–1.27 |
| Smoke daily | 1.7 | 2.9 | 1.29 | 0.71–1.94 | 2.3 | 0.73 | 0.40–1.17 | 4.4 | 0.76 | 0.01–1.51 |
| Attitudes and peer use | ||||||||||
| Low risk of harm from smoking ≥1 packs per day | 27.6 | 25.7 | 0.90 | 0.80–1.02 | 26.5 | 0.88 | 0.74–1.04 | 17.4 | 0.72* | 0.58–0.88 |
| Don't disapprove of smoking ≥1 packs per day | 8.7 | 10.4 | 1.09 | 0.93–1.26 | 12.1 | 1.21 | 0.99–1.51 | 17.6 | 1.67* | 1.30–2.21 |
| Some, most, or all of friends smoke cigarettes | 24.9 | 23.5 | 0.97 | 0.81–1.16 | 27.2 | 1.02 | 0.83–1.27 | 39.1 | 1.44* | 1.09–1.90 |
| Friends don't disapprove of smoking occasionally | 13.8 | 20.4 | 1.31 | 0.96–1.79 | 25.4 | 1.32 | 0.78–2.22 | 12.5 | 0.66 | 0.06–7.73 |
| Hispanic | % | % | OR | 95% CI | % | OR | 95% CI | % | OR | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cigarettes | ||||||||||
| Ever smoked cigarettes | 35.5 | 41.3 | 1.13 | 1.01–1.26 | 41.8 | 1.20* | 1.05–1.38 | 35.4 | 1.02 | 0.76–1.37 |
| Cigarette use in past 30 days | 11.1 | 13.2 | 1.09 | 0.97–1.23 | 13.7 | 1.12 | 0.96–1.30 | 10.8 | 0.96 | 0.66–1.41 |
| Early grade (<grade 9) of first use | ||||||||||
| Smoke first cigarette | 23.4 | 26.4 | 0.92 | 0.78–1.15 | 28.9 | 1.07 | 0.89–1.40 | 20.3 | 0.86 | 0.41–1.51 |
| Smoke daily | 4.4 | 4.4 | 0.92 | 0.65–1.33 | 6.6 | 1.03 | 0.65–1.60 | 5.2 | 0.93 | 0.01–2.60 |
| Attitudes and peer use | ||||||||||
| Low risk of harm from smoking ≥1 packs per day | 31.2 | 33.0 | 1.11 | 1.00–1.24 | 32.5 | 1.05 | 0.86–1.28 | 43.9 | 1.35 | 0.93–1.96 |
| Don't disapprove of smoking ≥1 packs per day | 11.7 | 11.3 | 0.94 | 0.74–1.20 | 12.7 | 1.14 | 0.92–1.45 | 22.2 | 1.77* | 1.33–2.62 |
| Some, most, or all of friends smoke cigarettes | 36.7 | 30.0 | 0.98 | 0.73–0.97 | 39.4 | 1.10 | 0.93–1.31 | 43.8 | 1.27 | 0.88–1.84 |
| Friends don't disapprove of smoking occasionally | 20.4 | 20.2 | 0.88 | 0.67–1.17 | 25.0 | 1.20 | 0.89–1.61 | 33.3 | 1.33 | 0.66–2.66 |
Weight status groups are defined using % BMI categories as follows: healthy (5th–84th percentile); overweight (85th–94th percentile); obese (95th–98th percentile); and severely obese (≥99th percentile).
*
p<0.05.
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.