TABLE 2.

Reasons for vaporizer use among adolescent vaporizer users by gender, race/ethnicity, and parent education

	Gender		Race/Ethnicity				Parent Education Level
	Men	Women	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Non- graduate	College graduate
To experiment--to see what it’s like	49.5***	57.9	52.8	55.2	53.4	50.8	53.1	53.3
Because it tastes good	37.6	36.9	39.8b1,c3	31.87a1	29.6a3,d2	37.9c2	34.3**	40.7
Because of boredom, nothing else to do	25.1*	21.4	22.8	22.9	23.7	25.0	22.2	24.0
To have a good time with my friends	24.8**	19.7	23.6b3,c1	13.7a3,c1,d3	19.8b1	24.2b3	18.5***	26.4
To relax or relieve tension	21.5	21.1	21.2b2	13.5a2,c2,d3	22.4b2	25.2b3	23.2*	19.5
Because it looks cool	15.1*	12.1	12.3b1,d2	17.9a1,c1	12.1b1,d2	17.9a2,c2	12.4	14.5
To feel good or get high	8.0*	6.0	8.3c3	6.0	4.5a3,d1	7.9c1	7.8	6.6
To help me quit regular cigarettes	7.7	8.5	7.3	4.7c2,d1	9.8b2	9.2b1	7.1	9.1
Because regular cigarette use in not permitted	5.8	5.9	6.1b2	3.1a2,d1	5.7	7.0b1	6.1	5.6
Because I am “hooked”-- I have to have it	1.0	1.1	1.2b3	0.0a3,c2,d2	0.9b2	1.5b2	1.2	1.0
N	2086	1841	2286	304	760	579	1762	2026

Table presents weighted % responding affirmatively. Differences between dichotomous groups:

^*p<.05,

^**p<.01,

^***p<.001.

^a=significantly different from frequency reported by White students;

^b=significantly different from frequency reported by Black students;

^c=significantly different from frequency reported by Hispanic students;

^d=significantly different from frequency reported by students of other races/ethnicities;

¹p<.05,

²p<.01,

³p<.001.