TABLE 2—
Odds Ratios of Intention to Quit Smoking Among Current Youth Smokers: National Youth Tobacco Survey, United States, 2012
| Variable | AOR (95% CI) |
| Ever e-cigarette use | |
| Experimental group | 1.21 (0.82, 1.77) |
| Control group (Ref) | 1 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 0.71 (0.49, 1.03) |
| Male (Ref) | 1 |
| Age | 1.00 (0.88, 1.14) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 1.20 (0.71, 2.03) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 2.23 (0.95, 5.24) |
| Hispanic (Ref) | 1 |
| Others | 1.16 (0.55, 2.44) |
| Positive attitude toward smoking | |
| Smoking cigarettes makes young people look cool or fit in | |
| Yes | 0.65 (0.42, 1.02) |
| No (Ref) | 1 |
| Young people who smoke cigarettes have more friends | |
| Yes | 1.08 (0.68, 1.74) |
| No (Ref) | 1 |
| Negative attitude toward smoking | |
| All tobacco products are dangerous | |
| Agree | 4.06 (2.56, 6.43) |
| Disagree (Ref) | 1 |
| Self-efficacy | |
| If a friend offered me a cigarette, I would smoke it | |
| Yes | 0.18 (0.05, 0.66) |
| No (Ref) | 1 |
| If you try to quit smoking cigarettes, how likely are you to succeeda | 1.38 (1.18, 1.62) |
| Age of smoking onset | 1.10 (1.02, 1.19) |
| Frequency of smoking | 0.94 (0.80, 1.10) |
| No. past quit attempts | 1.55 (1.40, 1.72) |
Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.
a
Self-efficacy item “If you try to quit smoking cigarettes, how likely are you to succeed” was on a 0–3 scale (0 = very unlikely, 1 = somewhat unlikely, 2 = somewhat likely, and 3 = very likely).