Table 2. Exposure to Marijuana Advertisements and Its Association With Marijuana Use Among US Middle and High School Students, Monitoring the Future Survey, 2014 and 2015a .
Type of Advertisement | Unweighted No. | Exposed to Advertisement, Weighted % | Marijuana Use, Weighted % | Prevalence of Marijuana Useb, Adjusted ORc (95% CI) [P Value] | Frequency of Marijuana Use in Last 30 Days Among Current Users, βd (SE) [P Value] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
On storefronts | |||||
No | 10,506 | 81.0 | 13.1 | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
Yes | 2,418 | 19.0 | 16.7 | 1.4 (1.2–1.6) [<.001] | 0.1 (0.1) [.60] |
Magazine or newspaper | |||||
No | 9,772 | 75.9 | 12.0 | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
Yes | 3,093 | 24.1 | 19.7 | 1.6 (1.4–1.9) [<.001] | 0.2 (0.1) [.19] |
Billboard | |||||
No | 10,813 | 83.4 | 13.3 | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
Yes | 2,089 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 1.4 (1.1–1.6) [.002] | 0.1 (0.2) [.62] |
Internet | |||||
No | 6,024 | 47.2 | 9.7 | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
Yes | 6,850 | 52.8 | 17.6 | 1.8 (1.5–2.1) [<.001] | 0.3c (0.1) [.04] |
Television | |||||
No | 8,740 | 67.9 | 12.3 | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
Yes | 4,142 | 32.1 | 17.0 | 1.4 (1.2–1.7) [<.001] | 0.2 (0.1) [.18] |
Radio | |||||
No | 10,306 | 80.3 | 12.4 | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
Yes | 2,543 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 1.7 (1.5–2.0) [<.001] | 0.2 (0.1) [0.09] |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; SE, standard error.
Students who reported no current use of marijuana were the reference group.
Models were adjusted for grade, sex, race/ethnicity, parental education, region, and population density.
The regression coefficient stands for a 0.3-unit increase in the scale (2–7) of marijuana use frequency. That is, participants exposed to marijuana advertisements from the internet had an average 0.3-unit increase in the scale of marijuana use frequency, which was coded as a continuous variable with 1 = 0 occasions, 2 = 1 or 2 occasions, 3 = 3–5 occasions, 4 = 6–9 occasions, 5 = 10–19 occasions, 6 = 20–39 occasions, and 7 = 40 or more occasions.