TABLE 2. Percentage of Florida middle and high school students who reported current tobacco product use,* by tobacco product, school level, and asthma status ── Florida Youth Tobacco Survey, 2016.
| Tobacco product | With asthma†,§ | Without asthma | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %¶ (95% CI) | Weighted no. of users¶ | %¶ (95% CI) | Weighted no. of users¶ | %¶ (95% CI) | Weighted no. of users¶ | |
| Middle school students | ||||||
| Cigarettes | 2.2 (1.8–2.7) | 2,273 | 1.4 (1.2–1.6) | 5,845 | 1.5 (1.4–1.7) | 8,118 |
| Electronic cigarettes | 7.9 (6.8–8.9) | 7,202 | 5.8 (5.4–6.2) | 22,554 | 6.2 (5.8–6.6) | 29,756 |
| Hookah | 3.8 (3.1–4.5) | 3,840 | 2.4 (2.1–2.6) | 9,910 | 2.7 (2.4–2.9) | 13,750 |
| Smokeless tobacco | 2.1 (1.6–2.5) | 2,102 | 1.2 (1.0–1.3) | 4,925 | 1.3 (1.2–1.5) | 7,028 |
| Cigars | 2.3 (1.8–2.8) | 2,385 | 1.3 (1.1–1.5) | 5,654 | 1.5 (1.3–1.7) | 8,039 |
| Any tobacco product** | 11.1 (9.3–12.3) | 9,986 | 7.9 (7.4–8.4) | 29,660 | 8.5 (8.0–9.0) | 39,646 |
| ≥2 tobacco products†† | 4.2 (3.6–4.9) | 4,426 | 2.8 (2.5–3.1) | 12,146 | 3.1 (2.8–3.4) | 16,572 |
| High school students | ||||||
| Cigarettes | 5.7 (5.0–6.4) | 8,663 | 4.6 (4.3–5.0) | 27,520 | 4.8 (4.5–5.2) | 36,183 |
| Electronic cigarettes | 19.6 (18.1–21.2) | 22,979 | 17.2 (16.4–18.0) | 80,412 | 17.7 (17.0–18.4) | 103,391 |
| Hookah | 9.7 (8.6–10.7) | 14,886 | 6.8 (6.3–7.2) | 40,342 | 7.4 (6.9–7.8) | 55,227 |
| Smokeless tobacco | 4.3 (3.7–4.9) | 6,580 | 3.3 (3.0–3.6) | 19,387 | 3.5 (3.2–3.8) | 25,967 |
| Cigars | 7.3 (6.5–8.2) | 11,187 | 5.5 (5.1–5.9) | 32,874 | 5.9 (5.5–6.3) | 44,061 |
| Any tobacco product** | 27.9 (26.2–29.6) | 34,358 | 24.2 (23.3–25.1) | 116,070 | 24.9 (24.1–25.8) | 150,428 |
| ≥2 tobacco products†† | 10.9 (9.8–11.9) | 17,114 | 8.6 (8.1–9.1) | 52,057 | 9.0 (8.6–9.5) | 69,171 |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
* Current cigarette use was defined as having smoked cigarettes on ≥1 days during the past 30 days; current electronic cigarette use was defined as having used an electronic cigarette on ≥1 days during the past 30 days; current hookah use was defined as having smoked tobacco from a hookah or water pipe on ≥1 days during the past 30 days; current smokeless tobacco use was defined as having used chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip on ≥1 days during the past 30 days; current cigar use was defined as having smoked cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars on ≥1 days during the past 30 days.
† Having asthma was defined as a “yes” response to the question “Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have asthma?”
§ Use of each tobacco product type significantly differed by asthma status: Rao-Scott chi-square test; p value <0.05.
¶ Weighted to yield representative estimates of Florida middle and high school students attending public schools.
** Any tobacco product use was defined as having used cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, hookah, smokeless tobacco, or cigars on ≥1 days during the past 30 days.
†† ≥2 tobacco product use was defined as having used two or more tobacco products (cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, hookah, smokeless tobacco, or cigars) on ≥1 days during the past 30 days.