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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Behav Policy Rev. 2018 Jul;5(4):72–82. doi: 10.14485/HBPR.5.4.8

Table 4:

The Relationship between the Strength of the Written School Policy and Student E-cigarette Use Behaviors (n = 2755; N = 310,412)a

Administrator perceives e-cigarettes were an issueb (n = 809; N = 74,446) Administrator perceives e-cigarettes were NOT an issueb (n = 1946; N = 235,966)


OR 95% CI p-value OR 95% CI p-value
Ever e-cigarette use
 No (0) Ref ---- ---- Ref ---- ----
  Low (10–12) 0.22 (0.08–0.56) <.01 1.28 (0.40–4.03) .67
  Moderate (13) 0.16 (0.01–1.72) .12 0.99 (0.37–2.68) .99
 High (14–16) 0.90 (0.58–1.41) .62 1.01 (0.39–2.59) .99
Past 30 day e-cigarette use
  No (0) Ref ---- ---- Ref ---- ----
 Low (10–12) 0.23 (0.10–0.52) <.01 0.70 (0.30–1.65) .41
 Moderate (13) 0.14 (0.03–0.71) .02 1.41 (0.55–3.61) .46
 High (14–16) 1.23 (0.65–2.33) .49 0.97 (0.38–2.50) .95
Susceptibility to e-cigarette use
 No (0) Ref ---- ---- Ref ---- ----
 Low (10–12) 0.54 (0.46–0.64) <.01 1.13 (0.54–2.37) .74
 Moderate (13) 0.23 (0.10–0.50) <.01 0.89 (0.53–1.48) .64
 High (14–16) 1.02 (0.59–1.79) .93 0.94 (0.47–1.89) .86
Perceived peer use
 No (0) Ref ---- ---- Ref ---- ----
 Low (10–12) 0.12 (0.05–0.32) <.01 1.06 (0.35–3.18) .92
 Moderate (13) 0.09 (0.01–1.23) .07 0.92 (0.39–2.21) .86
 High (14–16) 0.45 (0.24–0.85) .02 0.95 (0.29–3.13) .93

Note.

a:

Models are adjusted for past 30 day other tobacco use from the TATAMS student survey

b:

Analyzed from the E-cigarette School Policy Interview