Table 2.
Characteristics of Ever and Current Dual- and Polytobacco/Nicotine Product Users, National Youth Tobacco Survey 201 to 2015.
| Dual Use | Poly Use | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | 2013, n(%)a | 2014, n(%) | 2015, n(%) | 2013, n(%) | 2014, n(%) | 2015, n(%) |
| Ever use | 1200 (12.7) | 959 (9.5) | 711 (9.4) | 1426 (14.6) | 2058 (17.8) | 1748 (18.6) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 598 (13.2) | 475 (9.3) | 361 (9.7) | 842 (16.8) | 1212 (20.3) | 1047 (21.2) |
| Female | 602 (12.2) | 481 (9.6) | 345 (9.2) | 583 (12.3) | 841 (15.2) | 698 (15.8) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 508 (11.5) | 397 (8.5) | 316 (8.2) | 796 (16.5) | 1130 (19.7) | 932 (20.0) |
| Black | 289 (16.2) | 237 (11.6) | 127 (11.4) | 147 (7.8) | 207 (10.5) | 178 (12.7) |
| Hispanic | 320 (14.9) | 228 (9.6) | 224 (11.3) | 387 (16.0) | 575 (19.7) | 511 (19.1) |
| Other | 44 (5.8) | 50 (7.0) | 27 (10.2) | 67 (10.0) | 73 (9.6) | 66 (14.5) |
| Grade level | ||||||
| 9th grade | 223 (8.6) | 221 (8.7) | 165 (8.2) | 254 (9.7) | 346 (10.9) | 270 (11.0) |
| 10th grade | 304 (12.5) | 244 (9.2) | 197 (9.8) | 306 (12.3) | 483 (16.4) | 406 (17.0) |
| 11th grade | 322 (14.2) | 268 (10.9) | 160 (8.5) | 368 (15.7) | 557 (20.4) | 475 (20.6) |
| 12th grade | 351 (16.8) | 226 (9.2) | 189 (12.0) | 498 (21.8) | 672 (24.4) | 597(27.1) |
| Ever tobacco/nicotine product useb | ||||||
| E-cigarettes | 108 (10.4) | 370 (42.7) | 424 (62.2) | 855 (62.3) | 1775 (87.5) | 1657 (95.6) |
| Cigars | 924 (78.8) | 424 (42.9) | 231 (35.1) | 1317 (93.1) | 1775 (87.0) | 1486 (85.9) |
| Hookah | 100 (9.7) | 152 (17.1) | 49 (8.5) | 890 (65.8) | 1460 (73.9) | 1133 (66.6) |
| Pipes | 56 (5.3) | 9 (1.0) | 3 (0.4) | 696 (49.7) | 485 (24.5) | 300 (18.0) |
| Bidis | 12 (0.9) | 4 (1.1) | 4 (0.7) | 219 (14.8) | 228 (11.6) | 1698 (8.9) |
| Home tobacco/nicotine use | ||||||
| None | 453 (8.0) | 393 (6.3) | 271 (6.2) | 462 (8.5) | 731 (11.4) | 642(12.2) |
| Cigarettes | 536 (20.2) | 389 (15.6) | 301 (15.8) | 706 (23.4) | 953 (28.7) | 707 (27.5) |
| E-cigarettes | - | 118 (16.8) | 92 (18.6) | - | 438 (40.8) | 298 (37.2) |
| Cigars | 154 (23.1) | 107 (13.9) | 75 (16.8) | 242 (29.5) | 345 (34.3) | 207 (30.8) |
| Hookah | 34 (16.5) | 34 (11.8) | 25 (16.9) | 137 (48.9) | 236 (47.1) | 118 (41.3) |
| Pipe | 28 (21.1) | 14 (14.4) | 9 (16.9) | 107 (46.9) | 100 (53.8) | 52 (48.7) |
| Bidis | 15 (23.7) | 8 (14.4) | 8 (28.8) | 39 (41.8) | 49 (52.6) | 20 (45.3) |
| Current use | 479 (4.8) | 359 (2.9) | 301 (3.3) | 355 (3.6) | 476 (4.2) | 371 (3.7) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 278 (5.7) | 211 (3.2) | 185 (3.8) | 223 (4.5) | 296 (4.9) | 247 (4.6) |
| Female | 200 (3.9) | 148 (2.6) | 115 (2.8) | 132 (2.7) | 176 (3.5) | 122 (2.6) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 269 (5.4) | 229 (3.7) | 173 (3.6) | 182 (3.7) | 276 (4.9) | 215 (4.1) |
| Black | 60 (2.5) | 39 (1.4) | 31 (2.4) | 43 (2.5) | 34 (1.7) | 28 (2.0) |
| Hispanic | 116 (5.0) | 66 (2.0) | 74 (2.8) | 107 (4.6) | 134 (4.8) | 94 (3.5) |
| Other | 20 (2.5) | 12 (1.7) | 9 (3.3) | 17 (2.9) | 17 (2.0) | 16 (3.3) |
| Grade level | ||||||
| 9th grade | 66 (2.4) | 51 (1.8) | 54 (2.3) | 67 (2.5) | 83 (2.5) | 51 (2.1) |
| 10th grade | 105 (4.6) | 70 (2.1) | 44 (2.0) | 78 (2.8) | 114 (3.7) | 85 (3.6) |
| 11th grade | 131 (5.6) | 108 (3.5) | 86 (3.7) | 92 (4.3) | 127 (5.1) | 111 (4.0) |
| 12th grade | 177 (7.2) | 130 (4.5) | 117 (5.4) | 118 (5.2) | 152 (5.8) | 124 (5.1) |
| Current tobacco/nicotine product useb | ||||||
| E-cigarettes | 88 (19.3) | 175 (53.7) | 149 (51.5) | 203 (59.6) | 401 (85.2) | 331 (91.3) |
| Cigars | 314 (65.8) | 111 (27.3) | 112 (38.7) | 302 (84.2) | 360 (79.5) | 287 (79.0) |
| Hookah | 42 (9.3) | 66 (20.3) | 28 (13.2) | 191 (55.5) | 313 (67.8) | 202 (58.4) |
| Pipes | 34 (9.2) | 5 (1.3) | 7 (2.2) | 198 (57.7) | 116 (23.9) | 65 (16.7) |
| Bidis | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.9) | 5 (1.0) | 44 (12.2) | 53 (11.4) | 39 (10.8) |
| Home tobacco/nicotine use | ||||||
| None | 114 (1.8) | 107 (1.4) | 94 (1.7) | 86 (1.7) | 143 (2.4) | 95 (1.9) |
| Cigarettes | 258 (8.7) | 189 (5.9) | 143 (5.8) | 196 (6.5) | 246 (7.5) | 171 (6.2) |
| E-cigarettes | - | 64 (7.5) | 55 (7.0) | - | 138 (12.9) | 94 (11.2) |
| Cigars | 81 (10.1) | 43 (4.0) | 38 (6.6) | 75 (8.4) | 128 (13.1) | 72 (9.8) |
| Hookah | 25 (9.5) | 32 (7.6) | 16 (6.3) | 57 (16.9) | 89 (17.3) | 39 (14.8) |
| Pipes | 22 (12.5) | 11 (8.1) | 6 (4.6) | 54 (21.3) | 48 (25.9) | 25 (19.0) |
| Bidis | 8 (8.2) | 4 (4.7) | 2 (2.8) | 31 (34.7) | 27 (27.6) | 11 (23.0) |
Abbreviation: e-cigarettes, electronic cigarettes.
a
n is raw sample size and percentage is the weighted valid percentage. Missing values excluded.
b
All dual users and poly users used cigarettes.