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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 30.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 May 22;188:281–287. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.055

Table 2.

Predictors of Cigarette Class Membership (Reference Class = Abstainers/Dabblers).

Earlier Onset Smokers
N = 101
Later Onset Smokers
N = 21
Parameter OR CI p OR CI p



Individual-level
Sex (male = ref.) 0.56 0.33 0.95 .031 0.29 0.105 0.81 .019
Sexual orientation (hetero = ref.) 1.35 0.66 2.74 .415 1.61 0.437 5.90 .477
Race
 White ref.
 Asian 3.83 1.75 8.38 .001 1.85 0.339 10.12 .476
 Black 0.23 0.08 0.68 .008 0.97 0.236 3.95 .962
 Other 0.84 0.29 2.46 .754 0.53 0.056 5.01 .578
Hispanic (no = ref.) 0.63 0.20 1.96 .425 1.75 0.324 9.49 .514
Parental education (< BA = ref.) 0.72 0.41 1.26 .247 1.14 0.34 3.80 .836
Early onset smoking (no = ref.) 2.57 1.32 5.02 .006 1.37 0.272 6.93 .700
Past 30-day use (no = ref.)
 LCCs 2.05 1.10 3.83 .024 1.25 0.234 6.72 .792
 Smokeless tobacco 1.68 0.76 3.71 .201 * * * *
 ENDS 1.65 0.93 2.93 .087 0.95 0.237 3.79 .938
 Hookah 1.04 0.56 1.92 .907 0.82 0.163 4.17 .815
 Alcohol 4.19 2.01 8.71 < .001 3.14 0.96 10.29 .058
 Marijuana 2.02 1.20 3.41 .008 1.30 0.434 3.89 .641
Depressive symptoms 0.99 0.95 1.04 .747 1.01 0.933 1.10 .747
ADHD symptoms 1.00 0.95 1.06 .909 1.04 0.929 1.15 .533
Interpersonal-level
Adverse childhood events 1.06 0.94 1.20 .342 1.19 0.958 1.48 .116
Social support 0.98 0.94 1.02 .262 0.98 0.899 1.06 .585
Parental substance use (no = ref.)
 Tobacco 1.65 1.00 2.72 .050 1.05 0.381 2.89 .925
 Marijuana 0.86 0.39 1.90 .716 0.70 0.131 3.73 .675
Community-level
School type
 Private ref.
 HBCU 3.50 0.82 14.98 .091 * * * *
 Public 2.04 1.07 3.88 .031 0.21 0.024 1.77 .151
 Technical 5.17 2.55 10.51 < .001 5.84 1.708 19.96 .005
Rural (urban = ref.) 0.98 0.57 1.67 .935 1.09 0.39 3.02 .871

Note: OR = odds ratio; CI = 95% Wald confidence interval; LCCs = little cigar/cigarillo; ENDS = electronic nicotine delivery systems.

*

Due to small cell size, this parameter could not be estimated.