Table 3.
Access to Tobacco Products in the Past 30 Days among US Middle and High School Students Aged 9 to 17 Years who Reported Past 30-day Tobacco Product Use by Race/Ethnicity – National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2018
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White, non-Hispanic | Black, non-Hispanic | Hispanic | Other, non-Hispanic | |
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
| Overall | 60.2 (55.9-64.5) | 8.0 (6.2-10.2) | 22.7 (19.5-26.3) | 9.1 (7.5-11.0) |
| How Obtained Tobacco Productsa | ||||
| I bought them myself | 12.6 (10.3-15.2)* | 4.4 (2.5-7.6)* | 11.2 (8.8-14.3)* | 10.8 (7.4-15.6)* |
| I had someone else buy them | 23.0 (20.7-25.4)* | 14.8 (10.9-19.8)* | 14.8 (12.1-18.0)* | 18.9 (14.2-24.6)* |
| I asked someone to give me some | 13.0 (11.2-15.0)* | 7.3 (4.7-11.0)* | 13.1 (10.7-16.0)* | 13.2 (9.0-19.0)* |
| Someone offered them to me | 18.0 (16.2-20.0)* | 12.7 (8.4-19.0)* | 13.6 (11.2-16.4)* | 15.5 (10.5-22.1)* |
| I bought them from another person | 10.3 (8.6-12.2) | e | 8.8 (6.6-11.6) | 10.8 (7.0-16.2) |
| I took them from a store or another person | 2.3 (1.5-3.3) | e | 3.8 (2.6-5.6) | e |
| I got them some other way | 9.8 (8.1-11.8) | 14.7 (9.8-21.7) | 11.1 (8.6-14.2) | 13.3 (8.5-20.2) |
| From social sourcesb | 44.3 (41.6-47.0)* | 31.4 (25.4-38.0)* | 34.9 (31.3-38.6)* | 40.8 (33.2-48.9)* |
| Where Obtained Tobacco Products (among those who reported buying themselves in the past 30 days) a | ||||
| Gas station/convenience store | 61.2 (50.9-70.6) | e | 47.6 (37.0-58.4) | e |
| Grocery store | e | e | 24.2 (13.2-40.2) | e |
| Drug store | 11.1 (7.1-17.1) | e | 23.6 (14.6-35.9) | e |
| Vending machine | e | e | 12.4 (6.8-21.5) | e |
| On the Internet | 12.0 (7.7-18.1) | e | 17.1 (9.7-28.5) | e |
| Through the mail | e | e | e | e |
| Some other place not listed here | 25.5 (18.3-34.3) | e | 30.1 (20.0-42.5) | e |
| How and Where Obtained E-cigarettes (among past 30-day e-cigarette users)a | ||||
| Gas station/convenience store | 10.3 (7.4-14.0) | d | 9.1 (6.5-12.4) | 9.3 (5.3-16.0) |
| Grocery store | d | d | d | d |
| Drug store | 1.1 (0.6-1.9) | d | 3.4 (2.1-5.2) | d |
| Mall or shopping center kiosk/stand | d | d | 2.9 (1.7-5.0) | d |
| On the Internet | 5.4 (3.9-7.5) | d | 7.5 (5.6-10.1) | d |
| Vape shop or other store that only sells e-cigarettes | 17.5 (14.1-21.1) | d | 15.0 (11.6-19.1) | 18.7 (13.4-25.6) |
| Some other place not listed here | 2.0 (1.4-3.0) | d | 5.5 (3.6-8.2) | d |
| From a family member | 12.3 (10.0-14.9) | 17.5 (9.8-29.3) | 15.9 (12.8-19.7) | 15.2 (10.3-22.0) |
| From a friend | 62.5 (59.0-65.9)* | 47.5 (35.2-60.2)* | 50.8 (44.3-57.1)* | 57.9 (49.3-66.0)* |
| From some other person that is not a family member or a friend | 7.8 (6.6-9.3) | d | 11.4 (8.7-14.7) | 11.4 (6.9-18.5) |
| From social sourcesc | 74.7 (72.0-77.2) | 68.8 (57.9-77.9) | 67.4 (61.8-72.6) | 74.2 (66.7-80.6) |
| Refused Tobacco Products Sale Because of Age (among those who tried to buy tobacco products) | ||||
| Yes | 24.1 (19.5-29.4) | 24.6 (14.7-38.1) | 27.3 (21.4-34.0) | 23.9 (15.2-35.4) |
| No | 75.9 (70.6-80.5) | 75.4 (61.9-85.3) | 72.7 (66.0-78.6) | 76.1 (64.6-84.8) |
Note.
Respondents could select more than one option.
A composite variable indicating that the respondent obtained tobacco products through at least one of the following ways: “I had someone else buy them for me;” “I asked someone to give me some;” “Someone offered them to me;” “I bought them from another person.”
A composite variable indicating that the respondent obtained e-cigarettes through at least one of the following sources: “From a family member;” “From a friend;” “From some other person that is not a family member or a friend.”
Data suppressed because the sample size was < 50 or the relative standard error was > 30%.
significant differences within subgroups (chi-square p-value < .05).