Table 1:
Summary Statistics
| Full Sample Percent (N) |
|
|---|---|
| Tobacco Use | |
| Recent (past 30 day) smoking | 65.1% (N=1216) |
| Current established smoking | 54.7% (N=1022) |
| Any parent smoked or vaped when respondent was 16 years-old | 54.0% (N=1009) |
| Close friend smoked or vaped when respondent was 16 years-old | 67.1% (N=1254) |
| Tobacco Policy Exposure | |
| Tobacco-21 laws | 16.4% (N=307) |
| Comprehensive smokefree indoor air restrictions | 54.9% (N=1026) |
| Combustible cigarette tax (state + local) | $1.56 (N=1869) |
| Demographics | |
| Age < 21 | 48.7% (N=911) |
| Male | 58.6% (N= 1095) |
| At least 1 parent attended college | 59.2% (N= 1106) |
| Hispanic | 15.9% (N=298) |
| Race | |
| White only | 77.5% (N=1449) |
| Black | 11.7% (N=219) |
| Other | 11.5% (N=215) |
| Multiple | 3.9% (N=72) |
| Current Student Status | |
| Current student | 48.3% (N=902) |
| Not current student, plans to enroll within the next year | 24.5% (N=458) |
| Not a student | 27.2% (N=509) |
| Urbanicity | |
| Rural | 25.5% (N=477) |
| Suburban | 42.5% (N=794) |
| Urban | 32.0% (N=598) |
| Total Number of Observations | 1869 |
Notes: Means for demographic, tobacco use, and policy exposure variables are based on newly collected survey data on 18–22 year-old “ever-triers” of combustible and/or electronic cigarettes. Ns give the number of non-zero observations for each variable, in parentheses. Respondents from New York and Massachusetts are omitted.