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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Abus. 2020 Jan 17;42(3):339–347. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2019.1709603

Table 2.

Correlates of exclusive versus concurrent past 30-day nicotine and cannabis use among youth aged 16–19 residing in the United States, Canada, and England

Odds of concurrent use vs. exclusive nicotine use n=1,928 Odds of concurrent use vs. exclusive cannabis use n=1,080

aOR (95% CI)* aOR (95% CI)
Age 1.10 (0.96–1.27) 1.04 (0.89–1.23)
Sex
 Female 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Male 0.90 (0.68–1.19) 1.34 (0.97–1.86)
Race-ethnicity
 Non-white 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 White 0.81 (0.59–1.11) 1.49 (1.07–2.09)
Country of residence
 USA 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Canada 1.68 (1.16–2.44) 1.01 (0.70–1.46)
 England 0.84 (0.60–1.17) 1.68 (1.12–2.51)
No. of computers 0.99 (0.90–1.09) 0.86 (0.78–0.95)
Depression 1.03 (0.95–1.11) 1.10 (1.01–1.19)
Anxiety 1.04 (0.96–1.12) 0.99 (0.91–1.08)
Alcohol use
 Never 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Ever 2.71 (1.73–4.26) 1.42 (0.81–2.48)
Harm perception of smoked cannabis 0.52 (0.45–0.60) 0.84 (0.70–1.02)
Past 30-day nicotine use
 Exclusive single-combustible use 1.00 (ref) ---
 Exclusive nicotine e-cigarette use 0.55 (0.37–0.83) ---
 Dual/poly nicotine use 1.89 (1.38–2.58) ---

Bold values denote statistically significant findings (p<0.05).

*

Adjusted for age, sex, race-ethnicity, country of residence, number of computers, depression, anxiety, alcohol use, harm perceptions of smoked cannabis, & past 30-day nicotine use.

Adjusted for age, sex, race-ethnicity, country of residence, number of computers, depression, anxiety, alcohol use, & harm perceptions of smoked cannabis.

Age, no. of computers, depression, anxiety and harm perceptions of smoked cannabis were modeled as continuous variables.