Table 1.
Participant characteristics (unweighted %) and COVID-19–related outcomes (weighted %) by never- and ever-e-cigarette users
| Participant characteristicsa (unweighted) |
COVID-19–related symptoms (weighted) |
COVID-19 test (weighted) |
COVID-19–positive diagnosis (weighted) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample (N) | Never-users (n = 2,168) | E-cigarette users (n = 2,183) | Never-users (n = 2,168) | E-cigarette users (n = 2,183) | Never-users (n = 2,168) | E-cigarette users (n = 2,183) | Never-users of e-cigarettes (n = 2,168) | E-cigarette users (n = 2,183) | |
| Total | 4,351 | 49.8 | 50.2 | 13.7 | 25.8 | 5.7 | 17.5 | .8 | 2.3 |
| Age | |||||||||
| Adolescents (13–17) | 1,442 | 50.3 | 49.7 | 16.1 | 25.5 | 2.8 | 16.3 | .1 | 1.2 |
| Young adults (18–21) | 1,810 | 49.3 | 50.7 | 13.4 | 23.5 | 7.2 | 16.1 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| Adults (22–24) | 1,063 | 49.9 | 50.1 | 10.4 | 30.9 | 7.8 | 25.4 | 1.6 | 6.5 |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 1,421 | 48.6 | 51.4 | 11.7 | 33.8 | 7.8 | 28.3 | 1.3 | 3.7 |
| Female | 2,832 | 50.4 | 49.6 | 15.5 | 17.4 | 3.8 | 6.1 | .3 | .9 |
| Otherb | 71 | 51.5 | 48.5 | 18.0 | 21.7 | 6.0 | 21.7 | .0 | 8.7 |
| LGBTQ | |||||||||
| Yes | 780 | 43.1 | 56.9 | 17.8 | 32.8 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| No | 3,566 | 51.3 | 48.7 | 13.1 | 23.9 | 5.1 | 19.3 | .7 | 2.5 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 2,611 | 57.5 | 42.5 | 11.4 | 15.8 | 4.4 | 10.3 | .5 | 1.2 |
| AA/black, non-Hispanic | 602 | 46.5 | 53.5 | 21.2 | 42.3 | 11.5 | 29.6 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| Asian/Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic | 210 | 30.0 | 70.0 | 14.3 | 29.3 | 10.7 | 16.0 | 3.2 | .8 |
| Hispanic, non-AA/black | 663 | 36.7 | 63.3 | 18.3 | 26.9 | 4.1 | 19.7 | .8 | 3.3 |
| Other/multiracial, non-Hispanic | 265 | 30.6 | 69.4 | 9.1 | 54.6 | 17.3 | 37.5 | .4 | 15.6 |
| Complying with shelter-in-place | |||||||||
| Yes | 3,463 | 50.7 | 49.3 | 19.1 | 39.5 | 9.2 | 30.8 | 2.3 | 4.3 |
| No | 709 | 43.5 | 56.5 | 12.6 | 22.9 | 5.4 | 14.7 | .6 | 2.0 |
| U.S. region | |||||||||
| Northeast | 909 | 47.5 | 52.5 | 7.8 | 16.9 | 6.1 | 18.1 | .6 | 2.4 |
| Midwest | 918 | 53.4 | 46.6 | 13.6 | 19.7 | 4.3 | 13.1 | .3 | 4.1 |
| South | 1,505 | 48.1 | 51.9 | 14.3 | 27.7 | 5.3 | 16.9 | .6 | 1.6 |
| West | 990 | 51.7 | 48.3 | 17.1 | 25.0 | 7.2 | 19.7 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| U.S. territories | 11 | 27.3 | 72.7 | .0 | 97.5 | .0 | 35.9 | .0 | .0 |
| BMI | |||||||||
| Underweight | 350 | 38.9 | 61.1 | 29.40 | 40.37 | 22.90 | 47.69 | 2.00 | 12.85 |
| Normal/healthy | 2,939 | 50.9 | 49.1 | 15.12 | 20.16 | 5.29 | 15.99 | .53 | 3.05 |
| Overweight | 615 | 53.5 | 46.5 | 7.80 | 20.09 | 8.06 | 11.42 | 1.25 | 1.95 |
| Obese | 381 | 48.1 | 51.9 | 17.45 | 49.56 | 3.74 | 18.88 | 1.06 | 3.47 |
| Mother's highest level of education | |||||||||
| High school or below | 998 | 49.0 | 51.0 | 19.59 | 25.2 | 8.07 | 16.12 | .48 | 2.42 |
| Started college | 609 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 18.67 | 28.40 | 5.63 | 13.10 | 1.16 | 2.99 |
| Completed college (2- or 4-y degree) | 1,432 | 51.8 | 48.2 | 12.32 | 27.04 | 5.87 | 21.53 | 1.16 | 4.19 |
| Graduate or professional degree (Masters, Ph.D., M.D., J.D., etc.) | 885 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 14.86 | 31.15 | 10.87 | 26.57 | .36 | 7.23 |
| Don't know | 410 | 51.2 | 48.8 | 12.02 | 22.10 | 1.50 | 18.87 | .66 | 5.19 |
AA = African American; BMI = body mass index; COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; LGBTQ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning.
a
Unweighted percentages in observed sample.
b
Other includes people whose sex is neither male or female, such people commonly describe themselves as non-binary or intersex.