TABLE 1. Percentage of high school students who were current tobacco users, by selected characteristics and type of tobacco product — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019.
| Characteristic | Electronic vapor products* |
Cigarettes† |
Cigars§ |
Smokeless tobacco¶ |
Any tobacco product** |
≥2 products†† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
|
Total
|
32.7 (30.7–34.8)
|
6.0 (5.0–7.2)
|
5.7 (4.8–6.7)
|
3.8 (3.2–4.6)
|
36.5 (33.6–39.5)
|
8.2 (7.0–9.5)
|
|
Sex§§
| ||||||
| Male |
32.0 (29.7–34.3) |
6.9 (5.7–8.4) |
7.4 (6.4–8.6) |
5.8 (4.7–7.1) |
36.3 (33.3–39.3) |
10.4 (9.0–11.9) |
| Female |
33.5 (30.9–36.1) |
4.9 (3.8–6.4) |
3.8 (2.8–5.1) |
1.6 (1.2–2.1) |
36.6 (33.1–40.2) |
5.8 (4.5–7.5) |
|
Grade¶¶
| ||||||
| 9 |
25.0 (22.8–27.4) |
3.8 (2.8–5.1) |
3.8 (2.7–5.2) |
2.0 (1.4–3.0) |
27.7 (24.8–30.9) |
5.3 (4.2–6.6) |
| 10 |
30.5 (27.3–33.8) |
5.2 (3.9–6.9) |
4.7 (3.5–6.2) |
3.6 (2.6–5.0) |
34.3 (30.3–38.6) |
7.3 (5.6–9.6) |
| 11 |
35.9 (32.3–39.8) |
5.9 (4.5–7.7) |
6.0 (4.6–7.8) |
3.9 (3.0–5.1) |
39.8 (35.7–44.1) |
8.4 (6.7–10.4) |
| 12 |
40.4 (37.5–43.4) |
9.0 (7.6–10.7) |
8.5 (6.9–10.4) |
5.5 (4.3–7.1) |
45.0 (41.3–48.7) |
11.9 (10.3–13.7) |
|
Race/Ethnicity***
| ||||||
| Black, non-Hispanic |
19.7 (16.9–22.8) |
3.3 (2.3–4.6) |
5.3 (4.1–6.8) |
2.8 (1.8–4.4) |
24.7 (21.3–28.4) |
4.8 (3.7–6.2) |
| Hispanic |
31.2 (28.6–33.8) |
6.0 (4.3–8.4) |
6.1 (4.7–8.0) |
3.1 (2.3–4.3) |
33.8 (31.1–36.7) |
7.9 (6.2–10.0) |
| White, non-Hispanic |
38.3 (36.0–40.7) |
6.7 (5.3–8.4) |
5.9 (4.7–7.4) |
4.4 (3.3–5.7) |
42.0 (38.3–45.9) |
9.5 (7.8–11.5) |
|
Age group (yrs)
†††
| ||||||
| ≤15 |
25.9 (24.1–27.9) |
4.2 (3.2–5.4) |
4.2 (3.1–5.6) |
2.7 (2.0–3.8) |
29.1 (26.2–32.1) |
5.8 (4.6–7.2) |
| 16 or 17 |
35.2 (32.3–38.3) |
6.0 (4.8–7.4) |
5.7 (4.5–7.0) |
3.7 (3.0–4.6) |
38.8 (35.2–42.4) |
8.4 (6.8–10.1) |
| ≥18 |
42.8 (39.0–46.7) |
10.9 (8.6–13.6) |
10.2 (8.1–12.7) |
7.2 (5.5–9.2) |
49.1 (44.9–53.4) |
14.2 (12.0–16.7) |
|
Sexual identity§§§
| ||||||
| Heterosexual |
32.8 (30.5–35.2) |
5.2 (4.3–6.3) |
5.2 (4.4–6.1) |
3.7 (3.1–4.4) |
36.1 (33.1–39.2) |
7.8 (6.7–9.0) |
| Lesbian, gay, or bisexual |
34.1 (30.8–37.6) |
10.4 (7.8–13.7) |
8.1 (5.9–11.1) |
3.2 (2.0–5.2) |
40.3 (36.2–44.4) |
10.4 (8.0–13.5) |
| Not sure | 24.9 (19.8–30.7) | 7.4 (4.8–11.3) | 7.2 (4.3–12.0) | 5.5 (3.1–9.5) | 30.0 (23.3–37.6) | 8.1 (5.4–11.9) |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
* Percentage of students who used an electronic vapor product, including e-cigarettes, e-cigars, e-pipes, vape pipes, vaping pens, e-hookahs, and hookah pens (e.g., blu, NJOY, Vuse, MarkTen, Logic, Vapin Plus, eGo, and Halo), on ≥1 day during the 30 days before the survey.
† Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on ≥1 day during the 30 days before the survey.
§ Percentage of students who smoked cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars on ≥1 day during the 30 days before the survey.
¶ Percentage of students who used smokeless tobacco, including chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, snus, or dissolvable tobacco products (e.g., Red Man, Levi Garrett, Beechnut, Skoal, Skoal Bandits, Copenhagen, Camel Snus, Marlboro Snus, General Snus, Ariva, Stonewall, or Camel Orbs), but not including any electronic vapor products, on ≥1 day during the 30 days before the survey.
** Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes or cigars or used smokeless tobacco or an electronic vapor product, on ≥1 day during the 30 days before the survey.
†† Percentage of students who used ≥2 of the following tobacco products: cigarettes, cigars (cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars), an electronic vapor product, or smokeless tobacco, on ≥1 day during the 30 days before the survey.
§§ Sex pairwise comparisons assessed by t-test (p<0.05): for cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, and ≥2 products, male students were significantly different (p<0.05) from female students.
¶¶ Grade pairwise comparisons assessed by t-test (p<0.05): for electronic vapor products and any tobacco product: all pairwise comparisons were significantly different (p<0.05); for cigarettes, cigars, and ≥2 products: 12th grade was significantly different (p<0.05) than 9th, 10th, and 11th grades; 11th grade was significantly different (p<0.05) than 9th grade; for smokeless tobacco: 12th grade was significantly different (p<0.05) than 9th, 10th, and 11th grades; 10th and 11th grades were significantly different (p<0.05) than 9th grade.
*** Race/ethnicity pairwise comparisons assessed by t-test (p<0.05): for electronic vapor products and any tobacco product: all pairwise comparisons were significantly different (p<0.05); for cigarettes and ≥2 products: white and Hispanic were significantly different (p<0.05) than black.
††† Age pairwise comparisons assessed by t-test (p<0.05): for electronic vapor products, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, any tobacco product, and ≥2 products: all pairwise comparisons were significantly different (p<0.05); for cigars: ≥18 years was significantly different (p<0.05) than 16–17 years and ≤15 years.
§§§ Sexual identity pairwise comparisons assessed by t-test (p<0.05): for electronic vapor products: heterosexual and lesbian, gay, or bisexual were significantly different (p<0.05) than not-sure students; for cigarettes, cigars, and ≥2 products: lesbian, gay, or bisexual was significantly different (p<0.05) than heterosexual; for any tobacco product: lesbian, gay, or bisexual was significantly different (p<0.05) than heterosexual and not-sure students.