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. 2020 Dec 3;3(12):e2027572. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.27572

Table 1. Participant Characteristics of e-Cigarette Ever-Users.

Characteristic (No. of responses) Ever-users, No. (%)
Total (n = 2167) Underage (age <21 y) (n = 1442) Young adults ( age ≥21 y) (n = 725)
Age, mean (SD), y (n = 2167) 19.17 (2.3) 17.51 (2.7) 22.44 (2.9)
Sex (n = 2166)
Male 723 (33.4) 399 (27.7) 324 (44.7)
Female 1397 (64.5) 1006 (69.8) 391 (53.9)
Other/nonbinary 46 (2.1) 36 (2.5) 10 (1.4)
LGBTQ (n = 2166) 438 (20.2) 329 (22.8) 109 (15.0)
Race/ethnicity (n = 2167)
African American/Black 319 (14.7) 179 (12.4) 140 (19.3)
Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic 146 (6.7) 84 (5.8) 62 (8.6)
Hispanic 416 (19.2) 262 (18.2) 154 (21.2)
White, non-Hispanic 1102 (50.9) 806 (55.9) 296 (40.8)
Other/multiracial 184 (8.5) 111 (7.7) 73 (10.1)
Past 30-d use of e-cigarettes (n = 1992) 1086 (54.5) 663 (49.6) 423 (64.5)
Past 7-d use of e-cigarettes (n = 1988) 913 (46.0) 539 (40.4) 374 (57.1)
No. of times any e-cigarette was used (n = 1932)
1-2 472 (24.4) 331 (25.5) 141 (22.2)
3-10 432 (22.4) 284 (21.9) 148 (23.3)
11-19 210 (10.9) 124 (9.6) 86 (13.5)
20-30 208 (10.8) 132 (10.2) 76 (11.9)
31-99 183 (9.5) 117 (9.0) 66 (10.4)
≥100 427 (22.1) 309 (23.8) 118 (18.7)
Nicotine dependent (HONC score ≥1) (n = 2167) 1331 (61.4) 883 (61.2) 448 (61.8)
Adhering to stay-at-home mandate (n = 2093) 1693 (80.9) 1090 (78.9) 603 (84.6)
Friends adhering to stay-at-home mandate (n = 1812) 1086 (59.9) 633 (53.3) 453 (72.5)

Abbreviation: HONC, Hooked on Nicotine Checklist; LGBTQ, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer.