Table 1:
Demographic Characteristics and Tobacco Product Use by Participant Sexual Identity
| Heterosexual (n=726) n (%)/M±SD |
Sexual Minority (n=257) n (%)/M±SD |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 14.9 ±1.4 | 15.3 ±1.4 | 0.001 |
| Sex | <0.0001 | ||
| Male | 196 (27) | 28 (10.9) | |
| Female | 529 (72.9) | 210 (81.7) | |
| Missing | 1 (0.1) | 19 (7.4) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | 0.012 | ||
| non-Hispanic white | 350 (48.2) | 100 (38.9) | |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 123 (16.9) | 65 (25.3) | |
| non-Hispanic Black | 126 (17.4) | 41 (16) | |
| Other | 116 (16) | 44 (17.1) | |
| Missing | 11 (1.5) | 7 (2.7) | |
| Combustible Tobacco Smoking¥ | |||
| Ever smoked tobacco | 128 (17.6) | 77 (30) | <0.0001 |
| Past-month tobacco use | 42 (5.8) | 19 (7.4) | 0.36 |
| Days of cigarette use, Median (IQR) | 3.5 (18)* | 2.0 (20)* | 0.55 |
| E-Cigarettes | |||
| Heard of vaping products | 679 (93.5) | 249 (96.9) | 0.044 |
| Ever e-cigarette use | 183 (27) | 97 (40) | 0.0004 |
| Past-month e-cigarette use | 114 (16.8) | 49 (19.7) | 0.31 |
| Days of e-cigarette use, Median (IQR) | 3 (13)* | 3 (11)* | 0.42 |
| Vape Device Type (among ever e-cigarette users) | |||
| E-cigarette or vape pen (e.g., Vuse, NJOY, Blu) | 70 (38.3) | 46 (48) | 0.12 |
| Pod mod (e.g., JUUL, Suorin, Phix) | 132 (72.1) | 53 (55.2) | 0.005 |
| Tank type (e.g., Ego) | 82 (44.8) | 52 (54.2) | 0.14 |
| Friend(s)’ Past 30-day E-cigarette Use | 0.003 | ||
| Friends did not vape | 394 (58) | 117 (47) | 0.003 |
| Close friend(s) vaped | 285 (42) | 132 (53) | |
| Positive Susceptibility Score (among Never | |||
| Tobacco Product Users) | 135 (26.7) | 55 (38.7) | 0.005 |
| Cigarette Marketing Exposure ScoreΔ | 8.7 ±6.3 | 9.4 ±6.6 | 0.14 |
| E-Cigarette Marketing Exposure ScoreΔ | 7.7 ±7.1 | 8.7 ±7.0 | 0.07 |
M = mean; SD = standard deviation
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Includes cigarettes or cigars
*
Median and IQR; assessed only among adolescents who endorsed any 30-day use
Δ
Marketing exposure sum scores derived from summing each channel’s exposure score (for cigarettes and nicotine vaping products separately). Possible sum scores ranged from 0 to 27 (cigarettes) and 0 to 30 (vaping products).