Table 2. Association between current cigarette use and risk for suicide among high school students (n = 13,731).
| Risk for Suicide | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sad or Hopelessa AORd (95% CI) | Suicidal Ideationb AOR (95% CI) | Suicide Planc AOR (95% CI) | |
| Current Cigarette Smokinge | |||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yese | 3.00***(2.36, 3.80) | 3.15***(2.55, 3.90) | 3.04***(2.34, 3.92) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Female | 2.73***(2.33, 3.20) | 2.20***(1.84, 2.63) | 2.05***(1.73, 2.44) |
| Grade | |||
| 12th Grade | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 11th Grade | 1.13 (0.97, 1.32) | 1.08 (0.86, 1.36) | 1.19 (0.92, 1.54) |
| 10th Grade | 1.15 (0.99, 1.32) | 1.11 (0.91, 1.34) | 1.19 (0.91, 1.56) |
| 9th Grade | 1.05 (0.91, 1.22) | 1.05 (0.88, 1.25) | 1.11 (0.91, 1.35) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 1.28**(1.07, 1.53) | 1.00 (0.83, 1.21) | 1.14 (0.90, 1.45) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1.01 (0.82, 1.25) | 0.87 (0.73, 1.03) | 1.08 (0.81, 1.45) |
| Non-Hispanic Otherf | 1.34*(1.07, 1.70) | 1.36**(1.08, 1.71) | 1.66***(1.32, 2.10) |
*p < .05
**p < .01
*** p < .001
a. Self-reported feeling “so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that you stopped doing some usual activities” in the past year
b. Self-reported having seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year
c. Self-reported having “made a plan” to commit suicide in the past year
d. AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio, adjusted for sex, grade, and race/ethnicity
e. Self- reported as having smoked a cigarette in the past 30-days
f. “Non-Hispanic Other” includes “Asian, non-Hispanic,” “American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic,” or “native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders, non-Hispanic.”