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. 2021 May 13;18:E49. doi: 10.5888/pcd18.200550

Table 1. Prevalence in Vaping Status by Social Media Use and Associated Factors Among Adolescents, 2019 Florida Youth Tobacco Survey.

Platform Use (n) Vaping Status, Weighted % (95% CI)a
P Valued
Never Used (n = 7,368) Experimentally Used (n = 1,434)b Current Use (n = 1,673)c
Social Media Use
Facebook
Never 6,057 74.6 (72.2–76.8) 12.7 (11.5–13.9) 12.8 (11.3–14.5) <.001
Nondailye 1,983 60.7 (57.8– 63.5) 16.6 (14.8–18.5) 22.8 (20.5–25.2)
Dailyf 1,118 58.8 (55.4–62.1) 18.3 (15.8–21.0) 22.9 (20.1–26.0)
Instagram
Never 2,007 87.0 (84.9–88.9) 6.8 (5.6–8.4) 6.1 (5.0–7.5) <.001
Nondailye 1,225 76.1 (73.0–78.9) 12.0 (10.0–14.4) 11.9 (10.0–14.1)
Dailyf 6,011 62.3 (59.8–64.8) 17.1 (15.8–18.4) 20.6 (18.7–22.7)
Twitter
Never 6,008 74.6 (72.3–76.8) 12.3 (11.1–13.6) 13.1 (11.6–14.8) <.001
Nondailye 1,667 61.2 (58.0–64.3) 17.5 (15.3–19.9) 21.3 (19.0–23.9)
Dailyf 1,453 57.5 (53.8–61.2) 18.8 (16.6–21.2) 23.7 (21.0–26.7)
Snapchat
Never 2,230 89.1 (87.5–90.6) 6.8 (5.7–8.1) 4.1 (3.2–5.1) <.001
Nondailye 1,279 77.3 (74.6–79.9) 13.1 (11.3–15.3) 9.5 (7.9–11.4)
Dailyf 5,708 60.2 (57.6–62.7) 17.3 (16.0–18.8) 22.5 (20.5–24.6)
Associated Factors
Grades
Middle school (grades 6–8) 4,935 81.3 (79.6–83.0) 9.6 (8.7–10.6) 9.0 (7.9–10.4) <.001
High school (grades 9–12) 5,521 60.5 (58.1–62.9) 17.4 (16.2–18.7) 22.1 (20.1–24.3)
Sex
Female 5,326 68.8 (66.3–71.2) 14.1 (12.9–15.4) 17.1 (15.4–19.0) .23
Male 5,031 70.2 (67.7–72.5) 14.1 (12.9–15.3) 15.8 (14.0–17.7)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 3,426 64.8 (61.3–68.1) 14.5 (12.8–16.4) 20.7 (18.4–23.3) <.001
Non-Hispanic Black 1,824 77.3 (74.6–79.8) 13.2 (11.4–15.3) 9.5 (8.0–11.1)
Hispanic 4,164 69.2 (66.5–71.7) 14.4 (13.2–15.8) 16.4 (14.6–18.3)
Non-Hispanic others 822 72.6 (68.7–76.1) 13.6 (11.1–16.5) 13.9 (11.2–17.0)
Current cigarette smoking
No 10,221 70.7 (68.5–72.9) 14.1 (13.1–15.1) 15.2 (13.7–16.9) <.001
Yes 208 15.7 (11.0–22.0) 12.7 (8.2–19.3) 71.6 (63.7–78.3)
Current other tobacco use
No 9,657 73.0 (70.8–75.0) 13.9 (12.9–15.0) 13.1 (11.7–14.7) <.001
Yes 541 12.6 (9.7–16.2) 14.2 (11.3–17.7) 73.2 (68.5–77.5)
Familial tobacco useg
No 6,266 76.6 (74.3–78.8) 12.2 (11.1–13.5) 11.2 (9.8–12.7) <.001
Yes 3,225 55.7 (52.8–58.6) 18.0 (16.4–19.6) 26.3 (23.9–28.9)
Internalizing tendency (eg, depressive symptom)h
No 6,561 74.6 (72.2–76.9) 12.3 (11.2–13.6) 13.0 (11.4–14.8) <.001
Yes 2,672 56.2 (53.5–58.8) 19.1 (17.4–20.8) 24.8 (22.6–27.0)
a

Accounted for complex sampling design of Taylor series linearization as variance estimation.

b

Vaped, but not vaped in the past 30 days.

c

Vaped in the past 30 days.

d

Estimated using Rao-Scott adjusted χ2 test.

e

Included every few months, every few weeks, 1–2 days/week, and 3–5 days/week.

f

Included once per day and several times per day.

g

Assessed using the question, Does anyone who lives in your home use any of the following products? (Do not count yourself), and response options were cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip, hookah, and electronic vaping products.

h

Assessed using the question, During the past 12 months, did you ever feel so sad or hopeless that for ≥2 consecutive weeks you stopped usual activities?