Table 2.

Associations for First Tobacco Product Tried by Race/Ethnicity and SES

	First Tobacco Product Tried				Adjusted ORc
	%				(95% Confidence Interval)
					E-cigarette	Blunt	Other
	E-cigarette	Blunt	Other	Cigarette	(v. Cigarette)	(v. Cigarette)	(v. Cigarette)
Race/Ethnicity
NHa White	79.2	13.9	4.0	3.0	Refd	Ref	Ref
NH Black	34.7	55.9	5.4	4.1	0.38 (0.17–0.82)	3.01 (1.38–6.56)	1.01 (0.38–2.70)
Hispanic	56.2	29.6	8.5	5.8	0.44 (0.27–0.71)	1.13 (0.68–1.89)	1.12 (0.61–2.07)
Other Race	55.1	27.1	10.9	6.9	0.30 (0.18–0.52)	0.86 (0.49–1.54)	1.18 (0.60–2.31)
SESb
Low SES	53.8	31.4	8.6	6.2	Ref	Ref	Ref
Middle SES	67.1	23.4	5.7	3.8	1.62 (1.04–2.52)	1.25 (0.79–1.98)	1.09 (0.63–1.88)
High SES	74.8	16.7	5.1	3.4	1.67 (0.98–2.89)	1.04 (0.59–1.85)	1.10 (0.56–2.15)

Note: Bold indicates p-value <0.05. Covariates were sex and age.

Participants are adolescents in Connecticut who were surveyed in 2019.

^aNH = Non-Hispanic

^bSES = Socioeconomic Status

^cOR = Odds Ratio

^dRef = Reference group