Table 2.
Characteristics of PATH study youth who were tobacco naïve at wave 1 (2013–2014), and e-cigarette naïve at wave 2 (2014–2015) by wave 2 e-cigarette susceptibility status, n = 6,470
| E-cigarette susceptibility (wave 2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Susceptible (n = 2,042) | Not susceptible (n = 4,428) | ||
| % or mean (95% CI) | % or mean (95% CI) | p value | |
| Age at wave 1 | |||
| 12 to 14 | 61.2 (59.0–63.3) | 68.5 (67.5–69.5) | <.0001 |
| 15 to 17 | 38.8 (36.7–41.0) | 31.5 (30.5–32.5) | |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 50.1 (47.9–52.2) | 49.2 (48.1–50.4) | .60 |
| Male | 50.0 (47.8–52.1) | 50.8 (50.1–52.0) | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 52.4 (50.2–54.5) | 55.6 (54.1–57.1) | .07 |
| Hispanic white | 17.1 (15.9–18.4) | 15.2 (14.1–16.4) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 14.8 (13.3–16.5) | 14.2 (13.3–15.1) | |
| Hispanic black | 1.4 (1.0–2.0) | 1.6 (.9–1.5) | |
| Non-Hispanic other race | 9.0 (7.6–10.5) | 9.6 (8.9–10.4) | |
| Hispanic other race | 5.3 (4.4–6.4) | 4.2 (3.7–4.8) | |
| Parent education | |||
| Less than high school | 16.7 (14.6–19.0) | 16.7 (15.2–18.3) | .59 |
| High school graduate | 16.8 (15.0–18.8) | 16.4 (14.9–18.0) | |
| Some college | 30.9 (28.3–33.7) | 29.5 (27.5–31.5) | |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 35.6 (32.8–38.4) | 37.5 (34.6–40.3) | |
| Region of U.S. | |||
| Northeast | 17.7 (16.2–19.3) | 16.8 (16.0–17.7) | .35 |
| Midwest | 20.4 (19.2–21.6) | 21.9 (20.9–22.8) | |
| South | 37.3 (35.3–39.3) | 38.1 (36.8–39.4) | |
| West | 24.6 (23.0–26.3) | 23.3 (22.0–24.6) | |
| Cigarette initiation at wave 2 | 3.0 (2.3–3.9) | 0.4 (.3–.7) | <.0001 |
| Other tobacco producta initiation at wave 2 | 4.8 (3.8–6.0) | 0.8 (.6–1.1) | <.0001 |
| Convenience store visits | |||
| None in past 30 days | 21.1 (19.1–23.2) | 34.2 (32.6–35.8) | <.0001 |
| 1 –3 times per month | 37.1 (34.7–37.3) | 35.5 (33.8–37.2) | |
| 1 × week or more often | 41.8 (32.6–35.3) | 30.4 (29.0–31.8) | |
| Noticed retail e-cigarette ad | 49.6 (47.3–51.8) | 33.9 (32.3–35.6) | <.0001 |
| Has favorite e-cigarette ad | 14.4 (13.0–15.9) | 9.0 (8.2–10.0) | <.0001 |
| Best friends use e-cigarettes | 30.0 (27.9–32.2) | 11.1 (9.9–12.4) | <.0001 |
| Household member tobacco use | 31.8 (30.0–34.1) | 23.4 (21.6–25.4) | <.0001 |
| Sensation-seeking score (mean) | 1.75 (1.71–1.79) | 1.25 (1.25–1.31) | <.0001 |
Data are weighted.
CI = confidence interval; NA = not applicable; PATH = Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health.
a
Other tobacco products included cigars (cigarillos, traditional and filtered), hookah, smokeless, snus, dissolvable, bidis and kreteks). p values reflect results of chi-square test or t-test.