Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Sep 24;228:109078. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109078

Table 2:

Association of JUUL Use with Nicotine Dependence and E-Cigarette Use Frequency (NYTS, 2020; n=1,713))

Nicotine Dependencea E-Cigarette Use Frequencyb
1 to 5 Days (Referent)

Adjusted Odds Ratio
95% Confidence Interval
Relative Risk Ratio
95% Confidence Interval
Yes 6 to 19 Days 20 to 30 Days
E-Cigarette Type c
Non-JUUL 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
JUUL 1.77 (1.36 – 2.31) *** 1.34 (0.98 – 1.83) 1.68** (1.13 – 2.49)
Sex
Males 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
Females 0.80 (0.60 – 1.05) 01.01 (0.79 – 1.29) 0.51** (0.31 – 0.83)
Grade Level
Middle School 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
High School 1.18 (0.85 – 1.61) 1.46 (0.94 – 2.25) 1.46 (0.83 – 2.58)
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
Hispanic/Latino 0.50 (0.38 – 0.65) *** 0.55 (0.38 – 0.79) ** 0.43 (0.31 – 0.60) ***
Non-Hispanic, Black 0.81 (0.35 – 1.85) 0.82 (0.40 – 1.68) 0.57 (0.29 – 1.12)
Otherd 0.80 (0.47 – 1.35) 0.96 (0.51 – 1.80) 0.89 (0.55 – 1.42)
Other Tobacco Use e
No 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
Yes 2.64 (2.04 – 3.41) *** 1.86 (1.41 – 2.45) *** 2.06 (1.52 – 2.80) ***
Primary Device Type f
Not Pod/Cartridge 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
Pod/Cartridge 0.83 (0.62 – 1.11) 0.64 (0.47 – 0.87) ** 0.75 (0.51 – 1.10)

NOTE:

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.001

a

Self-Report craving tobacco or using tobacco within 30-minutes of waking up.

b

Self-reported days using an e-cigarette in the past 30-days.

c

Self-Report using JUUL in the past 30-days

d

“Other” is where a response was “Asian, non-Hispanic”, “American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic;” or “native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders, non-Hispanic”

e

“ther tobacco use” reflects past 30-day use of any of the following: cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, little cigars, pipe tobacco, bidis, snus, dissolvable, hookah.

f

Self-reported type of e-cigarette most often used. JUUL is a pod/cartridge device. Non pod/cartridge devices include using disposable e-cigarettes, tanks, mod systems, and “I don’t know”