Table 2. Factors Associated With Perceived Ease of Buying Tobacco Products From a Store and of Successfully Purchasing a Tobacco Product From a Store in the Past 30 Days, National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2020^a .

Characteristic	Perception that buying tobacco from a store is easyb		Successfully purchased cigarettes from a store in the past 30 daysc
	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	P value	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	P value
Sex
Female	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
Male	0.80 (0.74–0.88)	<.001	0.75 (0.53–1.07)	.11
Race and ethnicity
Black, non-Hispanic	1.00 (0.87–1.16)	.99	1.05 (0.51–2.14)	.90
Hispanic	1.11 (1.01–1.23)	.047	0.76 (0.51–1.14)	.18
Other, non-Hispanicd	1.12 (0.97–1.28)	.12	1.19 (0.63–2.27)	.59
White, non-Hispanic	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
Grade level
6	1 [Reference]		1 [Reference]
7	1.54 (1.32–1.79)	<.001	0.83 (0.29–2.41)	.74
8	2.35 (2.02–2.75)	<.001	1.35 (0.48–3.80)	.57
9	2.99 (2.54–3.51)	<.001	1.73 (0.63–4.76)	.29
10	4.19 (3.54–4.95)	<.001	1.40 (0.52–3.75)	.50
11	3.95 (3.34–4.67)	<.001	0.82 (0.31–2.14)	.68
12	5.46 (4.58–6.52)	<.001	0.60 (0.24–1.52)	.28

^a Analysis adjusted for all factors listed in table.

^b Students were asked “How easy do you think it is for people your age to buy tobacco products in a store?” Categorical response options were “easy,” “somewhat easy,” or “not easy at all.” Any response other than “not easy at all” was classified as perceiving buying tobacco products from a store was easy.

^c Students were asked “During the past 30 days, did anyone ever refuse to sell you cigarettes because of your age?” Categorical response options were: “I did not try to buy cigarettes in a store during the past 30 days,” “No, no one refused because of my age,” and “Yes, someone refused because of my age.” A response of “No, no one refused because of my age” was classified as having made a successful cigarette purchase. All other responses were classified as having either made an unsuccessful attempt or no attempt at all.

^d Other races and ethnicities included in the survey were non-Hispanic American Indians/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians/other Pacific Islanders, and multiracial persons.