Table 3.

Logistic regression results predicting odds of cigarette initiation among adolescents, by age strata, in states with enacted MMLs compared to states without MMLs in the year of data collection, 1991–2015.^a

Age of Cigarette Initiation	Adjusted OR	(95%CI)
8 years old or younger	0.86***	(0.79– 0.94)
9–10 years old	0.72***	(0.65– 0.78)
11–12 years old	0.77***	(0.71– 0.83)
13–14 years old	0.79***	(0.74– 0.84)
15–16 years old	0.85***	(0.80– 0.90)
17 years old or older	0.87*	(0.77– 0.99)
Gender
Female
8 years old or younger	0.83**	(0.73– 0.95)
9–10 years old	0.69	(0.60– 1.79)
11–12 years old	0.74***	(0.67– 0.83)
13–14 years old	0.79***	(0.73– 0.86)
15–16 years old	0.86***	(0.80– 0.93)
17 years old or older	0.83	(0.71– 1.99)
Male
8 years old or younger	0.88	(0.79– 1.07)
9–10 years old	0.73***	(0.65– 0.83)
11–12 years old	0.79***	(0.72– 0.86)
13–14 years old	0.79***	(0.73– 0.85)
15–16 years old	0.83***	(0.77– 0.90)
17 years old or older	0.91	(0.76– 1.07)
Race/Ethnicity
White b
8 years old or younger	0.80***	(0.71– 0.90)
9–10 years old	0.67***	(0.59– 0.77)
11–12 years old	0.78***	(0.71– 0.84)
13–14 years old	0.79***	(0.74– 0.85)
15–16 years old	0.85***	(0.79– 0.91)
17 years old or older	0.83*	(0.70– 0.98)
Black b
8 years old or younger	0.89	(0.69– 1.14)
9–10 years old	0.72*	(0.54– 0.96)
11–12 years old	0.61***	(0.49– 0.76)
13–14 years old	0.68***	(0.57– 0.80)
15–16 years old	0.81*	(0.67– 0.97)
17 years old or older	1.06	(0.68– 1.65)
Hispanic
8 years old or younger	1.05	(0.86– 1.28)
9–10 years old	0.94	(0.78– 1.13)
11–12 years old	0.89	(0.76– 1.03)
13–14 years old	0.90	(0.80– 1.01)
15–16 years old	0.89	(0.76– 1.04)
17 years old or older	0.94	(0.77– 1.16)
Other Race/Ethnicity
8 years old or younger	0.74	(0.59– 1.93)
9–10 years old	0.76*	(0.59– 0.98)
11–12 years old	0.80*	(0.66– 0.95)
13–14 years old	0.87	(0.75– 1.01)
15–16 years old	0.79	(0.66– 1.93)
17 years old or older	0.54	(0.38– 1.79)
State Dispensary Status
Dispensaries Allowed
8 years old or younger	0.90	(0.80– 1.01)
9–10 years old	0.71***	(0.63– 0.80)
11–12 years old	0.74***	(0.68– 0.81)
13–14 years old	0.75***	(0.69– 0.82)
15–16 years old	0.77***	(0.72– 0.84)
17 years old or older	0.82**	(0.71– 0.95)
Dispensaries Active
8 years old or younger	0.93	(0.84– 1.03)
9–10 years old	0.76***	(0.68– 0.85)
11–12 years old	0.84***	(0.77– 0.92)
13–14 years old	0.89**	(0.83– 0.96)
15–16 years old	0.98	(0.92– 1.05)
17 years old or older	1.01	(0.88– 1.16)

^*p<.05,

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^***p<.001

^aState and year variables included but not shown

^bNon-Hispanic