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Table 4 Associations between e-cigarette access and alcohol-related behaviours in drinkers

From: Associations between e-cigarette access and smoking and drinking behaviours in teenagers

  

Sample distribution

Accessed e-cigarettes

  

%

n

%

Pa

AOR (95% CIs)b

P

Binge drink

No (Ref)

21.0

2293

8.6

   

Yes

79.0

8630

27.8

<0.001

1.48 (1.20-1.82)

<0.001

Drinking frequency

<weekly (Ref)

75.1

8310

18.3

   

> = weekly

24.9

2758

40.0

<0.001

  

Drink outside

(Ref) No

86.5

9604

20.3

   

Yes

13.5

1496

45.7

<0.001

  

Alcohol access methodsc

       

 Buy in pubs and clubs

(Ref) No

92.7

9851

22.4

   

Yes

7.3

780

41.5

<0.001

  

 Buy from off licences/supermarkets

(Ref) No

88.8

9436

20.6

   

Yes

11.2

1195

49.2

<0.001

1.29 (1.08-1.55)

0.005

 Parents/guard ians give/buy

(Ref) No

42.9

4566

31.8

   

Yes

57.1

6065

17.7

<0.001

  

 Take from parents/guardians without consent

(Ref) No

93.9

9985

22.9

   

Yes

6.1

646

37.0

<0.001

  

 Friends/family under 18

(Ref) No

88.9

9448

22.7

   

Yes

11.1

1183

32.5

<0.001

  

 Friends/family over 18

(Ref) No

53.7

5710

20.8

   

Yes

46.3

4921

27.2

<0.001

1.24 (1.09-1.40)

0.001

 Get adults outside shops to buy for me

(Ref) No

89.9

9556

21.0

   

Yes

10.1

1075

48.9

<0.001

1.28 (1.06-1.54)

0.010

I only drink alcohol to get drunk

(Ref) No

64.4

6934

15.8

   

Yes

35.6

3833

37.5

<0.001

1.27 (1.11-1.45)

0.001

Been violent or in a fight when drunk

(Ref) No

83.1

9029

17.1

   

Yes

16.9

1836

54.8

<0.001

1.78 (1.52-2.08)

<0.001

  1. aChi squared analysis; bHierarchical backward conditional logistic regression, included sample n = 9,651: the variables gender, age, deprivation quintile, smoking status and parent/guardian smoking were also included in the model; male gender, any smoking experience and parental smoking were significantly associated with e-cigarette access. cStudents were instructed to tick all that applied. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CIs = confidence intervals; Ref = reference category; ns = not significant.