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Table 2 Latent Classes of Tobacco Use Among Black 9th–12th Graders, 2017 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 2782)

From: Polytobacco use among a nationally-representative sample of black high school students

Latent Class Indicators

Class 1:

Non-Users

n (%)

2250 (80.9)

Class 2:

E-Cigarette Users

n (%)

399 (14.3)

Class 3:

Polytobacco Users

n (%)

133 (4.8)

Cigarette use

 Never

0.907

0.467

0.149

 Ever

0.087

0.480

0.113

 Recent use

0.006

0.053

0.738

E-cigarette use

 Never

0.884

0.005

0.209

 Ever

0.115

0.703

0.020

 Recent (30 day) use

0.000

0.292

0.771

Cigar Use (past 30 days)

 No

0.997

0.831

0.187

 Yes

0.003

0.169

0.813

Dip/chewing tobacco Use (past 30 days)

 No

1.000

0.961

0.452

 Yes

0.000

0.039

0.548