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Table 1 Susceptibility (%) to tobacco product use among youth never tobacco users

From: Youth susceptibility to tobacco use: is it general or specific?

Panel A. Susceptibility (%) to tobacco product use by selected demographic characteristics

  

Sex

Age

Race/Ethnicity

 

Total

Male

Female

p-value

12–14

15–17

p-value

Non-Hispanic White

Non-Hispanic Black

Hispanic

Others

p-value

Cigarette

26

25

26

0.087

24

29

< 0.001

25

24

27

27

0.210

Cigarillos

8

8

8

0.318

7

9

0.001

7

12

8

8

< 0.001

Traditional Cigars

12

14

10

< 0.001

9

15

< 0.001

13

12

10

12

0.075

Filtered Cigars

8

8

7

0.065

7

9

< 0.001

7

8

8

8

0.828

Hookah

14

12

16

< 0.001

10

19

< 0.001

12

17

15

14

< 0.001

E-Cigarette

24

24

24

0.934

20

30

< 0.001

24

23

24

25

0.797

Snus

4

5

4

0.028

3

5

0.001

4

2

4

5

0.003

Smokeless Tobacco

7

8

6

< 0.001

7

8

0.029

9

4

5

7

< 0.001

Any Tobacco

37

36

37

0.479

32

44

< 0.001

36

39

37

38

0.207

Panel B. Susceptibility (%) to tobacco product use by selected psychosocial characteristics

 

Mostly A’s or B’s

Tobacco available at home

Past 30-day

marijuana use

Past 30-day

alcohol use

Peer tobacco usea

 

No

Yes

p

No

Yes

p

No

Yes

p

No

Yes

p

No

Yes

p

Cigarettes

28

25

0.030

25

33

< 0.001

26

43

< 0.001

24

50

< 0.001

23

46

< 0.001

Cigarillos

10

7

< 0.001

8

10

0.043

7

18

< 0.001

8

20

< 0.001

7

28

< 0.001

Traditional Cigars

12

12

0.512

11

14

0.057

11

30

< 0.001

12

25

< 0.001

 

Filtered Cigars

9

7

0.043

7

9

0.231

7

17

< 0.001

7

16

< 0.001

 

Hookah

13

14

0.577

14

15

0.384

13

35

< 0.001

13

35

< 0.001

 

E-Cigarettes

25

24

0.316

23

32

< 0.001

24

53

< 0.001

23

52

< 0.001

19

53

< 0.001

Snus

5

4

0.059

4

5

0.185

4

11

< 0.001

4

11

< 0.001

4

17

< 0.001

Smokeless Tobacco

8

7

0.388

7

9

0.037

7

13

< 0.001

7

16

< 0.001

6

22

< 0.001

Any Tobacco

39

36

0.021

36

47

< 0.001

36

69

< 0.001

35

69

< 0.001

30

62

< 0.001

  1. Data from PATH wave 4 youth survey 2017–2018 (n = 10,977)
  2. Sample size may vary slightly due to missing values
  3. Bold font indicates statistical significance at 0.05 level using a design-adjusted F-test
  4. aPeer tobacco use is product specific. For example, peer tobacco use is peer cigarette use for susceptibility to cigarettes. For susceptibility to any tobacco products, peer tobacco use is peer use of any tobacco use assessed (including cigarettes, e-vapor, cigarillos, snus, and smokeless tobacco). Peer use of traditional cigars, filtered cigars, and hookah was not assessed