“I don’t know whose mouth has been on this”: youth nicotine and cannabis vaping practices in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 1 Sample characteristics (N = 22)

	N	%
Age
< 18 years old	6	27.3
≥ 18 years old	16	72.7
Gender
Female	14	63.6
Ethno-racial identity^a
White, Non-Hispanic	20	90.9
Black or African American, Non-Hispanic	3	13.6
Current education
High school	5	22.7
College or vocational school	11	50.0
Not enrolled^b	6	27.3
Geographical location
Rural area	1	4.5
Small city or town	7	31.8
Suburb near a large city	10	45.5
Large city	4	18.2
Socioeconomic status
Poor	2	9.1
Below average	2	9.1
A little below average	2	9.1
About average	3	13.6
A little above average	6	27.3
Above average	6	27.3
Rich	1	4.5
Vaping nicotine, past year^c
Yes	20	90.9
No	1	4.5
Vaping nicotine with vaping or smoking cannabis, past year^c
Yes	16	72.7
No	5	22.7
Vaping nicotine, past 30 days (pandemic period)^c
Yes	15	68.2
No	5	22.7
Vaping nicotine with vaping or smoking cannabis, past 30 days (pandemic period)^c
Yes	12	54.5
No	4	18.2

Note. Sex assigned at birth and current identification responses did not vary across participants
^aParticipants were able to select more than one race
^bIndicates high school graduate who is not currently enrolled in postsecondary education
^cTotal may not add up to 22 or 100% due to missing data

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