Racial and Ethnic Differences in E-cigarette and Cigarette Use among Adolescents.
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
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YS, Chang YP.
Racial and Ethnic
Differences in E-cigarette and Cigarette Use among Adolescents.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2022;24(3):713-720. doi:10.1007/s10903-021-01229-0
This study examined whether e-cigarette/cigarette use status would differ by
student race/ethnicity. Using the 2017 Youth risk behavior survey (YRBS),
weighted Chi-square tests with Rao-Scott adjustments and adjusted weighted
multinomial logistic regression analysis were conducted to examine the
relationship. Weighted Chi-square tests showed that American Indian/Alaska
Native (AI/AN) students had the highest prevalence rates among dual users
(16.2%) and e-cigarette only users (11.3%), while White peers had the highest
prevalence rates among cigarette only users (3.5%). The results of weighted
multinomial logistic regression indicated that AI/AN students had higher odds
than White peers of being dual users (Relative risk ratio (RRR), 2.10, 95% CI,
1.01, 4.39), while Black, Hispanic, Asian and multi-racial groups had lower
odds than White peers of being dual users. Additionally, Asian students had
lower odds than White students of being e-cigarette only users, whereas Black
and Asian students had lower odds than their White peers of being cigarette
only users. Given that AI/AN students are most vulnerable to
e-cigarette/cigarette use, there should be comprehensive tobacco prevention and
intervention approaches that could narrow racial/ethnic differences among both
youths and adults at population level.
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