Demographic characteristics of past 30-day youth vapers by wave of response in New York State—findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project Youth Tobacco and E-cigarette (ITC Youth) Survey 2020–2021
| Current vaper | p value | ||||
| February 2020 | August 2020 | February 2021 | August 2021 | ||
| n=211 | n=141 | n=143 | n=106 | ||
| Age, N (%) | 0.4648 | ||||
| 16 years | 33 (16.5) | 26 (17.9) | 22 (13.1) | 15 (11.3) | |
| 17 years | 35 (17.4) | 43 (29.1) | 44 (28.3) | 29 (27.7) | |
| 18 years | 80 (38.3) | 36 (26.8 | 47 (33.5) | 31 (35.7) | |
| 19 years | 63 (27.9) | 36 (26.3) | 30 (25.2) | 31 (25.3) | |
| Sex, N (%) | 0.1718 | ||||
| Male | 73 (53.4) | 52 (48.4) | 37 (38.1) | 37 (52.4) | |
| Female | 138 (46.6) | 89 (51.6) | 106 (61.9) | 69 (47.6) | |
| Race/ethnicity, N (%) | 0.8521 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 141 (82.1) | 88 (84.0) | 92 (82.4) | 57 (77.7) | |
| Other | 69 (17.5) | 52 (15.5) | 49 (16.9) | 48 (21.4) | |
| Don't know/refused | 1 (0.39) | 1 (0.41) | 2 (0.75) | 1 (0.98) | |
| Perceived family SES, N (%) | 0.0102 | ||||
| Not meeting basic expenses | 15 (5.0) | 5 (2.0) | 9 (4.3) | 4 (1.4) | |
| Just meeting basic expenses | 41 (18.1) | 42 (25.8) | 43 (27.3) | 32 (30.5) | |
| Meeting needs with a little left over | 72 (34.5) | 58 (47.6) | 40 (26.5) | 30 (27.7) | |
| Living comfortably | 75 (39.5) | 33 (22.4) | 46 (38.7) | 40 (40.4) | |
| Don't know/refused | 8 (3.0) | 3 (2.3) | 5 (3.3) | 0 | |
| Vaping frequency, N (%) | 0.3207 | ||||
| Infrequent (<20 days) | 133 (64.3) | 96 (61.1) | 93 (61.3) | 71 (64.0) | |
| Frequent (20–29 days) | 28 (13.8) | 14 (15.1) | 13 (7.7) | 19 (19.3) | |
| Daily | 50 (21.9) | 31 (23.8) | 37 (31.0) | 16 (16.7) | |
| Past 30-day use of cigarettes, N (%) | 0.012 | ||||
| No | 143 (77.8) | 83 (65.9) | 101 (82.1) | 58 (78.0) | |
| Yes | 68 (22.2) | 58 (34.1) | 42 (17.9) | 48 (22.0) | |
| How past 30-day vapers got their products in the past 30 days, N (%) | 0.9738 | ||||
| Myself | 97 (47.2) | 68 (46.5) | 72 (49.9) | 50 (49.2) | |
| Someone else | 103 (47.9) | 67 (46.6) | 62 (42.5) | 49 (45.2) | |
| Other | 11 (4.9) | 6 (7.0) | 9 (7.7) | 7 (5.6) | |
| Where past 30-day vapers purchased their products themselves, N (%)* | 0.6105 | ||||
| Vape shops | 62 (74.6) | 39 (80.1) | 39 (69.0) | 29 (80.9) | |
| Retail store | 23 (25.4) | 9 (20.0) | 22 (31.0) | 13 (19.2) | |
χ2 analyses were used to determine p values. Values of p<0.05 were considered significantly different.
*Where past 30-day vapers purchased their products themselves was only assessed among those who got their products themselves.
SES, socioeconomic status.