The association between home language, self-identified Hispanic origin, and current e-cigarette use among Hispanic youth in the United States – National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2022–2023

Objective: Cigarette smoking differs within the Hispanic population, with adults from Puerto Rico and Cuba (PRC) reporting higher percentages than those from Mexico and Central or South America. Limited research examines if there are similar patterns for e-cigarette use among Hispanic youth. This st...

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Main Authors: Shichen Zheng, Susan L. Stewart, Theresa H. Keegan, Elisa K. Tong, Melanie S. Dove
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Published: Elsevier 2025-05-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335525001044
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author Shichen Zheng
Susan L. Stewart
Theresa H. Keegan
Elisa K. Tong
Melanie S. Dove
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Theresa H. Keegan
Elisa K. Tong
Melanie S. Dove
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description Objective: Cigarette smoking differs within the Hispanic population, with adults from Puerto Rico and Cuba (PRC) reporting higher percentages than those from Mexico and Central or South America. Limited research examines if there are similar patterns for e-cigarette use among Hispanic youth. This study examined associations between home language, self-identified Hispanic origin, and e-cigarette use among Hispanic youth. Methods: The 2022–2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey included 13,724 Hispanic middle and high school students in the United States. Logistic regression, with multiple imputation for missing data, analyzed associations between home language, self-identified Hispanic origin, and their interaction with e-cigarette use, adjusting for demographics. Results: Among youth, 49.9 % were of Mexican origin, 9.9 % PRC origin, 31.5 % from Other Hispanic origins, and 8.7 % from Multiple origins. E-cigarette use varied by origin: 13.9 % among PRC, 7.6 % among Mexican, 8.3 % among Other Hispanic, and 9.4 % among Multiple origin. Most (69.7 %) spoke a non-English language at home. No significant interaction was found between origin and home language (p = 0.8). Adjusted models without interaction showed higher e-cigarette use among students of PRC origin compared to Mexican origin (aOR = 1.55, 95 % CI: 1.11, 2.18). No association was found between language and e-cigarette use. Conclusions: PRC-origin youth had higher e-cigarette use than Mexican-origin youth, regardless of home language. These patterns in e-cigarette youth among Hispanic youth are similar to cigarette use among Hispanic adults. Further research should explore factors driving higher use among PRC-origin youth.
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spelling doaj-art-d3ccd463a090452ba99ea46df57a30382025-08-20T02:16:29ZengElsevierPreventive Medicine Reports2211-33552025-05-015310306510.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103065The association between home language, self-identified Hispanic origin, and current e-cigarette use among Hispanic youth in the United States – National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2022–2023Shichen Zheng0Susan L. Stewart1Theresa H. Keegan2Elisa K. Tong3Melanie S. Dove4Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA; Corresponding author at: Department of Public Health Sciences Medical Sciences 1-C, One Shield's Ave Davis, CA 95616, USA.Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USADepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA; UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USADepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USAObjective: Cigarette smoking differs within the Hispanic population, with adults from Puerto Rico and Cuba (PRC) reporting higher percentages than those from Mexico and Central or South America. Limited research examines if there are similar patterns for e-cigarette use among Hispanic youth. This study examined associations between home language, self-identified Hispanic origin, and e-cigarette use among Hispanic youth. Methods: The 2022–2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey included 13,724 Hispanic middle and high school students in the United States. Logistic regression, with multiple imputation for missing data, analyzed associations between home language, self-identified Hispanic origin, and their interaction with e-cigarette use, adjusting for demographics. Results: Among youth, 49.9 % were of Mexican origin, 9.9 % PRC origin, 31.5 % from Other Hispanic origins, and 8.7 % from Multiple origins. E-cigarette use varied by origin: 13.9 % among PRC, 7.6 % among Mexican, 8.3 % among Other Hispanic, and 9.4 % among Multiple origin. Most (69.7 %) spoke a non-English language at home. No significant interaction was found between origin and home language (p = 0.8). Adjusted models without interaction showed higher e-cigarette use among students of PRC origin compared to Mexican origin (aOR = 1.55, 95 % CI: 1.11, 2.18). No association was found between language and e-cigarette use. Conclusions: PRC-origin youth had higher e-cigarette use than Mexican-origin youth, regardless of home language. These patterns in e-cigarette youth among Hispanic youth are similar to cigarette use among Hispanic adults. Further research should explore factors driving higher use among PRC-origin youth.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335525001044HispanicLanguageRaceE-cigarette useYouthSelf-identified Hispanic origin
spellingShingle Shichen Zheng
Susan L. Stewart
Theresa H. Keegan
Elisa K. Tong
Melanie S. Dove
The association between home language, self-identified Hispanic origin, and current e-cigarette use among Hispanic youth in the United States – National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2022–2023
Preventive Medicine Reports
Hispanic
Language
Race
E-cigarette use
Youth
Self-identified Hispanic origin
title The association between home language, self-identified Hispanic origin, and current e-cigarette use among Hispanic youth in the United States – National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2022–2023
title_full The association between home language, self-identified Hispanic origin, and current e-cigarette use among Hispanic youth in the United States – National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2022–2023
title_fullStr The association between home language, self-identified Hispanic origin, and current e-cigarette use among Hispanic youth in the United States – National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2022–2023
title_full_unstemmed The association between home language, self-identified Hispanic origin, and current e-cigarette use among Hispanic youth in the United States – National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2022–2023
title_short The association between home language, self-identified Hispanic origin, and current e-cigarette use among Hispanic youth in the United States – National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2022–2023
title_sort association between home language self identified hispanic origin and current e cigarette use among hispanic youth in the united states national youth tobacco survey 2022 2023
topic Hispanic
Language
Race
E-cigarette use
Youth
Self-identified Hispanic origin
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335525001044
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