Use of Alternative Tobacco Products in Multiethnic Youth from Jujuy, Argentina

Table 1

Lifetime alternative tobacco product use by demographic, social, and psychosocial risk factors. Youth 12 to 17 years of age, Jujuy, Argentina, 2004.

	𝑁 by Category	Tobacco Leaf	Hand-rolled Cigarettes	Cigars	Pipe	Any Alternative Tobacco Product
Total 𝑁	3218	𝑁 = 75	𝑁 = 519	𝑁 = 268	𝑁 = 56	𝑁 = 813
		(2.3%)	(15.3%)	(7.8%)	(1.6%)	(24.1%)
		% (s.e)	% (s.e)	% (s.e)	% (s.e)	% (s.e)
Youth Demographic Factors
Sex
Girls	1695	2.0 (0.3)	15.2 (1.6)	7.5 (0.8)	0.7 (0.3)*	23.0 (1.8)*
Boys	1523	2.4 (0.4)	16.7 (1.3)	9.7 (1.0)	2.8 (0.5)	27.1 (1.7)
Age
12–14	2655	2.2 (0.3)	14.3 (1.2)*	7.7 (0.8)*	1.5 (0.3)	22.5 (1.4)*
15–17	563	2.3 (0.7)	23.6 (1.9)	12.4 (1.8)	2.6 (0.5)	36.2 (1.9)
Ethnicity
Indigenous	2259	2.2 (0.3)	15.7 (1.6)	7.6 (0.8)	1.9 (0.3)	23.8 (1.8)
Mixed	714	1.9 (0.6)	18.6 (2.1)	9.9 (1.6)	1.1 (0.5)	28.5 (2.1)
European	241	3.3 (1.5)	10.4 (2.0)	12.7 (2.5)	0.6 (0.4)	24.6 (4.2)
Indigenous Language Spoken in the Family
No	2195	2.0 (0.3)	13.4 (1.4)*	8.2 (0.8)	1.3 (0.2)*	22.2 (1.7)*
Yes	1023	2.6 (0.4)	21.0 (1.5)	9.5 (1.4)	2.5 (0.4)	30.8 (1.4)
Working
No	2127	2.0 (0.3)	12.0 (1.1)*	7.2 (0.9)*	1.1 (0.3)*	19.8 (1.3)*
Yes	1023	2.8 (0.5)	23.1 (1.3)	11.2 (1.1)	2.8 (0.5)	34.5 (1.8)
Ever Worked in Tobacco Farming
No	2809	2.0 (0.3)	14.9 (1.2)	8.1 (0.8)	1.6 (0.3)	23.4 (1.5)*
Yes	409	3.9 (1.1)	23.2 (1.6)	11.1 (1.8)	2.5 (0.6)	35.0 (2.0)
Ever Worked in Tobacco Sales
No	2993	2.0 (0.2)*	15.0 (1.3)*	7.9 (0.7)*	1.6 (0.2)	23.9 (1.5)*
Yes	225	5.4 (1.3)	28.4 (2.2)	15.3 (3.1)	2.7 (1.0)	38.7 (3.3)
Parents Demographic Factors
Education
Elementary or less	1319	2.3 (0.5)	18.4 (1.4)	8.1 (0.9)	1.9 (0.3)	27.0 (1.9)
High-school	1091	2.0 (0.4)	14.7 (1.7)	6.9 (1.0)	1.3 (0.4)	22.4 (1.9)
Technical or College	808	2.1 (0.7)	14.1 (1.9)	11.3 (1.8)	1.7 (0.5)	25.0 (2.7)
Employment Status
Unemployed	167	1.4 (0.9)	16.2 (2.4)	5.9 (2.1)	1.4 (0.8)	23.5 (2.7)
Social welfare	560	2.7 (0.8)	17.6 (1. 7)	8.0 (1.6)	0.9 (0.3)	26.2 (2.7)
Employed or  retired	2488	2.1 (0.3)	15.6 (1.4)	8.7 (0.9)	1.9 (0.3)	24.6 (1.5)
School Characteristics
Type
Private	396	1.8 (0.8)	13.2 (0.9)	10.7 (0.6)*	1.4 (1.0)	24.3 (0.9)
Public	2822	2.3 (0.2)	16.3 (1.4)	8.2 (0.8)	1.7 (0.2)	25.0 (1.7)
School Shift
Day	1751	2.5 (0.3)	14.7 (1.3)*	9.0 (1.0)	1.6 (0.4)	24.2 (1.7)*
Afternoon	1229	2.0 (0.6)	15.4 (1.7)	7.2 (1.2)	1.7 (0.3)	23.1 (2.5)
Night	238	1.5 (0.4)	27.3 (1.8)	11.7 (0.8)	2.0 (0.7)	39.0 (2.6)
Youth Psychosocial Risk Factors
Adult Smoker at Home	2455	2.4 (0.3)	17.0 (1.5)*	9.4 (0.8)*	1.8 (0.3)	26.8 (1.8)*
Friends Smoking
0	808	1.3 (0.4)*	6.7 (1.1)*	3.4 (0.9)*	0.4 (0.2)*	11.3 (1.5)*
1–4	846	1.5 (0.3)	15.3 (1.3)	5.3 (0.9)	1.3 (0.3)	21.9 (1.3)
5+	1564	3.2 (0.3)	21.9 (1.7)	13.4 (1.0)	2.5 (0.3)	34.8 (1.8)
Single Parent Household	975	2.4 (0.3)	17.0 (1.5)*	9.4 (0.8)*	1.7 (0.3)	26.8 (1.8)*
Repeat Grade	817	2.3 (0.5)	22.6 (1.5)*	10.7 (1.0)*	2.7 (0.3)*	34.0 (2.0)*
Thrill Seeking Orientation	560	3.3 (0.8)	23.8 (1.9)*	15.4 (1.8)*	4.9 (0.9)*	36.9 (2.2)*
Depressive Symptoms	1403	2.6 (0.5)	19.8 (1.3)*	10.8 (1.3)*	2.2 (0.4)	30.4 (1.5)*
Current Drinker	486	4.1 (0.9)*	30.8 (2.2)*	18.9 (1.9)*	5.0 (1.0)*	47.8 (2.6)*

∗Significant at 𝑃<.05.