Zheng Shichen, Stewart Susan L, Keegan Theresa H, Tong Elisa K, Dove Melanie S
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA.
Prev Med Rep. 2025 Apr 7;53:103065. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103065. eCollection 2025 May.
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.
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.
Among youth, 49.9 % were of Mexican origin, 9.9 % PRC origin, 31.5 % from Other Hispanic origins, and 8.7 % from Multiple origins. -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 ( = 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.
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.
西班牙裔人群中的吸烟情况存在差异，波多黎各和古巴的成年人报告的吸烟率高于墨西哥以及中美洲或南美洲的成年人。有限的研究探讨了西班牙裔青少年中电子烟使用是否存在类似模式。本研究调查了西班牙裔青少年的母语、自我认定的西班牙裔血统与电子烟使用之间的关联。
2022 - 2023年全国青少年烟草调查纳入了美国13724名西班牙裔初中和高中学生。采用逻辑回归，并对缺失数据进行多重插补，分析母语、自我认定的西班牙裔血统及其与电子烟使用的交互作用之间的关联，并对人口统计学因素进行调整。
在青少年中，49.9%为墨西哥血统，9.9%为波多黎各和古巴血统，31.5%为其他西班牙裔血统，8.7%为多重血统。电子烟使用情况因血统而异：波多黎各和古巴血统青少年中为13.9%，墨西哥血统青少年中为7.6%，其他西班牙裔血统青少年中为8.3%，多重血统青少年中为9.4%。大多数（69.7%）在家说非英语语言。未发现血统和母语之间存在显著交互作用（P = 0.8）。无交互作用的调整模型显示，与墨西哥血统学生相比，波多黎各和古巴血统学生的电子烟使用率更高（调整后的比值比 = 1.55，95%置信区间：1.11，2.18）。未发现语言与电子烟使用之间存在关联。
无论母语如何，波多黎各和古巴血统的青少年比墨西哥血统的青少年电子烟使用率更高。西班牙裔青少年中电子烟使用的这些模式与西班牙裔成年人中的吸烟模式相似。进一步的研究应探索导致波多黎各和古巴血统青少年使用率较高的因素。
