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Assari, Shervin, et al. "Race, Educational Attainment, and E-Cigarette Use." Journal of medical research and innovation vol. 4,1 (2020). doi: https://doi.org/10.32892/jmri.185
Assari S, Mistry R, Bazargan M. Race, Educational Attainment, and E-Cigarette Use. J Med Res Innov. 2020;4(1). doi: 10.32892/jmri.185. Epub 2019 Sep 14. PMID: 32090188; PMCID: PMC7034862.
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J Med Res Innov. 2020;4(1). doi: 10.32892/jmri.185. Epub 2019 Sep 14.

Race, Educational Attainment, and E-Cigarette Use.

Journal of medical research and innovation

Shervin Assari, Ritesh Mistry, Mohsen Bazargan

Affiliations

  1. Departments of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, 118th St, Los Angeles, CA, 90059, United States.
  2. Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA.
  3. Departments of Family Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, United States.

PMID: 32090188 PMCID: PMC7034862 DOI: 10.32892/jmri.185

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although higher educational attainment lowers high-risk behaviors such as substance use, according to the

AIMS: To explore the racial differences in the link between educational attainment and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes).

METHODS: We used the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) data. This national survey was conducted in 2017 and included 2,277 American adults composed of 1,868 White and 409 Black individuals. Educational attainment was the independent variable. E-cigarette use (lifetime) was the dependent variables. Age and gender were the covariates. Race was the effect modifier.

RESULTS: In the overall sample, a higher level of education attainment was linked to lower odds of e-cigarette use (OR = 0.76, 95% CI =0.61-0.95). Race showed a significant interaction with educational attainment on the outcome (OR = 1.63, 95% CI =1.04-2.56), suggesting a weaker negative association between high educational attainment and e-cigarette use for Blacks than Whites. In race-stratified logistic regression models, high educational attainment was inversely associated with risk of e-cigarette use for Whites but not Blacks.

CONCLUSIONS: Educational attainment shows a stronger effect on e-cigarette use in White than Black Americans.

Keywords: African-American; Black; Whites; educational attainment; electronic cigarettes; ethnicity; population groups; race; socioeconomics; substance use

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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