Abstract
Objective
We assessed the prevalence and factors associated with living with tobacco/nicotine product users among nicotine-naïve adolescents.
Methods
Data were from the 2018 Florida Youth Tobacco Survey that included 34,183 adolescents who were never-tobacco product users and provided information about living with tobacco/nicotine users.
Results
More than a quarter of adolescents lived with a tobacco/nicotine user. Girls were more likely than boys and middle-schoolers were more likely than high-schoolers to live with someone who uses cigarettes, cigars, and poly-tobacco. Compared to non-Hispanic Whites, Hispanics were less likely to live with someone who uses cigarettes, electronic nicotine delivery systems, cigars, and poly-tobacco. Adolescents who reported currently having asthma were more likely to report living with someone who smokes cigarettes, hookah, and poly tobacco.
Conclusions
To reduce and ideally eliminate exposure to smoke/aerosol emitted from tobacco products in nicotine-naïve adolescents, individual and family-centered interventions, coupled with state-wide tobacco prevention strategies are warranted.
Disclosure statement
No conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Acknowledgments
The Florida Youth Survey data used in this report were collected by the Florida Department of Health (DOH). The views expressed herein are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida DOH.