Associations of social media use with current e-cigarette and cigarette dual use from generalised estimating equation model
Weekday social media use (hours/day) | AOR | P value | Lower CI | Upper CI |
None or not a member | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
<1 hour | 2.33 | 0.095 | 0.86 | 6.27 |
1–3 hours | 3.28 | 0.017 | 1.24 | 8.70 |
4–6 hours | 4.26 | 0.005 | 1.55 | 11.72 |
≥7 hours | 4.96 | 0.003 | 1.71 | 14.34 |
Year (2015/2016) | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
2016/2017 | 0.19 | <0.001 | 0.11 | 0.31 |
2017/2018 | 0.26 | <0.001 | 0.17 | 0.40 |
2018/2019 | 0.42 | <0.001 | 0.28 | 0.63 |
2019/2020 | 0.30 | <0.001 | 0.18 | 0.51 |
2020/2021 | 0.32 | <0.001 | 0.17 | 0.59 |
Sex (male vs female) | 2.16 | <0.001 | 1.54 | 3.02 |
Age (continuous) | 1.19 | <0.001 | 1.13 | 1.25 |
England | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
Wales | 0.96 | 0.903 | 0.52 | 1.77 |
Scotland | 0.73 | 0.255 | 0.43 | 1.25 |
Northern Ireland | 0.95 | 0.854 | 0.53 | 1.68 |
White ethnicity | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
Non-White ethnicity | 0.72 | 0.282 | 0.39 | 1.32 |
Rural area vs urban | 1.21 | 0.304 | 0.84 | 1.75 |
Household income group lowest | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
Household income group middle | 0.89 | 0.526 | 0.63 | 1.27 |
Household income group highest | 0.68 | 0.060 | 0.46 | 1.02 |
Parental smoking yes vs no | 2.10 | 0.000 | 1.47 | 3.02 |
Parental e-cigarette use yes vs no | 1.94 | <0.001 | 1.29 | 2.91 |
AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; Ref., reference.