First tobacco product tried among adolescents based on race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status

•Examining tobacco initiation via sociodemographic factors can inform prevention.•64.6% of adolescents first tried e-cigarettes, while 24.4% first tried blunts.•White adolescents were more likely than other races to initiate with e-cigarettes.•Black adolescents were more likely than White adolescents to initiate with blunts.•Adolescents with middle SES were more likely to initiate with e-cigarettes.