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Table 1 Characteristics of users of flavoured and non-favoured cigarettes by gender – Global Adult Tobacco Survey Poland 2009–2010

From: Use of flavoured cigarettes in Poland: data from the global adult tobacco survey (2009–2010)

Characteristic

Male N = 1333

Female N = 921

 

Total smokers

Flavoured users

Non-flavoured users

Total smokers

Flavoured users

Non-flavoured users

 

n

n (%) 140 (10.5%)

n (%) 1193 (89.5%)

n

n (%) 240 (26.1%)

n (%) 681 (73.9%)

Age (years)

      

15–19

38

1 (2.6%)

37 (97.4%)

19

6 (31.6%)

13 (68.4%)

20–29

252

35 (14.9%)

217 (86.1%)

163

50 (32.8%)

113 (69.3%)

30–39

305

36 (11.8%)

269 (88.2%)

183

60 (32.8%)

123 (67.2%)

40–49

304

32 (10.5%)

272 (89.5%)

223

57 (25.6%)

166 (74.4%)

50–59

267

29 (10.9%)

238 (89.1%)

241

53 (22.0%)

188 (78.0%)

> 60

167

7 (4.2%)

160 (95.8%)

92

14 (15.2%)

78 (84.8%)

p for trend

 

p < 0.04

 

p < 0.001

Number of years of smoking (years)

      

<1

4

0 (0.0%)

4 (100.0%)

3

0 (0.0%)

3 (100.0%)

1-2

29

1 (3.4%)

28 (96.6%)

11

2 (18.2%)

9 (81.8%)

3-4

45

2 (4.4%)

43 (95.6%)

29

8 (27.6%)

21 (72.4%)

5-9

144

21 (14.6%)

123 (85.4%)

104

33 (31.7%)

71 (68.3%)

≥10

1111

116 (10.4%)

995 (89.6%)

775

196 (25.3%)

579 (74.7%)

p for trend

 

p > 0.05

 

p > 0.05

Daily cigarettes consumption (cigarettes per day)

     

<1

29

4 (13.8%)

25 (86.2%)

38

17 (44.7%)

21 (55.3%)

1–2

31

7 (22.6%)

24 (77.4%)

27

10 (37.0%)

17 (63.0%)

3–4

44

11 (25.0%)

33 (75.0%)

44

13 (29.5%)

31 (70.5%)

5–9

120

12 (10.0%)

108 (90.0%)

103

33 (32.0%)

70 (68.0%)

10–19

362

35 (9.7%)

327 (90.3%)

357

94 (26.3%)

263 (73.7%)

≥20

747

71 (9.5%)

676 (90.5%)

352

73 (20.7%)

279 (79.3%)

p for trend

 

p < 0.006

 

p < 0.001

Education

      

Primary

214

7 (3.3%)

207 (96.7%)

118

9 (7.6%)

109 (92.4%)

Vocational

534

50 (9.4%)

484 (90.6%)

241

53 (22.0%)

188 78.0%)

Secondary

461

59 (12.8%)

402 (87.2%)

421

122 (29.0%)

299 (71.0%)

High

124

24 (19.4%)

100 (80.6%)

141

56 (39.7%)

85 (60.3%)

p for trend

 

p < 0.001

 

p < 0.001

Occupational classification

      

Non-economically active

322

22 (6.8%)

300 (93.2%)

359

68 (18.9%)

291 (81.1%)

Employed

883

112 (12.7%)

771 (87.3%)

506

160 (31.6%)

346 (68.4%)

Unemployed

128

6 (4.7%)

122 (95.3%)

56

12 (21.4%)

44 (78.6%)

p for trend

 

p > 0.05

 

p < 0.004

Place of residence

      

Rural

673

60 (8.9%)

613 (91.1%)

374

75 20.1%)

299 (79.9%)

Urban

      

Up to 50 000

241

19 (7.9%)

222 (92.1%)

167

49 (29.3%)

118 (70.7%)

50 000–200 000

173

28 (16.2%)

145 (83.8%)

154

42 (27.3%)

112 (72.7%)

Over 200 000

246

33 (13.4%)

213 (86.6%)

226

74 (32.7%)

152 (67.3%)

p for trend

 

p < 0.009

 

p < 0.001

Monthly income

      

Less than 1000 PLN

376

20 (5.3%)

356 (94.7%)

304

55 (18.1%)

249 (81.9%)

From 1000 to 1500 PLN

309

27 (8.7%)

282 (91.3%)

253

69 (27.3%)

184 (72.7%)

From 1501 to 2000 PLN

293

43 (14.7%)

250 (85.3%)

158

51 (32.3%)

107 (67.7%)

From 2001 to 3000 PLN

201

25 (12.4%)

176 (87.6%)

127

46 (36.2%)

81 (63.8%)

Over 3000 PLN

153

26 (27.0%)

127 (83.0%)

78

19 (24.6%)

59 (75.6%)

p for trend

 

p < 0.001

 

p < 0.002

Awareness of smoking health consequences

      

Yes

1158

126 (10.9%)

1032 (89.1%)

845

225 (26.6%)

620 (73.4%)

No

175

14 (8.0%)

161 (92.0%)

76

15 (19.7%)

61 (80.3%)

p

 

p > 0.05

 

p > 0.05

Perceiving some kinds of cigarettes less harmful than others

    

May be less harmful

325

41 (12.6%)

284 (87.4%)

266

80 (30.1%)

186 (69.9%)

All are equally harmful

1008

99 (9.8%)

909 (90.2%)

655

160 (24.4%)

495 (75.6%)

p

 

p > 0.05

 

p > 0.05

Intention to quit

      

Intend to quit smoking within the next month

169

17 (10.1%)

152 (89.9%)

84

16 (19.0%)

68 (81.0%)

Consider quitting smoking within the next 12 months

303

43 (14.2%)

260 (85.8%)

267

65 (20.6%)

212 (79.4%)

Will quit smoking but not within the next 12 months

263

33 (12.5%)

230 (87.5%)

203

50 (24.6%)

153 (75.4%)

Do not intend to quit smoking

598

47 (7.9%)

551 (92.1%)

357

109 (30.5%)

248 (69.5%)

p for trend

 

p < 0.04

 

p < 0.02