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Table 2 Characteristics of users of the Brand 1 tobacco vaporizer, Tobacco use: Internet survey, 2016–2018

From: An online survey of users of tobacco vaporizers, reasons and modes of utilization, perceived advantages and perceived risks

 

All users

Number of respondents

102

Tobacco use: (in current users of the tobacco vaporizer, n = 98)

 - Daily smoker (%)

34.8

 - Occasional smoker (%)

21.3

 - Former smoker (%)

43.8

 - Never smoker (%)

0.0

Currently, do you use oral or snuff tobacco:

 - Yes, (occasionally or every day) (%)

8.2

Before using a tobacco vaporizer, were you a smoker (or user of snuff/oral tobacco):

 - Daily smoker (%)

92.0

 - Occasional smoker (%)

4.0

 - Former smoker (%)

4.0

 - Never smoked (%)

0.0

Number of cigarettes per day before using the tobacco vaporizera

20.0 (10.5, 21.5)

The first time you used nicotine, which product did you use:

 - A cigarette, cigar or pipe (%)

98.0

 - An electronic cigarette (%)

2.0

Age when began to smoke everyday (years)a

16.5 (15.75, 18.0)

Tobacco vaporizer utilization:

 - Every day (%)

88.2

 - Occasionally (%)

7.9

 - Former user (%)

3.9

Do you intend to use a tobacco vaporizer in the future?

(Intend to use/certain to use one) (%)

90.3

Among former users: duration of utilization (days)a

5.0 (3.0, 5.0)

Current smokers (n = 58):

 - Number of cigarettes per daya

10.0 (3.75, 16.25)

 - How long after waking do you smoke the first cigarette of the day (minutes)a

30.0 (10.0, 50.0)

- Heaviness of smoking index (HSI) (%):

 0–1:

31.6

 2–4:

68.4

 5–6:

0.0

 - Cigarette dependency (self-rating scale of 0 to 100)a

80.0 (43.75, 96.0)

 - Decided to stop smoking (now or in the next 30 days) (%)

9.0

 - Intend to stop in the next six months (%)

7.1

 - Sure to succeed stopping smoking if you try (very sure) (%)

14.5

 - Currently trying to stop smoking (%)

28.6

 - Currently trying to reduce cigarette consumption (%)

80.0

 - Duration of most recent quit attempt (days)a

14 (3.0, 90.0)

 - Duration of longest quit attempt (days)a

135.0 (21.0, 365.0)

Former smokers (n = 40):

 - When did you stop smoking (days ago)a

67 (36.0, 438.0)

 - Before stopping, number of cigarettes per day on averagea

20.0 (10.5, 23.0)

  1. a Median (25th and 75th centiles)