Table 3 Modes of utilization in current users of the Brand 1 tobacco vaporizer: Internet survey, 2016–2018

Number of current users

98

Duration of utilization (days)^a

269.0 (59.0, 469.0)

 Every day (%)

91.8

 Occasionally (%)

8.2

Before using your vaporizer, how many cigarettes did you smoke per day, on average (current daily or occasional vaporizer users who were smokers when they started to use the vaporizer, n = 94)^a

20.0 (10.0, 20.0)

Number of cigarettes per day now (among all current vaporizer users and current smokers)^a

8.0 (3.0, 15.0)

Number of cigarettes per day now (among every daily vaporizer users and current smokers)^a

7.5 (3.25, 13.75)

Number of refill sticks per day^a

10.0 (5.75, 10.0)

Total number of cigarettes plus vaporizer refills per day (in current smokers)^a

16.5 (12.0, 21.0)

First utilization of the day of vaporizer, how many minutes after waking (minutes)^a

30.0 (15.0, 60.0)

Number of puffs per day on the vaporizer^a

150.0 (50.0, 210.0)

Number of puffs per stick^a

12.0 (10.0, 14.0)

Duration of one recharge of the battery (hours)^a

24.0 (12.0, 48.0)

Number of sticks per one recharge of the battery^a

20.0 (20.0, 20.0)

Monthly expenditure for vaporizer and sticks (Euros)^a

110.0 (59.0, 161.0)

Intention to use vaporizer for more than one year (%)

58.9

 - Ever (%)

59.2

 - For more than one month (%)

15.4

 - To reduce cigarette consumption (%)

57.6

 - In places where smoking is prohibited (%)

19.7

 - Because I like to use both (%)

28.8

 - Ever (%)

48.1

 - For more than one month (%)

28.4