E-cigarette product preferences of Australian adolescent and adult users: a 2022 study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Sample profile (n = 636)

Demographic characteristic	n	%
Gender Man Woman	348 288	55 45
Age 12 to 17 years 18 to 24 years 25 + years	163 181 292	26 28 46
Range (in years)	12–70
Socio-economic status^a Low (deciles 1–4) Mid (deciles 5–8) High (deciles 9–10) Missing	228 272 130 6	36 43 20 1
Smoking status^b Current smoker Non-smoker Never smoker	288 259 89	45 41 14

^aAs per Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Socio- Economic Index for Areas ‘Index of Relative Disadvantage’
^bCurrent smokers had smoked a tobacco cigarette in the past 30 days and > 100 cigarettes in their lifetime; never smokers had never smoked a tobacco cigarette; non-smokers comprised all other respondents

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