Table 1.
Sample characteristics of current smokers by country
| Variables | Germany n = 1515 |
France n = 1735 |
United Kingdom n = 1706 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 18–24 | 14.9 | (226) | 13.4 | (233) | 5.9 | (101) |
| 25–39 | 25.1 | (381) | 37.2 | (645) | 27.1 | (462) |
| 40–54 | 40.2 | (609) | 36.6 | (635) | 36.9 | (630) |
| 55+ | 19.7 | (299) | 12.8 | (222) | 30.1 | (513) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 52.2 | (791) | 51.8 | (898) | 57.2 | (975) |
| Male | 47.8 | (724) | 48.2 | (837) | 42.8 | (731) |
| Education | ||||||
| Low | 22.2 | (335) | 44.8 | (778) | 59.2 | (1000) |
| Moderate | 37.8 | (570) | 35.3 | (612) | 27.0 | (456) |
| High | 40.0 | (603) | 19.8 | (343) | 13.8 | (234) |
| Cigarettes per day | ||||||
| 1–10 | 37.3 | (564) | 52.7 | (914) | 31.1 | (530) |
| 11–20 | 48.0 | (727) | 39.8 | (690) | 53.9 | (920) |
| 21–30 | 11.7 | (177) | 6.1 | (105) | 10.5 | (179) |
| 31+ | 3.0 | (46) | 1.5 | (26) | 4.5 | (77) |
| Intention to quit (within next 6 months) | ||||||
| Yes | 69.4 | (1016) | 71.8 | (1246) | 61.7 | (1032) |
| HSI | ||||||
| 0 | 23.2 | (350) | 32.3 | (557) | 12.4 | (209) |
| 1 | 18.0 | (272) | 14.8 | (255) | 10.8 | (183) |
| 2 | 20.7 | (312) | 19.0 | (328) | 20.6 | (348) |
| 3 | 22.5 | (340) | 21.7 | (375) | 33.0 | (559) |
| 4 | 9.9 | (149) | 8.7 | (151) | 15.2 | (257) |
| 5 | 4.3 | (65) | 2.7 | (47) | 5.7 | (96) |
| 6 | 1.3 | (20) | .8 | (14) | 2.4 | (40) |
HSI denotes heaviness of smoking index, with higher values indicating heavier smoking
All percentages are based on unweighted data