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. 2013 Mar 27;13:277. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-277

Table 1.

Prevalence (in percent and 95%CI ) of current smoking by classification of product and demographic characteristics

Male Female
 
MC only1
RYO only2
Dual use
RYO > MC*
MC only1
RYO only2
Dual use
RYO > MC*
Total
18.4
(17.3, 19.6)
15.8
(14.6, 17.2)
11.2
(9.9, 12.5)
33.7
1.0
(0.8, 1.2)
1.7
(1.4, 2.1)
0.1
(0.1, 0.2)
63.0
Age (in years)
 15–24
20.6
(17.0, 24.7)
3.2
(1.9, 5.5)
13.6
(10.6, 17.3)
32.9
0.9
(0.5, 1.6)
0.2
(0.0, 1.1)
0.0
(0.0, 0.3)
100.0
 25–44
23.3
(21.4, 25.2)
14.8
(13.0, 16.8)
13.4
(11.6, 15.4)
32.3
1.1
(0.8, 1.5)
0.9
(0.6, 1.5)
0.2
(0.1, 0.4)
75.2
 45–64
14.8
(13.3, 16.4)
21.5
(19.2, 23.9)
9.0
(7.4, 10.8)
38.2
1.2
(0.9, 1.6)
2.7
(2.0, 3.6)
0.2
(0.1, 0.4)
41.6
 65+
6.7
(5.6, 8.0)
28.6
(25.7, 31.7)
4.5
(3.5, 5.9)
34.9
0.6
(0.3, 1.0)
3.9
(2.9, 5.2)
0.0
(0.0, 0.1)
0.0
Education
 None3
8.9
(7.8, 10.1)
31.8
(29.5, 34.2)
9.0
(7.5, 10.8)
38.7
0.9
(0.7, 1.2)
3.9
(3.1, 4.8)
0.1
(0.0, 0.2)
67.3
 Primary
16.8
(14.8, 19.0)
19.0
(16.2, 22.2)
17.3
(14.6, 20.4)
39.7
1.0
(0.7, 1.6)
1.0
(0.5, 1.7)
0.3
(0.1, 0.7)
46.6
 Secondary
25.8
(23.4, 28.3)
5.6
(4.3, 7.3)
11.6
(9.7, 13.8)
27.4
1.2
(0.8, 1.8)
0.1
(0.0, 0.4)
0.1
(0.0, 0.4)
81.2
 University
22.7
(19.6, 26.1)
1.9
(1.2, 2.8)
3.9
(2.5, 6.0)
10.2
0.7
(0.3, 1.4)
0.0
 
0.0
 
 
Income
 Low
11.7
(10.1, 13.6)
22.1
(20.0, 24.3)
10.3
(8.5, 12.4)
33.7
0.6
(0.4, 0.8)
2.4
(1.9, 3.0)
0.1
(0.0, 0.2)
63.1
 Middle
21.9
(19.2, 24.8)
15.4
(13.3, 17.8)
15.8
(13.1, 18.8)
35.3
1.5
(1.1, 2.1)
1.4
(1.0, 2.1)
0.2
(0.1, 0.6)
71.5
 High 24.1 (22.4, 25.9) 8.8 (7.5, 10.3) 9.4 (7.9, 11.1) 32.0 1.5 (1.1, 2.2) 0.5 (0.3, 1.0) 0.2 (0.1, 0.5) 54.7

1 Smoked manufactured cigarettes only.

2 Smoked roll-your-own cigarettes only.

3 None or less than primary school.

* Percentage of dual users who smoked more roll-your-own cigarettes than manufactured cigarettes.