Table 1. Use of electronic cigarettes in Germany in 2016 in the total population, stratified based on use of tobacco products.
| Characteristic |
N (column percent) |
Have tried e-cigarettes (%) [95% CI] |
Former user e-cigarettes (%) [95% CI] |
Current user e-cigarettes (%) [95% CI] |
Ever user e-cigarettes (%) [95% CI] |
Never user e-cigarettes (%) [95% CI] |
No response (%) [95% CI] |
|
| Germany 2016 weighted with design weight*1 |
4002 | 329 (8.2) [7.4; 9.1] |
88 (2.2) [1.8; 2.7] |
56 (1.4) [1.1; 1.8] |
473 (11.8) [10.8; 12.9] |
3 524 (88.1) [87.0; 89.0] |
5 (0.1) [0.0; 0.3] |
|
| Extrapolated to the total population in Germany (in thousands)*2 |
71 000 | 5800 [5250; 6500] |
1550 [1250; 1900] |
1 000 [750–1200] |
8400 [7650–9100] |
62 500 [61 850–64 250] |
– | |
| Weighted with design weights and educational level weights |
4002 | 346 (8.6) [7.8; 9.6] |
86 (2.1) [1.7; 2.7] |
68 (1.7) [1.3; 2.2] |
500 (12.5) [11.5; 13.6] |
3500 (87.4) [86.4; 88.5] |
3 (0.1) [0.0; 0.2] |
|
| Random sample unweighted | 4002 | 262 (6.5) [5.8; 7.4] |
77 (1.9) [1.5; 2.4] |
62 (1.5) [1.2; 2.0] |
401 (10.2) [9.1; 11.0] |
3594 (89.8) [88.8; 90.7] |
7 (0.2) [0.1; 0.4] |
|
| Use of tobacco products | Never | 1360 (34.0) |
26 (1.9) [1.3; 2.8] |
4 (0.3) [0.1; 0.8] |
1 (0.1) [0.0; 0.4] |
31 (2.3) [1.6; 3.2] |
1329 (97.7) [96.8; 98.5] |
0 [0.0; 0.3] |
| Have tried smoking |
627 (15.7) |
45 (7.2) [5.3; 9.5] |
7 (1.1) [0.5; 2.3] |
1 (0.2) [0.0; 0.9] |
53 (8.5) [6.4; 10.9] |
574 (91.5) [89.1; 93.6] |
0 [0.0; 0.6] |
|
| Quit smoking before 2010 |
798 (19.9) |
14 (1.8) [0.9; 2.9] |
0 [0.0; 0.5] |
0 [0.0; 0.5] |
14 (1.8) [0.1; 2.9] |
783 (98.2) [96.9; 99.0] |
0 [0.0; 0.5] |
|
| Quit smoking in 2010 or later |
214 (5.4) |
23 (10.6) [6.9; 15.7] |
18 (8.3) [5.1; 13.0] |
12 (5.6) [2.9; 9.6] |
53 (24.5) [19.1; 31.1] |
163 (76.2) [70.0; 81.7] |
0 [0.0; 1.7] |
|
| Smoker | 980 (24.5) |
220 (22.4) [19.9; 25.2] |
59 (6.0) [4.6; 7.7] |
42 (4.3) [3.1; 5.8] |
321 (32.7) [29.8; 35.8] |
660 (67.3) [64.3; 70.3] |
0 [0.0; 0.4] |
|
| No response | 23 (0.6) |
2 (8.7) | 1 (4.3) | 0 | 3 (13.0) | 15 (65.2) | 5 (2.2) | |
| Use of tobacco products, extrapolated to total population in Germany (in thousands)*2/*3 |
Never | 24 150 | – | 50 [0; 150] |
0 [0; 50] |
550 [350; 750] |
– | – |
| Quit smoking in 2010 or later |
3850 | – | 300 [200; 450] |
200 [100; 350] |
950 [700; 1150] |
– | – | |
| Smoker | 17 400 | – | 1050 [800; 1300] |
750 [500; 950] |
5700 [5200; 6200] |
– | – |
As a result of weighting, summation of absolute frequencies may contain round-off errors, in the range of 1 to 2 persons.
*1 N = 4002 individuals 14 years or older
*2 for extrapolation, a population of 71 million was used. To avoid a false impression of precision, numbers are rounded off to 50 000
*3 only selected groups are shown
95% CI, 95% confidence interval