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. 2017 Sep 4;5(16):e13370. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13370

Table 1.

Adulta E‐cigarette use in various countries

Country Year Current smoker (%) Ever users Current usersa
Total (%) Nonsmoker (%) Current smoker (%) Ex smoker a (%) Total (%) Nonsmoker (%) Current smoker (%) Ex smokera (%)
USA1 2014 12.6 3.2 47.6 55.4 3.7 0.4 15.9 22.2
Australia (NSW)2 2015 8.4 3.2 36.5 N/A 1.3 0.7 4.9 N/A
Canada3 2013 8.5 3.0 37.3 5.1 1.8 0.3 9.6 0.9
UK4 2012 18.8 5.3 0.5 40.1 3.8 1.6 0.1 13 1.1
Korea5 2013 24.1 6.6 0.7 21.8 4.8 1.1 0.2 0.3 4
New Zealand6 2014 16.2 13.1 3.4 49. 9 8.4 0.8 0.1 4.0 0.1
Japan7 2015 20.5 6.6 3.51 18.3 7.7 1.29 0.6 3.2 1.75
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Definition of “adult”, “current use”, and “ex‐smoker” differs between studies. Ever Use is define as having ever tried an E‐cigarette even once1‐6. 1Dockrell et al. 2013; 2Harrold et al. 2015; 3Reid et al. 2015; 4Schoenborn and Gindi 2015; 5Lee et al. 2016; 6Li et al., 2015; 7Tabuchi et al. 2016).