Table 2.
Characteristics of users of the Brand 1 tobacco vaporizer, Tobacco use: Internet survey, 2016–2018
| All users | |
|---|---|
| Number of respondents | 102 |
| Tobacco use: (in current users of the tobacco vaporizer, n = 98) | |
| - Daily smoker (%) | 34.8 |
| - Occasional smoker (%) | 21.3 |
| - Former smoker (%) | 43.8 |
| - Never smoker (%) | 0.0 |
| Currently, do you use oral or snuff tobacco: | |
| - Yes, (occasionally or every day) (%) | 8.2 |
| Before using a tobacco vaporizer, were you a smoker (or user of snuff/oral tobacco): | |
| - Daily smoker (%) | 92.0 |
| - Occasional smoker (%) | 4.0 |
| - Former smoker (%) | 4.0 |
| - Never smoked (%) | 0.0 |
| Number of cigarettes per day before using the tobacco vaporizera | 20.0 (10.5, 21.5) |
| The first time you used nicotine, which product did you use: | |
| - A cigarette, cigar or pipe (%) | 98.0 |
| - An electronic cigarette (%) | 2.0 |
| Age when began to smoke everyday (years)a | 16.5 (15.75, 18.0) |
| Tobacco vaporizer utilization: | |
| - Every day (%) | 88.2 |
| - Occasionally (%) | 7.9 |
| - Former user (%) | 3.9 |
| Do you intend to use a tobacco vaporizer in the future? | |
| (Intend to use/certain to use one) (%) | 90.3 |
| Among former users: duration of utilization (days)a | 5.0 (3.0, 5.0) |
| Current smokers (n = 58): | |
| - Number of cigarettes per daya | 10.0 (3.75, 16.25) |
| - How long after waking do you smoke the first cigarette of the day (minutes)a | 30.0 (10.0, 50.0) |
| - Heaviness of smoking index (HSI) (%): | |
| 0–1: | 31.6 |
| 2–4: | 68.4 |
| 5–6: | 0.0 |
| - Cigarette dependency (self-rating scale of 0 to 100)a | 80.0 (43.75, 96.0) |
| - Decided to stop smoking (now or in the next 30 days) (%) | 9.0 |
| - Intend to stop in the next six months (%) | 7.1 |
| - Sure to succeed stopping smoking if you try (very sure) (%) | 14.5 |
| - Currently trying to stop smoking (%) | 28.6 |
| - Currently trying to reduce cigarette consumption (%) | 80.0 |
| - Duration of most recent quit attempt (days)a | 14 (3.0, 90.0) |
| - Duration of longest quit attempt (days)a | 135.0 (21.0, 365.0) |
| Former smokers (n = 40): | |
| - When did you stop smoking (days ago)a | 67 (36.0, 438.0) |
| - Before stopping, number of cigarettes per day on averagea | 20.0 (10.5, 23.0) |
a Median (25th and 75th centiles)