Table 1.
Weighted description of sociodemographics, cost-minimising strategies and cost of smoking in the overall population of smokers and by social grade
| Overall population | Social grade | |||
| Low (n=7032) | Middle (n=8138) | High (n=1797) | ||
| Age distribution, % (95% CI) | ||||
| 18 to 24 | 17.2 (16.6 to 17.8) | 18.5 (17.6 to 19.5) | 18.2 (17.3 to 19.1) | 10.4 (9.0 to 11.9) |
| 25 to 34 | 22.1 (21.4 to 22.8) | 23.2 (22.1 to 24.4) | 22.0 (21.0 to 23.0) | 19.4 (17.5 to 21.6) |
| 35 to 44 | 19.4 (18.7 to 20.1) | 18.6 (17.6 to 19.6) | 19.3 (18.3 to 20.2) | 21.8 (19.7 to 24.0) |
| 45 to 54 | 18.6 (18.0 to 19.3) | 17.4 (16.4 to 18.4) | 18.9 (18.0 to 19.9) | 20.7 (18.7 to 22.8) |
| 55 to 64 | 12.5 (12.0 to 13.1) | 12.3 (11.5 to 13.1) | 12.1 (11.4 to 12.9) | 14.6 (13.0 to 16.4) |
| 65+ | 10.2 (9.7 to 10.6) | 10.0 (9.3 to 10.7) | 9.5 (8.9 to 10.1) | 13.1 (11.6 to 14.6) |
| Gender, % (95% CI) | ||||
| Male | 47.2 (46.4 to 48.0) | 52.1 (5038 to 53.3) | 45.3 (44.2 to 46.5) | 41.7 (39.3 to 44.2) |
| Female | 52.8 (52.0 to 53.6) | 47.9 (46.6 to 49.2) | 54.7 (53.5 to 55.8) | 58.3 (55.8 to 60.7) |
| Social grade, % (95% CI) | ||||
| Low | 35.7 (34.9 to 36.5) | – | – | – |
| Middle | 50.0 (49.1 to 50.8) | – | – | – |
| High | 14.4 (13.7 to 15.0) | – | – | – |
| Factory-made cigarette consumption in cigarettes/week, mean (95% CI) | 45.9 (45.0 to 46.8) | 43.0 (41.6 to 44.4) | 46.8 (45.5 to 48.1) | 50.1 (47.4 to 52.8) |
| RYO cigarette consumption in cigarettes/week, mean (95% CI) | 35.2 (34.4 to 36.1) | 44.4 (42.9 to 45.9) | 32.4 (31.2 to 33.5) | 22.4 (20.3 to 24.5) |
| Use of illicit sources, % (95% CI) | 8.1 (7.7 to 8.6) | 10.0 (9.2 to 10.8) | 7.7 (7.1 to 8.4) | 5.1 (4.1 to 6.3) |
| Cross-border purchase, % (95% CI) | 8.2 (7.7 to 8.7) | 4.6 (4.1 to 5.2) | 9.2 (8.5 to 9.9) | 13.5 (11.9 to 15.3) |
| Cost of smoking in £/week, mean (95% CI) | 23.3 (23.0 to 23.6) | 22.8 (22.3 to 23.3) | 23.5 (23.1 to 23.9) | 23.9 (22.9 to 24.9) |
RYO, roll-your-own.