Table 2.

Smoking characteristics of the 6 EU countries (N=6011)

	Germany		Greece		Hungary		Poland		Romania		Spain
	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Frequency of smoking
Daily	88.3	(84.4–91.4)	96.9	(94.3–98.5)	98.9	(97.8–99.6)	96.4	(94.9–97.5)	94.8	(92.5–96.5)	97.2	(95.5–98.3)
Weekly	9.3	(6.8–12.5)	2.6	(1.1–5.0)	0.7	(0.3–1.5)	3.1	(2.0–4.5)	4.5	(3.0–6.5)	1.4	(0.7–2.3)
Monthly	2.4	(1.2–4.4)	0.5	(0.1–1.4)	0.4	(0.0–1.4)	0.6	(0.2–1.4)	0.7	(0.1–2.2)	1.5	(0.7–2.8)
Cigarettes/day
≤10	36.6	(31.8–41.8)	28.5	(24.9–32.4)	30.0	(26.1–34.2)	31.2	(27.5–35.2)	32.5	(28.9–36.3)	40.1	(35.9–44.4)
11–20	49.2	(44.4–54.1)	46.4	(42.5–50.5)	58.7	(55.1–62.3)	58.6	(54.1–62.9)	55.9	(52.2–59.5)	48.1	(43.9–52.3)
21–30	10.5	(8.3–13.1)	12.4	(10.1–15.2)	8.5	(6.4–11.3)	7.8	(5.6–10.9)	6.9	(5.1–9.3)	7.2	(5.5–9.4)
≥31	3.7	(2.4–5.5)	12.6	(9.9–16.1)	2.8	(1.7–4.3)	2.4	(1.4–3.7)	4.7	(3.0–7.0)	4.6	(3.1–6.5)
Smoking factory-made cigarettes or roll-your-own cigarettes
Factory-made (FM) cigarettes only	73.0	(67.6–77.8)	70.5	(64.8–75.7)	45.8	(40.3–51.4)	80.1	(75.2–84.3)	93.7	(91.3–95.4)	72.6	(68.4–76.5)
Roll-your-own (RYO) cigarettes only	11.4	(8.5–15.1)	27.3	(22.8–32.3)	45.8	(40.7–51.0)	7.9	(5.5–11.3)	0.9	(0.3–2.0)	17.5	(14.0–21.8)
Both	15.6	(12.2–19.7)	2.2	(1.1–3.9)	8.4	(6.1–11.5)	12.0	(8.9–15.9)	5.4	(3.8–7.6)	9.8	(7.8–12.3)
Last purchased
Carton	11.1	(8.5–14.5)	1.2	(0.6–2.1)	4.0	(2.4–6.1)	5.2	(3.4–7.7)	6.0	(4.4–8.1)	6.0	(4.6–8.0)
Pack	69.4	(64.7–73.8)	71.0	(65.5–76.0)	47.5	(41.4–53.7)	83.6	(79.6–87.0)	91.5	(88.5–93.8)	71.7	(67.1–75.9)
Rolling tobacco	15.4	(12.0–19.7)	27.8	(22.8–33.3)	46.3	(40.3–52.4)	10.8	(7.9–14.6)	1.5	(0.6–3.3)	20.4	(16.9–24.3)
Both FM + RYO packages	4.0	(2.4–6.3)	0.1	(0.0–0.5)	2.2	(1.1–3.9)	0.4	(0.1–1.2)	1.0	(0.3–2.3)	1.9	(0.9–3.4)