Table 3.
The last purchase sources of tobacco products (‘Where did you last buy cigarettes or tobacco for yourself?’) across the 6 EU countries (N=6011)
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Germany (n=1003) |
Greece (n=1000) |
Hungary (n=1000) |
Poland (n=1006) |
Romania (n=1001) |
Spain (n=1001) |
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| Last Purchase Source | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) |
| Storea | 94.9 | (91.3–97.1) | 98.4 | (97.0–99.3) | 99.9 | (99.4–100.0) | 91.4 | (88.0–93.9) | 96.4 | (94.5–97.8) | 95.5 | (92.8–97.4) |
| Large grocery store/ supermarket | 34.2 | (29.5–39.2) | 2.9 | (0.8–7.2) | 1.2 | (0.1–4.5) | 13.3 | (9.9–17.6) | 35.2 | (29.2–41.6) | 0.5 | (0.1–2.0) |
| Small grocery store/ convenience store | 2.8 | (1.5–4.6) | 21.8 | (15.0–30.6) | 0.8 | (0.2–2.4) | 60.1 | (54.6–65.3) | 52.6 | (45.9–59.2) | 0.5 | (0.1–1.4) |
| Bar/restaurant/ entertainment establishment | 0.2 | (0.0–0.7) | 1.0 | (0.0–5.7) | 0.1 | (0.0–0.5) | 0.3 | (0.0–1.1) | 1.8 | (0.9–3.3) | 9.4 | (6.9–12.7) |
| Newsstand | 3.7 | (2.5–5.2) | 0.2 | (0.0–0.9) | 0 | – | 1.8 | (0.7–3.7) | 0.1 | (0.0–0.7) | 0.6 | (0.2–1.3) |
| Tobacconist | 13.7 | (10.7–17.5) | 0.9 | (0.3–1.9) | 97.8 | (93.7–99.5) | 1.8 | (0.8–3.3) | 0.5 | (0.1–1.2) | 75.5 | (71.6–79.0) |
| Vending machine | 6.1 | (4.4.–8.5) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7.5 | (5.0–11.3) |
| Kiosk | 10.5 | (7.3–14.7) | 71.3 | (62.4–78.9) | 0 | – | 11.8 | (8.8–15.7) | 3.1 | (1.7–5.2) | 1.1 | (0.3–3.0) |
| Gas station | 23.7 | (20.3–27.5) | 0.3 | (0.0–1.0) | 0 | – | 2.3 | (1.2–3.9) | 3.1 | (1.7–5.1) | 0.3 | (0.1–1.0) |
| Non-store/othera | 5.1 | (2.9–8.7) | 1.6 | (0.7–3.0) | 0.1 | (0.0–0.6) | 8.6 | (6.1–12.0) | 3.6 | (2.2–5.5) | 4.5 | (2.6–7.2) |
| Duty-free | 0.6 | (0.2–1.3) | 0.3 | (0.1–0.9) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0.2 | (0.0–0.8) | 0.2 | (0.0–1.3) |
| Someone else selling independently/illegally | 1.6 | (0.2–5.4) | 1.2 | (0.4–2.5) | 0 | – | 5.4 | (3.2–8.7) | 1.5 | (0.7–2.9) | 2.2 | (0.9–4.5) |
| The internet | 0.2 | (0.0–0.7) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0.4 | (0.0–1.5) | 0.1 | (0.0–0.8) | 0.6 | (0.2–1.4) |
| Other/don't know | 2.7 | (1.3–5.0) | 0.1 | (0.0–0.6) | 0.1 | (0.0–0.6) | 2.9 | (1.7–4.6) | 1.7 | (0.8–3.2) | 1.4 | (0.5–3.0) |
a
Store vs non–store/other purchases differ by country (Rao–Scott chi–squared test = 52.84, df = 5, p<0.001)