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. 2019 Sep 2;116(35-36):577–584. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0577

Table 1. The 30-day prevalence of the use of tobacco, electronic-inhalation and heat-not-burn products, and the use of water pipes (hookahs), as well as projections to the 18- to 64-year old population.

Tobacco Men*4 Women*4 Total*4 Projection*5*6
n % [95% CI] n % [95% CI] n % [95% CI] N [95% CI]
Cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, pipe 959 26.4 [24.5; 28.3] 911 20.2 [18.8; 21.7] 1870 23.3 [22.1; 24.6] 12.0 Million [11.4; 12.7]
– Daily use*1 524 17.0 [15.3; 18.9] 519 13.1 [11.9; 14.5] 1043 15.1 [14.0; 16.3] 7.8 Million [7.2; 8.4]
– Heavy use*2, consumers 179 29.6 [25.3; 34.4] 110 15.4 [12.6; 18.7] 289 23.4 [20.6; 26.4] 2.8 Million [2.3; 3.3]
Water pipe (hookah) 351 5.8 [4.9; 6.7] 217 2.7 [2.3; 3.1] 568 4.2 [3.8; 4.8] 2.2 Million [2.0; 2.5]
e-Cigarette, e-hookah, e-pipe, e-cigar 240 5.7 [4.8; 6.8] 120 2.2 [1.8; 2.8] 360 4.0 [3.5; 4.6] 2.1 Million [1.8; 2.4]
Heat-not-burn products 66 1.3 [0.9; 1.8] 15 0.3 [0.2; 0.5] 81 0.8 [0.6; 1.1] 412 [309; 567]
At least one tobacco product*3 1247 32.5 [30.5; 34.7] 1092 23.2 [21.7; 24.8] 2339 28.0 [26.6; 29.4] 14.4 Million [13.7; 15.1]

*1Daily use of at least one cigarette; *2daily use of at least 20 cigarettes among cigarette users;

*3used cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, pipes, hookah, e-cigarettes, e-hookah, e-pipes, e-cigars, or heat-not-burn products at least once in the preceding 30 days;

*4n, unweighted number; %, weighted prevalence [95% confidence interval]; *5mean based on 51 544 494 people aged between 18 and 64 years (as of 31 December 2017, German Federal Statistical Office);

*6in thousands, except millions. 95% CI, 95% confidence interval