Table 2.
Frequency (and percentage) for children’s perceptions of and exposure to tobacco and e-cigarettes by parental smoking and vaping and family affluence.
| Family Affluence | Parent Figure Who Smokes | Parent Figure Who Vapes | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Medium | High | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||
| Awareness | |||||||||
| Heard of e-cigarettes | 636 (84.6) | 701 (82.8) | 473 (86.0) | 1092 (82.0) | 669 (88.4) | 1362 (82.1) | 403 (92.6) | 1847 (84.0) | |
| Parent figure who smokes | 365 (50.4) | 279 (34.6) | 100 (18.7) | 432 (26.8) | 293 (68.8) | 765 (36.3) | |||
| Parent figure who vapes | 189 (26.3) | 167 (20.7) | 72 (13.4) | 133 (10.1) | 293 (40.4) | 437 (20.8) | |||
| Seen in shops (tobacco) | 531 (74.2) | 544 (67.1) | 367 (69.4) | 823 (64.0) | 582 (81.6) | 1096 (68.8) | 315 (76.6) | 1470 (70.0) | |
| Seen in shops (e-cigarettes) | 273 (40.3) | 285 (36.5) | 198 (38.5) | 432 (34.6) | 306 (45.3) | 547 (35.6) | 193 (49.4) | 765 (38.0) | |
| Experimentation and susceptibility | |||||||||
| Ever smoked | 10 (1.3) | 5 (0.6) | * | * | 15 (2.0) | 11 (0.7) | 8 (1.8) | 20 (0.9) | |
| Ever used an e-cigarette | 43 (5.8) | 35 (4.2) | 26 (4.7) | 36 (2.7) | 68 (9.0) | 62 (3.8) | 39 (9.0) | 108 (4.9) | |
| Will you smoke in 2 years? | Definitely yes | 7 (1.0) | * | * | * | 7 (1.0) | 6 (0.4) | 5 (1.2) | 12 (0.6) |
| Probably yes | 8 (1.1) | * | 10 (1.9) | 11 (0.8) | 8 (1.1) | 10 (0.6) | 5 (1.2) | 15 (0.7) | |
| Maybe, maybe not | 34 (4.7) | 24 (2.9) | 16 (3.0) | 23 (1.8) | 46 (6.3) | 47 (2.9) | 23 (5.5) | 75 (3.5) | |
| Probably not | 52 (7.2) | 70 (8.4) | 34 (6.3) | 83 (6.4) | 69 (9.4) | 117 (7.2) | 36 (8.7) | 158 (7.4) | |
| Definitely not | 624 (86.1) | 736 (88.7) | 479 (88.9) | 1191 (91.1) | 601 (82.2) | 1448 (88.9) | 347 (83.4) | 1881 (87.9) | |
| Will you vape in 2 years? | Definitely yes | 10 (1.4) | * | 5 (0.9) | * | 14 (1.9) | 10 (0.6) | 7 (1.7) | 20 (0.9) |
| Probably yes | 18 (2.5) | 16 (2.0) | 11 (2.0) | 17 (1.3) | 28 (3.9) | 22 (1.4) | 18 (4.3) | 42 (2.0) | |
| Maybe, maybe not | 51 (7.2) | 48 (5.8) | 32 (5.9) | 54 (4.2) | 73 (10.1) | 80 (5.0) | 47 (11.3) | 135 (6.4) | |
| Probably not | 79 (11.1) | 92 (11.1) | 56 (10.4) | 120 (9.2) | 102 (14.1) | 147 (9.1) | 75 (18.1) | 232 (10.9) | |
| Definitely not | 551 (77.7) | 671 (81.1) | 436 (80.7) | 1108 (85.3) | 505 (69.9) | 1356 (84.0) | 268 (64.6) | 1694 (79.8) | |
| Perceived smoking norms | |||||||||
| Most adults smoke | 267 (36.1) | 246 (29.5) | 155 (28.5) | 327 (24.9) | 323 (43.6) | 472 (28.8) | 170 (40.3) | 678 (31.4) | |
| Most adults vape | 195 (27.6) | 187 (23.2) | 122 (22.9) | 263 (20.6) | 230 (32.1) | 341 (21.5) | 144 (35.0) | 513 (24.5) | |
| More than hardly any children my age smoke | 203 (28.2) | 222 (26.8) | 138 (25.7) | 318 (24.5) | 230 (31.6) | 412 (25.5) | 137 (32.7) | 573 (26.9) | |
| More than hardly any children my age vape | 207 (29.5) | 220 (27.2) | 142 (27.0) | 321 (25.1) | 237 (33.6) | 404 (25.5) | 152 (37.0) | 581 (27.9) | |
| Why adults use e-cigarettes ** | |||||||||
| To stop smoking | 424 (66.8) | 462 (65.9) | 278 (58.9) | 639 (58.6) | 499 (74.7) | 798 (58.6) | 337 (83.8) | 1183 (64.1) | |
| To use where smoking is not allowed | 112 (17.6) | 169 (24.1) | 113 (23.9) | 276 (25.3) | 108 (16.1) | 342 (25.1) | 44 (10.9) | 399 (21.6) | |
| Cheaper than smoking | 108 (17.0) | 119 (17.0) | 108 (22.9) | 228 (20.9) | 100 (15.0) | 281 (20.7) | 43 (10.7) | 340 (18.4) | |
* Cell counts <5 cases are suppressed (for ordinal items ns for suppressed category combined with next); ** limited to children who reported awareness of e-cigarettes; total sample sizes differ marginally due to missing data.