Table 1.
Overall awareness, ever use, and past-30-day use of ENDS among adult residents in five Chinese cities in 2018, N = 10,233.
| Demographic Characteristics | Awareness of ENDS | Ever Use of ENDS | Past-30-Day Use of ENDS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |
| Total | 51.3 | 48.0–54.6 | 4.8 | 4.1–5.5 | 0.9 | 0.6–1.3 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 59.4 | 55.6–63.2 | 8.6 | 7.2–9.9 | 1.6 | 1.0–2.2 |
| Female | 43.0 | 39.5–46.6 | 0.9 | 0.5–1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1–0.5 |
| Age (Years) | ||||||
| 15–24 | 61.1 | 55.9–66.2 | 5.6 | 3.8–7.5 | 1.5 | 0.4–2.5 |
| 25–44 | 59.0 | 55.1–62.9 | 5.7 | 4.6–6.8 | 1.1 | 0.6–1.6 |
| 45–64 | 44.0 | 40.4–47.5 | 4.2 | 3.3–5.1 | 0.6 | 0.3–1.0 |
| 65 and above | 24.5 | 21.1–27.9 | 1.6 | 0.9–2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0–0.4 |
| Education Level | ||||||
| Primary school completed or below | 21.2 | 16.9–25.4 | 1.2 | 0.4–2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0–0.2 |
| Junior high school completed | 41.0 | 37.4–44.7 | 4.5 | 3.2–5.8 | 0.7 | 0.2–1.2 |
| Senior high school completed | 53.8 | 49.4–58.1 | 4.7 | 3.6–5.7 | 1.0 | 0.5–1.4 |
| College degree or above | 61.6 | 57.4–65.9 | 5.9 | 4.8–7.0 | 1.3 | 0.6–1.9 |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Gov. employee, teacher, healthcare provider | 58.6 | 53.3–63.9 | 4.1 | 2.7–5.5 | 0.6 | 0.2–1.0 |
| Factory, business, service industry employee | 59.8 | 56.0–63.6 | 6.3 | 5.0–7.5 | 1.3 | 0.8–1.9 |
| Not in the labor force 1 | 43.9 | 40.3–47.5 | 3.8 | 3.0–4.6 | 0.7 | 0.3–1.2 |
| Current Smoking Status | ||||||
| Yes | 67.8 | 63.7–72.0 | 17.1 | 14.5–19.7 | 3.9 | 2.6–5.3 |
| No | 46.3 | 43.1–49.6 | 1.1 | 0.7–1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0–0.1 |
1 Respondents who were not in the labor force included students, homemakers, retired, and unemployed residents either able or unable to work.