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. 2020 Jan 15;30(1):16–23. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055306

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics (n=30)

Demographic Ex-IQOS use Current IQOS use Total
(n=8) (n=22) (n=30)
Age (years)
 18–24 4 3 7
 25–34 1 7 8
 35–49 3 9 12
 50–59 0 3 3
Total age range 18–48 22–59 18–59
Median 25 36.5 32.5
Mean 28.6 36.7 34.6
Gender
 Male 4 15 19
 Female 4 7 11
Ethnicity
 White British 2 6 8
 White Other* 5 12 17
 Asian/Asian British† 0 3 3
 Black/Black British‡ 1 0 1
 Arabic 0 1 1
Occupation
 Professional/qualified work 2 7 9
 Managerial/senior administrator 2 7 9
 Clerical/junior administrator 2 6 8
 Sales/services 0 1 1
 Semi-skilled/unskilled labour 1 0 1
 Never worked 1 1 2
Current working status
 Full time (30+ hours) 2 18 20
 Part-time 2 1 3
 Currently unemployed 1 0 1
 Part-time student, part-time employment 2 2 4
 Full-time student 1 1 2

*These included 1 Australian, 3 Bulgarians, 1 German, 1 Irish, 3 Italians, 1 Lithuanian, 1 Northern Irish, 2 Portuguese, 1 Russian, 1 Swiss, 1 Turkish and 1 Ukrainian.

†These included 2 Indian British and 1 Sri Lankan British.

‡This participant was Black British.