Table 2.
Prevalence of current smokers among 9428 Italian participants aged ≥15 years, overall and by selected demographic and socio-economic characteristics. Corresponding odds ratios* and 95% confidence intervals. Italy, 2017–2019.
| N° (2017–2019) |
Current Cigarette Smokers | Current Electronic Cigarette Users |
N° (2019) |
Current HTP Users # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | |||
| Total | 9428 | 22.5 | - | 2.1 | 3120 | 1.1 | ||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Men | 4533 | 26.5 | 1 ^ | 2.5 | 1 ^ | 1501 | 1.5 | 1 ^ |
| Women | 4895 | 18.8 | 0.66 (0.60–0.73) | 1.7 | 0.69 (0.52–0.93) | 1619 | 0.7 | 0.54 (0.27–1.11) |
| Age | ||||||||
| <25 years | 1064 | 18.4 | 1.75 (1.42–2.16) | 2.5 | 2.14 (1.16–3.94) | 352 | 1.3 | 5.00 (0.95–26.15) |
| 25–44 years | 2821 | 28.8 | 3.23 (2.75–3.80) | 2.6 | 2.28 (1.35–3.86) | 929 | 1.8 | 6.69 (1.53–29.15) |
| 45–64 years | 3136 | 26.5 | 2.78 (2.38–3.24) | 2.4 | 2.29 (1.37–3.82) | 1039 | 1.0 | 3.68 (0.84–16.21) |
| ≥65 years | 2407 | 12.0 | 1 ^ | 0.8 | 1 ^ | 800 | 0.3 | 1 ^ |
| p for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.029 | |||||
| Education level | ||||||||
| Low | 3183 | 20.1 | 1 ^ | 1.2 | 1 ^ | 1028 | 0.8 | 1 ^ |
| Intermediate | 4655 | 25.7 | 0.94 (0.83–1.06) | 2.7 | 1.88 (1.27–2.80) | 1579 | 1.5 | 1.09 (0.46–2.59) |
| High | 1590 | 18.3 | 0.59 (0.50–0.70) | 2.2 | 1.52 (0.93–2.48) | 513 | 0.4 | 0.31 (0.07–1.40) |
| p for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.066 | |||||
| Geographic area | ||||||||
| Northern Italy | 4332 | 23.1 | 1 ^ | 1.9 | 1 ^ | 1430 | 1.3 | 1 ^ |
| Central Italy | 1890 | 19.9 | 0.81 (0.70–0.92) | 1.7 | 0.92 (0.61–1.40) | 624 | 0.6 | 0.47 (0.16–1.44) |
| Southern Italy | 3206 | 23.3 | 0.97 (0.87–1.09) | 2.7 | 1.51 (1.10–2.06) | 1066 | 1.1 | 0.88 (0.41–1.86) |
| Survey year | ||||||||
| 2017 | 3086 | 22.3 | 1 ^ | 2.5 | 1 ^ | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 3222 | 23.3 | 1.08 (0.96–1.22) | 2.1 | 0.85 (0.61–1.18) | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 3120 | 22.0 | 0.99 (0.88–1.12) | 1.7 | 0.68 (0.48–0.97) | 3120 | 1.1 | - |
| p for trend | 0.446 | 0.114 | ||||||
Abbreviations: CI: confidence interval; HTP: heated tobacco products; OR: odds ratio. * ORs were estimated using unconditional multiple logistic regression models after adjustment for sex, age, level of education, geographic area and survey year. Estimates in bold are statistically significant at 0.05 level. # Analyses limited to 2019. Total numbers of survey participants overall and in each strata of the population. ^ Reference category.