TABLE 2. Estimated annual average current electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among workers,* by industry and occupation — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2017–2018.
| Industry/Occupation | Estimated no. of workers (x1,000) | Current e-cigarette users† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated no. (x1,000) | Prevalence, % (95% CI) | Daily users, % (95% CI) | Using combustible tobacco,§ % (95% CI) | ||
|
Industry group
| |||||
| Accommodation and food services |
9,737 |
669 |
6.9 (5.0–8.7) |
36.9 (24.8–49.0) |
49.0 (35.2–62.9) |
| Transportation and warehousing |
6,950 |
367 |
5.3 (3.7–6.9) |
47.8 (34.6–61.0) |
52.1 (37.0–67.3) |
| Retail trade |
15,161 |
749 |
5.0 (4.0–5.9) |
35.5 (25.8–45.2) |
55.0 (45.9–64.2) |
| Administrative and support, waste management, and remediation services |
6,499 |
297 |
4.6 (3.3–5.9) |
34.9 (20.7–49.0) |
52.2 (37.4–66.9) |
| Information |
2,774 |
124 |
4.5 (2.0–6.9) |
—¶ |
53.5 (25.4–81.5) |
| Construction |
10,996 |
455 |
4.1 (3.1–5.2) |
48.9 (35.3–62.4) |
54.6 (40.5–68.6) |
| Manufacturing |
14,871 |
510 |
3.4 (2.6–4.2) |
55.9 (44.2–67.6) |
48.3 (37.2–59.5) |
| Real estate and rental and leasing |
3,394 |
113 |
3.3 (1.8–4.9) |
— |
38.6 (16.6–60.7) |
| Public administration |
7,807 |
254 |
3.3 (2.2–4.3) |
50.1 (32.3–67.8) |
29.3 (15.4–43.3) |
| Other services (except public administration) |
7,466 |
243 |
3.3 (2.0–4.5) |
42.8 (24.3–61.2) |
62.8 (45.0–80.6) |
| Wholesale trade |
3,574 |
115 |
3.2 (1.5–4.9) |
79.2 (61.0–97.4) |
62.5 (37.2–87.7) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation |
3,139 |
97 |
3.1 (1.4–4.8) |
— |
47.6 (18.8–76.4) |
| Finance and insurance |
7,205 |
215 |
3.0 (1.6–4.4) |
49.1 (30.4–67.7) |
— |
| Health care and social assistance |
22,567 |
478 |
2.1 (1.6–2.6) |
42.5 (31.2–53.8) |
51.8 (40.5–63.1) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services |
13,105 |
266 |
2.0 (1.4–2.6) |
45.3 (30.6–60.0) |
50.0 (34.9–65.0) |
| Education services |
14,612 |
204 |
1.4 (0.9–1.9) |
39.8 (22.7–56.8) |
38.8 (22.0–55.6) |
| All others** |
4,365 |
131 |
3.0 (1.6–4.4) |
— |
— |
| Refused, not ascertained, don’t know |
2,084 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Occupation group
| |||||
| Food preparation and serving related |
7,689 |
556 |
7.3 (5.1–9.5) |
31.0 (18.2–43.8) |
47.5 (31.8–63.1) |
| Transportation and material moving |
9,134 |
517 |
5.7 (4.2–7.2) |
47.4 (35.2–59.6) |
66.1 (54.4–77.8) |
| Protective service |
3,287 |
169 |
5.1 (2.8–7.5) |
53.3 (29.2–77.4) |
50.2 (26.1–74.3) |
| Sales and related |
13,975 |
667 |
4.8 (3.8–5.8) |
36.9 (26.7–47.2) |
50.8 (40.0–61.7) |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair |
4,606 |
215 |
4.7 (3.0–6.3) |
43.0 (26.2–59.9) |
56.6 (39.5–73.7) |
| Construction and extraction |
8,241 |
353 |
4.3 (3.0–5.6) |
52.2 (36.1–68.3) |
49.3 (33.3–65.3) |
| Production |
8,112 |
341 |
4.2 (3.0–5.4) |
57.4 (44.7–70.2) |
39.8 (27.1–52.5) |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media |
3,709 |
139 |
3.8 (2.1–5.4) |
45.0 (23.8–66.2) |
40.8 (19.7–61.8) |
| Personal care and service |
5,734 |
184 |
3.2 (1.8–4.7) |
22.7 (3.2–42.3) |
56.0 (33.2–78.9) |
| Business and financial operations |
8,959 |
278 |
3.1 (1.9–4.3) |
48.2 (31.9–64.4) |
40.7 (22.4–59.0) |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance |
5,392 |
161 |
3.0 (2.0–4.0) |
42.6 (25.4–59.8) |
48.8 (31.4–66.1) |
| Office and administrative support |
18,875 |
538 |
2.9 (2.2–3.5) |
46.5 (35.2–57.9) |
42.3 (30.6–54.0) |
| Health care support |
3,908 |
108 |
2.8 (1.5–4.0) |
— |
57.1 (33.2–81.0) |
| Computer and mathematical |
5,993 |
138 |
2.3 (1.4–3.2) |
52.6 (33.1–72.1) |
39.1 (20.9–57.4) |
| Management |
15,797 |
364 |
2.3 (1.7–2.9) |
48.8 (35.9–61.7) |
55.4 (42.9–67.8) |
| Health care practitioners and technical |
9,850 |
160 |
1.6 (1.1–2.2) |
36.4 (19.7–53.0) |
45.9 (28.2–63.6) |
| Education, training, and library |
9,614 |
132 |
1.4 (0.8–2.0) |
44.2 (22.5–65.9) |
29.1 (10.7–47.8) |
| All others†† |
11,540 |
275 |
2.4 (1.6–3.2) |
— |
54.1 (38.2–70.1) |
| Refused, not ascertained, don’t know | 1,890 | — | — | — | — |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
* Adults who were “working at a job or business”; “with a job or business but not at work”; or “working, but not for pay, at a family-owned job or business” during the week before the interview. Data are weighted to provide national estimates using the survey sample weights for each participant.
† Current users are adults who used e-cigarettes at least once in their lifetime and currently use every day or some days.
§ Combustible tobacco use was defined as use either “every day” or “some days” of at least one combustible tobacco product: cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, filtered little cigars, pipes, water pipes, or hookahs (for cigarettes, users were defined as persons who had smoked ≥100 cigarette during their lifetime and reported currently smoking “every day” or “some days”).
¶ Small sample size or prevalence estimates with a relative standard error ≥30% are not presented.
** Includes workers in the agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting industry, mining industry, utilities industry, Management of companies and enterprises industry and armed forces industry. Industries with small sample size or ≥30% relative standard error, were combined to improve reliability.
†† Includes workers in the architecture and engineering occupation, life, physical, and social science occupation, community and social services occupation, legal occupation, farming, fishing, and forestry occupation, and military occupation. Occupations with small sample size or ≥30% relative standard error were combined to improve reliability.