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. 2021 Jun 5;23(11):1831–1838. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab119

Table 3.

Sociodemographic and Smoking Profile of Dual Users of Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes in England Who Use E-Cigarettes in Situations Where Smoking Is not Permitted: 2011–2012 and 2019–2020

Use of e-cigarettes in situations where smoking is not permitted Interactiona
Yesb Noc
2011–2012 2019–2020 Changed 2011–2012 2019–2020 Changed OR [95% CI] p
n 95 337 60 139
Age in years (%)
16–24 18.9 19.9 1.0 10.0 26.6 16.6 0.51 [0.12–2.14] .354
25–34 12.6 24.0 11.4 18.3 20.9 2.6 2.15 [0.54–8.55] .278
35–44 24.2 15.1 −9.1 15.0 13.7 −1.3 0.88 [0.22–3.54] .858
45–54 14.7 16.3 1.6 25.0 10.8 −14.2 3.30 [0.83–13.15] .091
55–64 15.8 15.4 −0.4 16.7 15.1 −1.6 1.39 [0.34–5.61] .648
≥65 13.7 9.2 −4.5 15.0 12.9 −2.1 Ref
Women (%) 44.2 45.4 1.2 46.7 42.4 −4.3 1.25 [0.58–2.67] .573
Social grade C2DE (%) 57.9 48.4 −9.5 48.3 46.0 −2.3 0.75 [0.35–1.60] .452
Region (%)
North 36.8 37.4 0.6 30.0 32.4 2.4 0.95 [0.38–2.39] .954
Central 28.4 29.7 1.3 33.3 32.4 −0.9 1.09 [0.43–2.76] .856
South 34.7 32.9 −1.8 36.7 35.3 −1.4 Ref
Nondaily smoker (%) 7.4 14.5 7.1 8.3 20.9 12.6 0.74 [0.20–2.71] .646
First cigarette within 5 min of waking (%) 20.0 13.6 −6.4 16.7 13.7 −3.0 0.80 [0.29–2.22] .666
High motivation to stop (%)e 31.6 24.0 −7.6 30.0 29.5 −0.5 0.70 [0.31–1.61] .403
Currently cutting down (%) 71.6 69.7 −1.9 93.3 84.9 −8.4 2.28 [0.67–7.75] .187
Currently using NRT (%) 17.9 7.1 −10.8 28.3 22.3 −6.0 0.49 [0.19–1.27] .139
Tried to quit in past year (%) 62.1 47.8 −14.3 55.0 46.8 −8.2 0.78 [0.36–1.67] .518
Beta [95% CI] p
Cigarettes per day (mean [SD]) 14.91 (9.33) 9.57 (7.42) −5.34 12.70 (8.44) 8.84 (6.66) −3.86 −1.48 [−4.40 to 1.43] .318
Strength of urges to smoke (mean [SD])f 2.51 (1.01) 2.00 (0.99) −0.51 2.13 (0.96) 1.82 (1.05) −0.31 −0.19 [−0.57 to 0.19] .330

OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; SD = standard deviation; NRT = nicotine replacement therapy; ref = referent category.

aThe 2 × 2 interaction between survey year (2011–2012 vs. 2019–2020) and use of e-cigarettes in situations where smoking is not permitted (yes vs. no) for each sociodemographic and smoking-related characteristic.

bDescriptive characteristics of dual users responding to the Smoking Toolkit Study surveys in April 2011 to March 2012 and April 2019 to February 2020 (aggregated monthly data) who use e-cigarettes in situations where smoking is not permitted.

cDescriptive characteristics of dual users responding to the Smoking Toolkit Study surveys in April 2011 to March 2012 and April 2019 to February 2020 (aggregated monthly data) who do not use e-cigarettes in situations where smoking is not permitted.

dPercent or mean change between 2011–2012 and 2019–2020.

eDefined as really wanting to stop smoking within the next 3 months.

fSelf-rated strength of urges to smoke over the past 24 hours, on a scale from 0 (not at all) to 5 (extremely strong).