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. 2022 Apr 21;47:101401. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101401

Table 1.

Prevalence of ever heard of and use of electronic cigarette use among adults aged ≥ 15 years in 14 countries, 2015-2018.

Country (Year) Awareness of E-Cigarettes
Ever E-Cigarette Use
Current E-Cigarette Use
n* Prevalence % (95% CI) Population Count Prevalence % (95% CI) Population Count Prevalence % (95% CI) Population Count
Bangladesh (2017) 12,783 6.4 (5.5—7.4) 6,830,557 0.4 (0.3–0.6) 470,283 0.2 (0.1–0.4) 250,101
China (2018) 19,376 48.5 (46.0–51.0) 561,018,970 5.0 (4.4–5.6) 57,448,409 0.9 (0.7–1.2) 10,348,404
Costa Rica (2015) 8,607 47.5 (45.6–49.4) 1,735,139 4.1 (3.5–4.9) 150,723 1.3 (1.0–1.7) 46,664
Ethiopia (2016) 10,150 4.0 (3.3-4.9) 2,724,648 0.2 (0.1-0.3) 130,607 0.1 (0.03‒0.2) 44,535
India (2016-17) 74,037 3.0 (2.8–3.3) 28,227,700 0.1 (0.07–0.13) 882,753 0.02 (0.01–0.04) 186,273
Mexico (2015) 14,664 35.3 (33.6–37.1) 30,918,551 5.0 (4.4–5.6) 4,364,056 0.6 (0.5–0.9) 560,199
Philippines (2015) 11,644 31.7 (29.7–33.8) 22,170,708 2.8 (2.3–3.3) 1,955,324 0.8 (0.6–1.0) 529,859
Romania (2018) 4,571 76.5 (74.3-78.5) 14,102,840 11.3 (10.1-12.6) 2,060,951 3.4 (2.7-4.2) 618,145
Russia (2016) 11,458 79.9 (78.2–81.4) 95,452,955 14.2 (12.9–15.7) 17,023,473 3.5 (2.9–4.2) 4,185,942
Senegal (2015) 4,347 14.1 (12.2-16.1) 1,100,981 0.5 (0.3-0.8) 35,387 0.1 (0.03‒0.4) 8,083
Turkey (2016) 8,760 § § 2.2 (1.8–2.6) 1,309,453 1.3 (1.1–1.7) 808,763
Ukraine (2017) 8,298 50.9 (48.5–53.3) 18,363,317 6.4 (5.6–7.2) 2,290,328 1.7 (1.3–2.1) 602,136
Uruguay (2017) 4,966 45.3 (42.7-47.9) 1,251,345 3.1 (2.6-3.8) 86,415 0.2 (0.1–0.5) 6,441
Vietnam (2015) 8,996 18.6 (17.4–19.7) 12,853,466 1.1 (0.8–1.3) 727,287 0.2 (0.1–0.4) 151,550

Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.

Unweighted sample size.

Weighted crude prevalence.

Weighted number.

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No data.