Table 4.
Transitions between flavours/devices used most often among 2018 frequent adult ENDS users who were followed up in 2020, by smoking status (n=356)
| 2018 Flavour and device | 2018 smoking status | 2020 flavour and device | ||||||||||
| Tobacco/menthol/mint (all devices) |
Non-tobacco/menthol flavours (disposables and tanks) | Fruit/other flavoured cartridge* | Reduced or quit vaping | Cumulative row % | Switched flavour/device† | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | % | ||
| Tobacco/menthol/mint: all devices | Dual users | 53 | 50.9 | 8 | 7.7 | 6 | 10.9 | 42 | 30.5 | 109 | 100.0 | 18.6 |
| Ex-smokers | 57 | 75.8 | 4 | 6.6 | 1 | 7.6 | 13 | 10.1 | 75 | 100.0 | 14.2 | |
| Fruit/other flavours: disposables and tanks | Dual users | 5 | 5.6 | 29 | 49.0 | 4 | 2.9 | 29 | 42.5 | 67 | 100.0 | 8.5 |
| Ex-smokers | 6 | 9.8 | 54 | 74.1 | 3 | 3.1 | 9 | 13.1 | 72 | 100.0 | 12.9 | |
| Fruit/other flavour: cartridges* | Dual users | 7 | 46.0 | 4 | 11.2 | 2 | 11.7 | 9 | 31.1 | 22 | 100.0 | 57.2 |
| Ex-smokers | 3 | 36.4 | 2 | 15.2 | 6 | 48.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 100.0 | 51.6 | |
Data are weighted and adjusted for sex, age, time-in-sample and baseline smoking status (daily, non-daily and ex-smoker). Four smokers were missing ENDS flavour or device data at follow-up and were excluded.
*Flavour–device combination enforced under the 2020 federal policy. Light grey shading: respondents using a flavour/device exempt from the 2020 enforcement priority. Dark grey shading: respondents using a flavour/device not exempt from the 2020 enforcement priority.
†Respondents who continued to vape but switched to another flavour/device between 2018 and 2020. Bolded estimates: those who continued to use the same ENDS flavour/device. Due to small sample sizes, data should be interpreted with caution.
ENDS, electronic nicotine delivery systems.