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. 2022 Aug 8;119(31-32):527–534. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0244

Table 1. 30-Day prevalence of the use of conventional tobacco products, electronic inhalation products, and tobacco heaters, as well as the use of waterpipes (hookahs); extrapolation to the 18- to 64-year-old population.

Tobacco Men  Women  Total *4 Extrapolation *5
n % [95% CI] n % [95% CI] n % [95% CI] N [95% CI]
Cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, pipe 861 25.7 [23.9; 27.6] 853 19.5 [18.1; 21.1] 1716 22.7 [21.4; 24.0] 11.6 M [10.9; 12.3]
Daily use *1 414 14.3 [12.8; 16.0] 505 13.2 [11.9; 14.6] 919 13.7 [12.6; 14.9] 7.0 M [6.4; 7.6]
Heavy use *2 (among users) 139 24.8 [20.6; 29.5] 104 16.2 [12.6; 20.5] 243 21.0 [18.2; 24.1] 2.4 M [2.0; 3.0]
Waterpipe (hookah) 252 5.3 [4.4; 6.3] 227 3.0 [2.5; 3.5] 479 4.1 [3.6; 4.7] 2.1 M [1.8; 2.4]
E-cigarette, e-waterpipe, e-pipe, e-cigar 182 4.9 [4.1; 5.9] 179 3.6 [2.9; 4.6] 362 4.3 [3.7; 5.0] 2.2 M [1.9; 2.6]
Heat-not-burn products 43 1.3 [0.8; 2.1] 61 1.2 [0.9; 1.7] 104 1.3 [0.9; 1.7] 665 [460; 869]
At least one of these products *3 1070 31.0 [29.2; 32.9] 1071 23.4 [21.7; 25.1] 2144 27.2 [26.0; 28.6] 13.9 M [13.3; 14.6]

*1 Daily use of at least one cigarette

*2 Daily use of at least 20 cigarettes among cigarette users

*3 At least one-time use of cigarettes, cigarillos, pipes, waterpipes, e-cigarettes, e-waterpipes, e-pipes, e-cigars, or heat-not-burn products in the preceding 30 days

*4 Includes men, women, and diverse

*5 Mean based on 51 139 451 individuals aged 18–64 years (as of 31.12.2020, German Federal Statistical Office)

n = Unweighted number; % = weighted prevalence; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval; N = projection in thousands except where millions indicated; M, million