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. 2022 Dec 5;12:20967. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25594-4

Table 1.

Country-wise overall estimates (%) and their 95% CI of awareness about e-cigarettes, ever and current use of e-cigarettes and dual use for the data available in 75 GYTS countries.

Country Awareness€ Ever use£ Current use¥ Dual®
High income
Antigua & Barbuda 49.6 [45.9,53.3] 5.1 [4.1,6.3] 1.0 [0.6,1.5]
Bahrain 60.3 [55.7,64.7] 19.9 [15.8,24.8]
Cook Islands 45.2 [45.2,45.2] 16 [16.0,16.0] 9.4 [9.4,9.4] 4.1 [4.1,4.1]
Czech Republic 95.3 [94.4,96.1] 26.2 [23.3,29.3] 11.1 [9.4,13.1] 7.3 [6.0,8.9]
Guam 82.6 [80.5,84.4] 48.2 [44.6,51.8] 35.1 [32.4,38.0] 7.7 [6.4,9.2]
Italy 55.1 [51.3, 58.9] 18.3 [15.7,21.2] 10 [8.1,12.2]
Kuwait 81.3 [77.3,84.8] 23.6 [19.7,28.0]
Latvia 52.4 [49.0, 55.8] 18.5 [16.6,20.6] 8.6 [7.3,10.2]
Macao 70.9 [67.4,74.1] 2.7 [1.7,4.3] 0.8 [0.4,1.6]
Niue 71.5 [63.9,78.0] 36.5 [26.9,47.3] 22.5 [15.8,31.0] 8.0 [4.3,14.3]
Oman 44.4 [38.9,50.1] 6.3 [4.3,9.0] 0.8 [0.5,1.3]
Panama 45.2 [40.0,50.5] 7.7 [6.2,9.5] 6.8 [5.4,8.5] 1.2 [0.7,2.1]
Poland 95.8 [94.8,96.6] 44.5 [42.0,47.1] 26.9 [24.8,29.2] 14 [12.2,15.2]
Qatar 60.9 [56.9,64.7] 17.2 [14.0,20.9] 10.8 [8.6,13.5] 2.1 [1.3,3.2]
San Marino 29.0 [23.6,35.0] 24 [19.3,29.5] 10.7 [7.7,14.6] 4.1 [2.6,6.6]
Seychelles 38.0 [35.0,41.2] 11.9 [10.1,13.9] 7.4 [6.0,9.1] 2.8 [2.0,3.8]
Slovakia 8.1 [6.5,9.9] 5.0 [3.8,6.4]
Slovenia 84.9 [82.2,87.3] 16.8 [14.0,20.1] 0
Trinidad & Tobago 71.9 [69.3,74.4] 26.9 [24.1,29.9] 15.7 [13.9,17.8] 3.7 [2.7,4.9]
Uruguay 25.3 [20.6, 30.1] 14.2 [9.8,20.1] 3.6 [1.5,8.5]
Upper middle income
Albania 64.7 [60.3,68.9] 6.8 [5.8,8.0] 2.4 [1.7,3.5]
Argentina 76.1 [68.2,82.5] 15.7 [11.3,21.3] 8.2 [5.7,11.7] 4.1 [3.0,5.5]
Belarus 81.9 [78.0,85.2] 0
Belize 33.6 [29.0,38.7] 7.7 [6.0,10.0] 6.3 [5.0,7.9] 2.2 [1.5,3.3]
Bosnia & Herzegovina 90.5 12.1 [10.6, 13.6] 5.8 [4.7, 6.9]
Bulgaria 88.5 [84.8,91.4] 21.6 [19.4,24.0] 10.9 [8.7,13.5] 5.8 [4.2,8.1]
Croatia 91.1 [89.1,92.9] 22.1 [17.8,27.2] 10.8 [8.6,13.6] 6.0 [4.2,8.3]
Cuba 49.7 [44.0,55.5] 6.0 [4.4,8.2] 2.5 [1.6,3.9]
Dominican Republic 67.3 [62.3,71.8] 20.7 [17.2,24.6] 10.6 [8.5,13.1] 1.7 [1.1,2.5]
Ecuador 50.2 [42.2,58.2] 17.3 [12.0,24.3] 10.8 [8.5,13.5] 3.6 [2.6,4.9]
Fiji 33.9 [31.1,36.9] 12.5 [9.4,16.3] 12.6 [9.9,15.9] 3.2 [2.3,4.5]
Grenada 44.9 [40.4,49.6] 7.6 [6.1,9.5] 2.1 [1.5,2.9]
Guyana 22.7 [19.8,25.9] 8.0 [5.8,10.8] 8.3 [5.8,11.7] 2.3 [1.5,3.5]
Indonesia 71.3 [68.3,74.1] 22.9 [20.8,25.1] 14.4 [13.0,15.9] 8.5 [7.5,9.6]
Iraq 53.9 [47.8,59.9] 16.1 [12.6,20.3] 9.2 [6.4,13.1] 4.5 [2.6,7.5]
Jamaica 44.0 [44.0,44.0] 16.2 [16.2,16.2] 12.5 [12.5,12.5] 3.9 [3.9,3.9]
Kazakhstan 45.5 [35.3,56.0] 3.4 [2.1,5.7] 2.0 [1.2,3.4] 0.4 [0.2,1.0]
Maldives 58.9 [55.9,61.8] 18.8 [16.5,21.3] 0
Marshall Islands 28.1 [26.0,30.4] 18.7 [16.7,21.0] 7.9 [6.8,9.3]
Mauritius 54.2 [47.2,61.0] 11.3 [8.5,15.0] 5.7 [4.0,8.0]
Macedonia 68.7 [66.0,71.2] 4.1 [3.3,5.2] 1.7 [1.2,2.3]
Montenegro 81.6 [79.0,83.9] 0
Paraguay 77.4 [66.3,85.6] 23.3 [18.2, 28.4] 11.3 [9.6,13.2] 1.6 [1.2,2.2]
Peru 52.7 [47.4,58.0] 13.5 [11.8, 15.1] 6.9 [5.7,8.3] 2.3 [1.8,3.0]
Romania 19.6 [17.6,21.7] 14.3 [12.8,15.8] 7.6 [6.5,8.9] 2.9 [2.4,3.6]
Saint Lucia 47.5 [42.4,52.7] 15.7 [13.4,18.3] 10.7 [8.5,13.3] 2.9 [2.1,4.1]
Saint Vincent 39.2 7.5 [6.0, 9.1] 1.9 [1.2,2.6]
Samoa 27.6 [23.8,31.7] 12.2 [9.9,15.0] 12.7 [10.5,15.3] 4.1 [3.1,5.4]
Serbia 23.4 [22.0, 24.7] 7 [7.0,7.0] 3.4 [3.4,3.4]
Srpska (Is this wrongly spelled?) 86.6 [84.4,88.5] 0
Suriname 41.3 [36.4,46.5] 5.7 [4.4,7.3] 2.1 [1.5,3.0]
Thailand 38.6 [32.5,45.0] 5.4 [3.9,7.5] 3.4 [2.5,4.7] 1.8 [1.4,2.5]
Lower middle income
El Salvador 31.5 [27.6,35.7] 8.0 [6.1, 10.0] 3.1 [2.5,3.9] 1.6 [1.2,2.1]
Bolivia 48.6 [44.4,52.9] 12.8 [10.8,15.0] 8.4 [7.2,9.7] 3.1 [2.5,3.8]
Cambodia 9.4 [7.4,11.9] 2.3 [1.7,3.1] 2.4 [1.9,2.9] 0.1 [0.0,0.2]
Congo 37.0 [33.1,41.0] 9.5 [7.1,12.7] 5.5 [3.7,8.2] 1.2 [0.8,1.7]
Georgia 78.9 [73.4,83.5] 12.4 [9.6,15.9] 3.3 [2.3,4.8]
Ghana 14.3 [11.6,17.4] 8.7 [6.1,12.2] 5.8 [3.9,8.4] 1.2 [0.6,2.2]
Guatemala 39.8 [35.1,44.7] 11.4 [9.7,13.4] 6.1 [4.7,7.7] 3.2 [2.5,4.1]
Kiribati 25.5 [23.4,27.8] 11.7 [9.7, 13.6] 11.2 [9.5,13.3] 4.9 [3.7,6.4]
Kosovo 37.0 [33.6,40.5] 7.6 [6.7,8.5] 4.5 [3.8,5.5] 1.1 [0.8,1.6]
Kyrgyzstan 41.0 [36.4,45.7] 5.3 [4.1, 6.6] 2.9 [2.2,3.9] 0.5 [0.3,0.9]
Lao republic 16.7 [13.9,19.8] 8.6 [7.3, 10.1] 4.9 [3.7,6.3] 1.4 [1.0,1.9]
Mauritania 33.5 [29.7,37.5] 18.7 [13.8,24.8] 6.7 [4.1,10.6]
Republic of Moldova 87.7 [85.6,89.6] 32.1 [29.3,35.1] 12.8 [11.3,14.5] 3.4 [2.6,4.4]
Mongolia 52.4 [47.5,57.2] 9.9 [8.0,12.0] 3.4 [2.5,4.6] 1.0 [0.6,1.6]
Morocco 44.1 [38.1,50.2] 5.4 [4.0,7.3] 0.8 [0.5,1.3]
Nicaragua 14.5 [12.2, 16.9] 8.6 [7.7,9.6] 3.1 [2.7,3.7]
Papua New Guinea 20.4 [18.3,22.8] 18 [15.0,21.3] 7.4 [5.6,9.7]
Philippines 43.3 [39.1,47.6] 12.1 [10.0,14.5] 0
Tunisia 54.6 [50.5,58.7] 6.4 [5.3,7.6] 4.8 [3.9,6.0] 1.7 [1.1,2.5]
Ukraine 93.2 [91.1,94.8] 36.3 [32.8,40.0] 17.4 [14.8,20.4] 3.7 [2.6,5.3]
Vanuatu 21.3 [18.4,24.5] 10.7 [8.4,13.6] 7.2 [5.5,9.4] 4.7 [3.4,6.4]
Yemen 29.5 [23.7,36.1] 14.4 [12.1,17.1] 13.9 [11.8,16.4] 2.3 [1.5,3.5]
Low income
Togo 16.3 [11.3,22.9] 1.2 [0.8,1.9] 0.4 [0.2,0.8]

€ -69 countries, £- 54 countries, ¥- 67 countries, ®-67 countries.