| |
Current smokers
|
Former smokers
|
Never smokers
|
Total
|
P
1
|
|---|
|
% (95%CI) (weighted)
|
|---|
|
Perception
|
|
A lot more harmful than smoking
|
3.1% (2.2–4.0%)
|
2.6% (1.7–3.5%)
|
1.9% (1.2–2.6%)
|
2.5% (2.0–3.0%)
|
0.180
|
|
More harmful than smoking
|
7.8% (6.3–9.2%)
|
6.1% (4.7–7.5%)
|
5.4% (4.3–6.5%)
|
6.4% (5.6–7.2%)
|
0.074
|
|
Equally harmful to smoking
|
28.6% (26.2–31.0%)
|
21.2% (18.9–23.5%)
|
26.3% (24.1–28.5%)
|
25.5% (24.2–26.8%)
|
0.005
|
|
Less harmful than smoking
|
30.9% (28.4–33.4%)
|
30.0% (27.4–32.6%)
|
36.3% (33.9–38.7%)
|
32.7% (31.3–34.1%)
|
< 0.001
|
|
A lot less harmful than smoking
|
4.6% (3.5–5.7%)
|
6.8% (5.4–8.2%)
|
5.0% (3.9–6.1%)
|
5.4% (4.7–6.1%)
|
0.008
|
|
Absolutely harmless
|
0.7% (0.3–1.1%)
|
2.7% (1.8–3.6%)
|
1.0% (0.5–1.5%)
|
1.4% (1.0–1.8%)
|
< 0.001
|
|
Don’t know
|
20.5% (18.3–22.7%)
|
18.8% (16.6–21.0%)
|
14.7% (12.9–16.5%)
|
17.8% (16.6–19.0%)
|
0.001
|
- 1Comparison between current, former and never smokers (χ2 test)
