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Table 1 Sample characteristics in row percentage and counts by use of alternative nicotine products (n = 1777)

From: Smokers who have not tried alternative nicotine products: a 2019 survey of adults in Great Britain

Variables

Total by variables, % (n)

Use of alternative nicotine products

Comparison

Never tried

Tried or used

27.9% (496)

72.1% (1281)

Gender, % (n)

 Male

45.5 (808)

30.1 (243)

69.9 (565)

χ2 (1) = 3.4, p = .064; V = .044

 Female

54.5 (969)

26.1 (253)

73.9 (716)

Age, % (n)

 18–24

14.1 (250)

34.8 (87)

65.2 (163)

χ2 (4) = 9.0, p = .060; V = .071

 25–34

15.7 (279)

29.7 (83)

70.3 (196)

 35–44

16.6 (295)

24.7 (73)

75.3 (222)

 45–54

24.1 (429)

25.6 (110)

74.4 (319)

 55+

29.5 (524)

27.3 (143)

72.7 (381)

Ethnicity, % (n)

 White

91.9 (1632)

27.1 (443)

72.9 (1189)

χ 2 (1) = 6.4, p = .01; V = .060

 BME

8.0 (143)

37.1 (53)

62.9 (90)

 Missing*

0.1 (2)

(0)

(2)

 

SES, % (n)

 ABC1

47.4 (843)

30.1 (254)

69.9 (589)

χ 2 (1) = 3.9, p = .048; V = .047

 C2DE

52.6 (934)

25.9 (242)

74.1 (692)

Education, % (n)

 Low

31.7 (564)

28.0 (158)

72.0 (406)

χ2 (2) = 0.9, p = .65; V = .022

 Medium

44.9 (797)

28.7 (229)

71.3 (568)

 High

23.4 (416)

26.2 (109)

73.8 (307)

Smoking, % (n)

 Non-daily

29.2 (518)

36.3 (188)

63.7 (330)

χ 2 (1) = 25.5, p < .001; V = .120

 Daily

70.8 (1259)

24.5 (308)

75.5 (951)

MTSS, % (n)

 Low

50.2 (892)

33.0 (294)

67.0 (598)

χ 2 (2) = 24.2, p < .001; V = .117

 Moderate

38.8 (689)

23.8 (164)

76.2 (525)

 Strong

11.0 (196)

19.4 (38)

80.6 (158)

CPD, % (n)

 1–10

46.3 (822)

30.2 (248)

69.8 (574)

χ 2 (3) = 23.8, p < .001; V = .122

 11–20

32.1 (570)

19.8 (113)

80.2 (457)

 21–30

9.0 (160)

18.8 (30)

81.2 (130)

 31+

2.5 (45)

20.0 (9)

80.0 (36)

 Missing*

10.1 (180)

53.3 (96)

46.7 (84)

 

TTFC, % (n)

 Within 5 min

16.4 (292)

20.5 (60)

79.5 (232)

χ 2 (4) = 75.3, p < .001; V = .206

 6 to 30 min

34.7 (617)

21.4 (132)

78.6 (485)

 31 to 60 min

12.5 (222)

25.2 (56)

74.8 (166)

 After 60 min

24.9 (442)

33.3 (147)

66.7 (295)

 Don’t know

11.5 (204)

49.5 (101)

50.5 (103)

HSI, % (n)

 Low to moderate (0–3)

66.5 (1182)

26.1 (308)

73.9 (874)

χ 2 (1) = 6.7, p = .010; V = .067

 High (4–6)

18.3 (325)

19.1 (62)

80.9 (263)

 Missing*

15.2 (270)

46.7 (126)

53.3 (144)

 
  1. *Missing data are not included in χ2 tests
  2. Proportion cells in bold are associated with adjusted residuals greater than ± 2.58 (α = 0.01)
  3. BME Black and Minority ethnic group, SES socioeconomic status, MTSS motivation to stop smoking, CPD cigarettes smoked per day, TTFC time to the first cigarette, HSI heaviness of smoking index, a combination of CPD and TTFC [19]