Percentage of respondents reporting the source of their last purchase of cigarettes: France, the Netherland, Ireland and Scotland
| France | The Netherlands | Ireland | Scotland | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave 1 (December 2006–January 2007) | Wave 2 (September–November 2008) | Wave 1 (March–April 2008) | Wave 4 (May–June 2010) | Wave 5 (May–June 2011) | Wave 1 (December 2003–January 2004) | Wave 2 (December 2004–January 2005) | Wave 3 (February– March 2006) | Wave 3 (February– March 2006) | |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Out of country (inside EU) | 12.8 | 16.7*** | 1.4 | 2.7** | 2.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| Out of country (outside EU) | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | ||||
| Duty free | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.2** | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| Any direct purchase (mail, phone or internet) | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Someone else (eg, independent seller) | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Refused/don't know/other† | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.4** | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| n | 1735 | 1540 | 2224 | 1723 | 1672 | 1071 | 912 | 578 | 507 |
†Unlike other ITC surveys, the Netherland surveys do not contain a follow-up open-ended question for individuals who responded ‘other’ as the source of their last purchase of cigarettes. See text for more details; n represents the total number of valid responses (ie, the denominator). *, ** and ***: significant difference at 5%, 1% and 0.1% with previous time period. These should be interpreted with great caution as the number of comparisons is absurdly high.
EU, European Union; ITC, International Tobacco Control.