Table 4

Symptoms caused by HNB tobacco aerosol produced by others

CharacteristicsAmong total sample, n=8240Among those exposed to aerosol of HNB tobacco, n=977
Exposed to aerosol of HNB tobacco, n (%)Sore throat, %Eye pain, %Feeling ill, %Other injury or symptom, %Any symptom, %
Total977 (11.9)20.622.325.113.437.0
Sex
  Men582 (14.1)19.724.024.318.631.4
  Women395 (9.6)21.919.926.35.745.3
Age groups, years*
  17–29179 (10.6)27.937.339.714.556.3
  30–39310 (18.5)22.325.024.013.642.1
  40–49227 (12.0)22.422.325.111.028.8
  50–59169 (12.2)11.65.712.018.824.4
  60–7193 (5.8)13.014.924.86.626.1
Combustible cigarette and HNB tobacco/e-cigarette use*
  Never/never†294 (6.9)23.128.738.09.649.2
  At least one former and no current‡272 (13.1)21.120.922.910.641.2
  At least one current§412 (21.5)18.618.717.418.025.6
  • *Status in 2017.

  • †Never/never means persons who never smoke (combustible tobacco) and never use HNB tobacco/e-cigarette.

  • ‡Former/former, former/never or never/former.

  • §Current/never, current/former, current/current, former/current or never/current.

  • HNB, heat-not-burn.