Sample characteristics for the combined sample, and separately by tobacco format: factory made (FM) cigarettes or roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco
Combined sample | FM smokers | RYO smokers | ||||
obs | % | obs | % | obs | % | |
Total observations | 8943 | 100.0 | 7475 | 100.0 | 1468 | 100.00 |
Individualised Affordability (%) | ||||||
Mean and SD | 91.4 | 9.7 | 90.6 | 10.1 | 95.5 | 5.9 |
Annual Income (£) | ||||||
Mean and SD | 29 347 | 21 832 | 30 277 | 22 464 | 24 608 | 17 534 |
Price per cigarette (£) | ||||||
Mean and SD | 0.265 | 0.080 | 0.273 | 0.075 | 0.227 | 0.092 |
Cigarettes per day | ||||||
Mean and SD | 16.8 | 8.2 | 16.7 | 8.1 | 17.0 | 9.1 |
Sex (%) | ||||||
Female | 5196 | 58.1 | 4647 | 62.2 | 549 | 37.4 |
Male | 3747 | 41.9 | 2828 | 37.8 | 919 | 62.6 |
Age | ||||||
Mean and SD | 49 | 14.2 | 48 | 14.4 | 50 | 12.9 |
Region | ||||||
London | 1094 | 12.2 | 964 | 12.9 | 130 | 8.9 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 729 | 8.2 | 645 | 8.6 | 84 | 5.7 |
East Midlands | 634 | 7.1 | 513 | 6.9 | 121 | 8.2 |
Eastern | 753 | 8.4 | 601 | 8.0 | 152 | 10.4 |
North East | 393 | 4.4 | 340 | 4.6 | 53 | 3.6 |
South East | 1139 | 12.7 | 930 | 12.4 | 209 | 14.2 |
South West | 657 | 7.6 | 478 | 6.4 | 197 | 13.4 |
West Midlands | 797 | 8.9 | 679 | 9.1 | 118 | 8.0 |
North West | 951 | 10.6 | 819 | 11.0 | 132 | 9.0 |
Wales | 479 | 5.4 | 368 | 4.9 | 111 | 7.6 |
Scotland | 1009 | 11.3 | 882 | 11.8 | 127 | 8.7 |
Northern Ireland | 290 | 3.2 | 256 | 3.4 | 34 | 2.3 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
White | 8534 | 95.4 | 7094 | 94.9 | 1440 | 98.1 |
Not white | 409 | 4.6 | 381 | 5.1 | 28 | 1.9 |
Education | ||||||
Low | 5236 | 58.6 | 4389 | 58.7 | 847 | 57.7 |
Moderate | 2380 | 26.6 | 1998 | 26.7 | 382 | 26.0 |
High | 1327 | 14.8 | 1088 | 14.6 | 239 | 16.3 |
Time to first cigarette (TTFC) | ||||||
Least addicted (over 60 min) | 1218 | 13.6 | 1066 | 14.3 | 152 | 10.4 |
31–60 min | 1879 | 21.0 | 1593 | 21.3 | 286 | 19.5 |
6–30 min | 4407 | 49.3 | 3667 | 49.1 | 740 | 50.4 |
Most addicted (within 5 min) | 1439 | 16.1 | 1149 | 15.4 | 290 | 19.8 |
Purchase source | ||||||
UK store-based | 7495 | 83.8 | 6439 | 86.1 | 1056 | 71.9 |
Non-UK/non-store | 1448 | 16.2 | 1036 | 13.9 | 412 | 28.1 |
Total n=4062, observations=8943.