Prevalence (per cent) of occasional, regular and past use of electronic cigarettes in a total sample of 15 406 Italians aged at least 15 years, overall and according to selected characteristics (Italy, 2014–2018)
| n | Electronic cigarette use (%) | ||||
| Never use | Past use | Occasional use | Regular use | ||
| Total (number) | 100.0 (15 406) | 94.3 (14 528) | 3.5 (533) | 1.1 (165) | 1.1 (178) |
| Sex | |||||
| Men | 7393 | 92.9 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Women | 8013 | 95.6 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Age (years) | |||||
| 15–24 | 1751 | 93.7 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| 25–44 | 4786 | 92.6 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 45–64 | 5034 | 93.4 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| ≥65 | 3835 | 97.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Level of education | |||||
| Low | 5569 | 96.1 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Intermediate | 7370 | 92.6 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| High | 2467 | 95.1 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Never smoker | 10 046 | 98.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Current smoker | 3395 | 82.2 | 12.0 | 3.5 | 2.4 |
| Ex-smoker | 1965 | 93.2 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| Survey year | |||||
| 2014–2015 | 6098 | 95.3 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| 2016–2017 | 6086 | 93.1 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 3222 | 94.9 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 |