Cigarette retailers selling flavoured products | E-cigarette retailers selling flavoured products* | |||||||||
n | Flavoured products (%) | Menthol/mint† (%) | Capsule beads† (%) | n | Fruit (%) | Menthol (%) | Food/beverage (%) | Candy (%) | Tobacco (%) | |
Total | 1612 | 63.2 | 88.6 | 55.6 | 60 | 86.7 | 70.0 | 50.0 | 35.0 | 13.3 |
By city | ||||||||||
Shanghai | 141 | 84.4 | 99.2 | 69.7 | 12 | 100.0 | 91.7 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 16.7 |
Beijing | 107 | 93.5 | 99.0 | 27.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Guangzhou, Guangdong | 194 | 36.6 | 97.2 | 29.6 | 18 | 83.3 | 44.4 | 94.4 | 72.2 | 16.7 |
Chongqing | 589 | 53.1 | 71.2 | 76.0 | 20 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
Shenyang, Liaoning | 135 | 92.6 | 99.2 | 24.8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Jinan, Shandong | 110 | 92.7 | 89.2 | 83.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
Kunming, Yunnan | 161 | 41.6 | 100.0 | 7.5 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Guilin, Guangxi | 60 | 43.3 | 76.9 | 57.7 | 4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 |
Kaifeng, Henan | 82 | 81.7 | 94.0 | 91.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Baiyin, Gansu | 33 | 87.9 | 100.0 | 3.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
χ2 (p value) | – | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | – | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
By urban/rural | ||||||||||
Urban (0–100 m) | 1092 | 66.7 | 88.9 | 52.5 | 56 | 87.5 | 67.9 | 53.6 | 35.7 | 14.3 |
Rural (0–250 m) | 520 | 56.0 | 88.0 | 63.6 | 4 | 75.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 |
χ2 (p value) | – | <0.001 | 0.68 | 0.02 | – | 0.48 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.66 | 0.42 |
By school type | ||||||||||
Junior high schools | 773 | 61.3 | 89.2 | 53.8 | 25 | 88.0 | 68.0 | 48.0 | 44.0 | 12.0 |
Senior high schools | 597 | 64.0 | 88.5 | 58.4 | 26 | 84.6 | 69.2 | 50.0 | 30.8 | 11.5 |
Vocational senior high schools | 242 | 67.4 | 87.1 | 54.6 | 9 | 88.9 | 77.8 | 55.6 | 22.2 | 22.2 |
χ2 (p value) | – | 0.54 | 0.77 | 0.17 | – | 0.92 | 0.86 | 0.93 | 0.42 | 0.70 |
By geographical location | ||||||||||
Central (Kaifeng) | 82 | 81.7 | 94.0 | 91.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
East (Shanghai, Jinan) | 251 | 88.0 | 94.6 | 76.0 | 14 | 100.0 | 92.9 | 57.1 | 42.9 | 14.3 |
North (Beijing) | 107 | 93.5 | 99.0 | 27.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Northeast (Shenyang) | 135 | 92.6 | 99.2 | 24.8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Northwest (Baiyin) | 33 | 87.9 | 100.0 | 3.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
South (Guangzhou) | 194 | 36.6 | 97.2 | 29.6 | 18 | 83.3 | 44.4 | 94.4 | 72.2 | 16.7 |
Southwest (Chongqing, Kunming, Guilin) | 810 | 50.1 | 76.4 | 63.5 | 24 | 79.2 | 79.2 | 20.8 | 8.3 | 12.5 |
χ2 (p value) | – | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | – | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
By city population | ||||||||||
<5 million people (Kaifeng, Baiyin) | 115 | 83.5 | 95.8 | 64.6 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
5–10 million people (Shenyang, Jinan, Kunming, Guilin) | 466 | 68.7 | 94.4 | 42.5 | 6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 16.7 |
>10 million people (Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing) | 1031 | 58.5% | 84.4 | 61.2 | 53 | 84.9 | 67.9 | 50.9 | 35.8 | 13.2 |
χ2 (p value) | – | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.05 | – | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
By economic development type | ||||||||||
Less developed cities (Chongqing, Shenyang, Kunming, Guilin, Kaifeng, Baiyin) | 1060 | 59.2 | 83.9 | 56.0 | 25 | 80.0 | 76.0 | 20.0 | 8.0 | 12.0 |
Developed cities (Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Jinan) | 552 | 71.0 | 96.2 | 55.1 | 35 | 91.4 | 65.7 | 71.4 | 54.3 | 14.3 |
χ2 (p value) | – | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | – | 0.20 | 0.39 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.80 |
*Examples of flavours are fruits: mango, orange, banana, etc; food: cookie, chips, yoghurt, green tea, etc; and candy: chocolate, bubblegum, etc.
†Percentage of retailers selling flavoured cigarettes.
N/A, not applicable.