Table 1

Wave 1 characteristics overall and by pre-ban menthol versus non-menthol use, among adult smokers who participated in waves 1–3 of the ITC Netherlands 2020–2021 Surveys,* weighted

VariableOverall
(N=1326)
Menthol smokers
(n=99)
Non-menthol smokers
(n=1223)
Menthol vs non-menthol
n%95% CIn%95% CIn%95% CIP value
Region
West54746.546.1 to 46.95257.047.4 to 66.149445.744.8 to 46.60.060
North15411.511.3 to 11.81111.86.7 to 19.914211.510.9 to 12.0
East29120.720.4 to 21.02219.713.3 to 28.126820.820.1 to 21.5
South33421.219.4 to 23.11411.56.9 to 18.631922.021.4 to 22.6
Sex
Male75156.653.8 to 59.32929.221.0 to 39.071958.755.9 to 61.5 <0.001
Female57543.440.7 to 46.27070.861.0 to 79.050441.338.5 to 44.1
Age group (years)
18–2416614.212.3 to 16.01317.210.3 to 27.215314.012.0 to 16.2 <0.001
25–3941828.225.9 to 29.55144.835.3 to 54.836526.824.4 to 29.3
40–5436327.024.6 to 29.52224.316.6 to 34.234027.224.8 to 29.8
55+37930.628.1 to 33.21313.68.0 to 22.136532.029.4 to 34.7
Household income
Low27821.419.2 to 23.82121.514.3 to 31.025621.419.1 to 23.80.659
Moderate25819.417.3 to 21.71615.69.6 to 24.124219.817.6 to 22.2
High49336.333.7 to 39.04341.432.0 to 51.444835.833.2 to 38.6
Not stated29722.920.6 to 25.31921.614.2 to 31.427723.020.7 to 25.5
Education
Low46238.335.6 to 41.02123.816.0 to 33.843839.336.5 to 42.2 <0.001
Moderate57240.938.3 to 43.63938.028.8 to 48.053241.238.5 to 44.0
High28520.318.3 to 22.63837.328.2 to 47.424719.016.9 to 21.3
Not stated70.460.22 to 1.010.90.1 to 6.260.40.2 to 1.0
Smoking frequency
Non-daily20215.013.2 to 17.12525.317.5 to 35.017614.112.3 to 16.2 0.003
Daily112485.082.9 to 86.87474.765.0 to 82.4104785.983.8 to 87.7
Usual brand
FM87565.562.9 to 68.19697.291.5 to 99.177763.060.2 to 65.7 <0.001
RYO44634.531.9 to 37.132.80.9 to 8.544137.034.3 to 39.8
HSI
Lower (0–3)103778.876.5 to 81.08486.578.3 to 92.094878.275.7 to 80.50.051
Higher (4–6)27621.119.0 to 23.51413.58.0 to 21.726121.819.5 to 24.3
HSI mean score13132.22.1 to 2.3981.51.2 to 1.812092.32.2 to 2.4 <0.001
Plans to quit
No plans12912.410.5 to 14.666.32.8 to 13.612313.011.0 to 15.3 0.007
Within 6 months34031.628.8 to 34.54045.735.3 to 56.529930.227.4 to 33.3
In future >6 months58656.052.9 to 59.04047.937.4 to 58.754656.753.5 to 59.9
Ever tried to quit
No31424.021.8 to 26.52021.514.2 to 31.229324.221.8 to 26.80.565
Yes101076.073.5 to 78.27978.568.8 to 85.892875.873.2 to 78.1
  • Statistically significant values are indicated in bold.

  • *Wave 1 (pre-ban): February–March 2020; menthol ban: May 2020; wave 2 (post-ban): September–November 2020; wave 3 (post-ban): June–July 2021.

  • FM, factory-made cigarettes; HSI, Heaviness of Smoking Index; ITC, International Tobacco Control; RYO, roll-your-own tobacco.