Sociodemographic patterning of sample by wave 8 smoking and vaping status
| Unweighted n (weighted %) | ||||||
| Total | Smoking status | Vaping status | ||||
| Covariates | Never smokers | Ex-smokers | Current smokers | Non-regular vapers | Regular vapers | |
| 25 102 (100) | 13 511 (53.7) | 7724 (30.1) | 3867 (16.1) | |||
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Never smoker | 13 489 (55.9) | 22 (2.5) | ||||
| Ex-smoker | 7134 (28.8) | 590 (62.3) | ||||
| Current smoker | 3513 (15.3) | 354 (35.2) | ||||
| Vaping status | ||||||
| Non-regular vaper | 24 136 (96.0) | 13 489 (99.8) | 7134 (91.6) | 3513 (91.2) | ||
| Regular vaper | 966 (4.0) | 22 (0.2) | 590 (8.4) | 354 (8.8) | ||
| Degree | ||||||
| No degree | 15 743 (63.8) | 7603 (57.3) | 5090 (66.6) | 3049 (80.4) | 15 036 (63.3) | 706 (75.0) |
| Has degree | 9359 (36.2) | 5907 (42.7) | 2634 (33.4) | 818 (19.6) | 9100 (36.7) | 259 (25.0) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 11 035 (47.8) | 5394 (45.3) | 3800 (51.1) | 1841 (49.7) | 10 544 (47.5) | 491 (54.1) |
| Female | 14 067 (52.2) | 8117 (54.7) | 3924 (48.9) | 2026 (50.3) | 13 592 (52.5) | 475 (45.9) |
| Age | ||||||
| 16–24 | 1601 (12.8) | 1062 (16.4) | 153 (4.2) | 386 (17.1) | 1543 (13.0) | 58 (9.7) |
| 25–34 | 2682 (13.1) | 1520 (13.6) | 561 (9.3) | 601 (18.4) | 2524 (12.7) | 158 (20.9) |
| 35–44 | 4028 (14.9) | 2235 (14.8) | 1083 (14.3) | 710 (16.5) | 3821 (14.7) | 207 (19.6) |
| 45–54 | 5037 (17.9) | 2780 (17.7) | 1427 (17.7) | 830 (18.7) | 4804 (17.7) | 233 (21.9) |
| 55+ | 11 754 (41.3) | 5914 (37.5) | 4500 (54.6) | 1340 (29.3) | 11 444 (41.9) | 310 (27.9) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 22 087 (92.0) | 11 468 (89.3) | 7230 (95.6) | 3389 (94.2) | 21 199 (91.9) | 888 (95.3) |
| Non-white | 3015 (8.0) | 2043 (10.7) | 494 (4.4) | 478 (5.8) | 2937 (8.1) | 78 (4.7) |
| NSSEC | ||||||
| Management/professional | 6426 (24.7) | 4066 (29.4) | 1748 (22.2) | 612 (13.8) | 6207 (24.8) | 219 (21.5) |
| Intermediate | 3516 (13.7) | 2016 (15.0) | 985 (12.1) | 515 (12.1) | 3348 (13.6) | 168 (15.8) |
| Routine | 4569 (20.3) | 2206 (18.6) | 1257 (17.9) | 1106 (30.4) | 4313 (20.0) | 256 (28.6) |
| Not in paid employment | 10 591 (41.3) | 5223 (36.9) | 3734 (47.8) | 1634 (43.7) | 10 268 (41.6) | 323 (34.0) |
| Single in household | ||||||
| No | 16 834 (59.7) | 9248 (59.1) | 5499 (67.5) | 2087 (46.8) | 16 218 (59.7) | 616 (57.8) |
| Yes | 8268 (40.3) | 4263 (40.9) | 2225 (32.5) | 1780 (53.2) | 7918 (40.3) | 350 (42.2) |
| Kids in household | ||||||
| No | 18 681 (76.2) | 9899 (76.8) | 5975 (76.7) | 2807 (72.9) | 18 012 (76.4) | 669 (69.8) |
| Yes | 6421 (23.8) | 3612 (23.2) | 1749 (23.3) | 1060 (27.1) | 6124 (23.6) | 297 (30.2) |
| Tenure | ||||||
| Owner | 18 960 (67.9) | 11 057 (75.0) | 5940 (69.4) | 1963 (41.5) | 18 381 (68.7) | 579 (49.1) |
| Renter | 6142 (32.1) | 2454 (25.0) | 1784 (30.6) | 1904 (58.5) | 5755 (31.3) | 387 (50.9) |
| Rural/urban | ||||||
| Rural | 6678 (24.2) | 3624 (24.4) | 2224 (25.8) | 830 (20.5) | 6477 (24.4) | 201 (19.8) |
| Urban | 18 424 (75.8) | 9887 (75.6) | 5500 (74.2) | 3037 (79.5) | 17 659 (75.6) | 765 (80.2) |
| Has long-standing illness | ||||||
| No | 15 596 (63.1) | 9028 (68.3) | 4293 (55.5) | 2275 (59.8) | 15 013 (63.3) | 583 (59.4) |
| Yes | 9506 (36.9) | 4483 (31.7) | 3432 (44.5) | 1592 (40.2) | 9123 (36.7) | 383 (40.6) |
| In poverty | ||||||
| No | 21 951 (87.2) | 11 953 (88.7) | 6845 (88.0) | 3153 (80.6) | 21 105 (87.3) | 846 (85.7) |
| Yes | 3151 (12.8) | 1558 (11.3) | 879 (12.0) | 714 (19.4) | 3031 (12.7) | 120 (14.3) |
| GHQ | ||||||
| <4 (less distressed) | 20 519 (80.7) | 11 278 (83.0) | 6356 (80.8) | 2885 (73.1) | 19 759 (80.9) | 760 (77.4) |
| 4+ (more distressed) | 4583 (19.3) | 2233 (17.0) | 1368 (19.2) | 981 (26.9) | 4377 (19.1) | 206 (22.6) |
| Wave 7 e-cigarettes ever use | ||||||
| No | 23 331 (92.6) | 13 423 (99.3) | 7085 (91.0) | 2823 (73.1) | 23 033 (95.2) | 298 (31.4) |
| Yes | 1771 (7.4) | 88 (0.7) | 639 (9.0) | 1044 (26.9) | 1103 (4.8) | 668 (68.6) |
| Current/ex-smoker mean number of cigarettes per day across waves | ||||||
| <11 | 5535 (47.9) | 3393 (44.2) | 2142 (54.8) | 5130 (48.5) | 405 (41.7) | |
| 11–20 | 4539 (39.2) | 3074 (39.7) | 1465 (38.2) | 4142 (38.8) | 398 (43.3) | |
| >20 | 1517 (12.9) | 1257 (16.1) | 260 (7.0) | 1376 (12.7) | 141 (15.0) | |
| Current/ex-smoker age started smoking | ||||||
| <16 | 4552 (41.6) | 2782 (37.3) | 1770 (49.6) | 4131 (41.1) | 420 (46.6) | |
| 16–19 | 5010 (42.7) | 3495 (45.0) | 1515 (38.4) | 4627 (43.0) | 383 (39.4) | |
| 19–25 | 1568 (12.3) | 1127 (13.8) | 441 (9.4) | 1455 (12.3) | 113 (11.5) | |
| >25 | 461 (3.5) | 320 (3.9) | 141 (2.7) | 433 (3.6) | 28 (2.6) | |
Multiple imputed data with 50 imputations added. Weighting uses UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) wave 8 sampling weight.
GHQ, General Health Questionnaire; NSSEC, National Statistics Socio-economic Classification.