Adjusted logistic regression showing the likelihood of noticing e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes on sale in supermarkets and small shops (n=10 453)
| Model 1: tobacco cigarettes | Model 2: e-cigarettes | |||||||
| Supermarket | Small shop | Supermarket | Small shop | |||||
| Characteristic | n (%) | aOR (95% CI) | n (%) | aOR (95% CI) | n (%) | aOR (95% CI) | n (%) | aOR (95% CI) |
| Total sample | 6947 (64.1) | 7701 (71.7) | 7183 (66.5) | 7668 (71.52) | ||||
| Survey year | ||||||||
| 2018 | 1198 (67.1) | Ref | 1444 (81.3) | Ref | 1040 (57.4) | Ref | 1269 (70.8) | Ref |
| 2019 | 1566 (67.0) | 1.01 (0.87, 1.17) | 1667 (72.8) | 0.61*** (0.51, 0.72) | 1602 (69.4) | 1.78*** (1.54, 2.06) | 1631 (71.1) | 1.03 (0.89, 1.20) |
| 2020 | 1531 (66.2) | 0.99 (0.85, 1.14) | 1665 (72.8) | 0.62*** (0.52, 0.73) | 1667 (73.0) | 2.16*** (1.86, 2.50) | 1711 (75.3) | 1.30*** (1.12, 1.52) |
| 2021 | 1364 (61.9) | 0.80** (0.69, 0.93) | 1477 (67.0) | 0.46*** (0.39, 0.54) | 1426 (64.5) | 1.44*** (1.24, 1.66) | 1506 (68.6) | 0.93 (0.80, 1.09) |
| 2022 | 1288 (58.5) | 0.71*** (0.61, 0.82) | 1448 (66.3) | 0.45*** (0.38, 0.54) | 1448 (66.5) | 1.57*** (1.35, 1.81) | 1551 (71.6) | 1.07 (0.92, 1.26) |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 3286 (62.6) | Ref | 3696 (70.8) | Ref | 3392 (64.6) | Ref | 3693 (70.7) | Ref |
| Female | 3661 (65.6) | 1.17*** (1.06, 1.28) | 4005 (72.7) | 1.12* (1.02, 1.23) | 3791 (68.6) | 1.22*** (1.12, 1.34) | 3975 (72.4) | 1.10* (1.00, 1.21) |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18 | 1602 (81.0) | Ref | 1672 (84.7) | Ref | 1577 (79.8) | Ref | 1635 (82.8) | Ref |
| 16–17 | 2319 (81.0) | 0.99 (0.85, 1.15) | 2434 (85.0) | 1.06 (0.90, 1.25) | 2303 (78.9) | 1.00 (0.86, 1.17) | 2373 (82.4) | 1.02 (0.87, 1.20) |
| 14–15 | 1465 (57.2) | 0.33*** (0.29, 0.38) | 1740 (67.6) | 0.41*** (0.35, 0.48) | 1604 (62.3) | 0.45*** (0.39, 0.52) | 1800 (69.8) | 0.52*** (0.45, 0.61) |
| 11–13 | 1561 (52.4) | 0.27*** (0.24, 0.31) | 1855 (61.6) | 0.32*** (0.27, 0.37) | 1699 (56.9) | 0.36*** (0.32, 0.42) | 1860 (61.8) | 0.37*** (0.32, 0.43) |
| Social grade | ||||||||
| ABC1 (higher) | 5027 (65.5) | Ref | 5529 (72.7) | Ref | 5141 (67.2) | Ref | 5468 (71.9) | Ref |
| C2DE (lower) | 1920 (60.6) | 0.83*** (0.75, 0.91) | 2172 (69.4) | 0.87** (0.78, 0.96) | 2042 (65.0) | 0.90 (0.82, 1.00) | 2200 (70.6) | 0.93 (0.84, 1.04) |
| Country | ||||||||
| England | 6074 (64.9) | Ref | 6719 (72.5) | Ref | 6242 (67.0) | Ref | 6657 (72.0) | Ref |
| Wales | 313 (62.0) | 0.92 (0.75, 1.14) | 355 (71.2) | 0.97 (0.77, 1.21) | 338 (66.7) | 1.00 (0.81, 1.25) | 369 (73.4) | 1.09 (0.87, 1.38) |
| Scotland | 560 (57.0) | 0.69*** (0.60, 0.81) | 627 (64.3) | 0.65*** (0.56, 0.77) | 603 (61.6) | 0.77*** (0.66, 0.89) | 642 (65.6) | 0.71*** (0.61, 0.84) |
| Current nicotine product use status | ||||||||
| Non-user | 6092 (62.7) | Ref | 6757 (70.2) | Ref | 6236 (64.6) | Ref | 6690 (69.7) | Ref |
| E-cigarette only | 267 (79.7) | 1.62** (1.19, 2.21) | 295 (88.2) | 2.25*** (1.55, 3.27) | 298 (88.8) | 2.64*** (1.81, 3.84) | 307 (91.4) | 2.84*** (1.88, 4.29) |
| Tobacco cigarette only | 326 (78.2) | 1.17 (0.88, 1.55) | 362 (87.9) | 1.76*** (1.28, 2.43) | 351 (83.4) | 1.82*** (1.35, 2.46) | 365 (87.6) | 2.00*** (1.44, 2.79) |
| Dual user | 262 (78.4) | 1.28 (0.94, 1.75) | 287 (85.5) | 1.56* (1.10, 2.21) | 298 (89.2) | 2.36*** (1.61, 3.46) | 306 (91.4) | 2.56*** (1.69, 3.89) |
| E-cigarette use in the household | ||||||||
| No | 5684 (63.6) | Ref | 6281 (71.0) | Ref | 5725 (64.2) | Ref | 6150 (69.6) | Ref |
| Yes | 1263 (66.4) | 1.07 (0.94, 1.22) | 1420 (75.2) | 1.16* (1.01, 1.33) | 1458 (77.4) | 1.74*** (1.52, 2.00) | 1518 (80.5) | 1.63*** (1.41, 1.88) |
| Tobacco smoking in the household | ||||||||
| No | 6322 (63.3) | Ref | 7029 (71.1) | Ref | 6515 (65.6) | Ref | 6981 (70.7) | Ref |
| Yes | 625 (73.4) | 1.58*** (1.31, 1.91) | 672 (78.8) | 1.36** (1.11, 1.67) | 668 (77.9) | 1.54*** (1.26, 1.88) | 687 (81.0) | 1.42*** (1.15, 1.74) |
N (%)=number and per cent of participants who noticed e-cigarettes or tobacco cigarettes on display within each stratum of the sociodemographic variables.
*P<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
aOR, adjusted OR.