Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2018: main report - revised 2020

Published: 21 February 2020
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781839605550

An amended version of the Scottish Health Survey 2018 main report.

Table 4.7: E-cigarette use, 2014 to 2018, by age and sex

Base: Aged 16 and over		2014 - 2018
E-cigarette use		Age							Total
		16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men	2014
	Currently using	5	3	7	5	7	2	1	5
	Ever previously used^a	17	17	9	11	8	3	2	10
	Never used	78	80	84	84	85	94	96	85
	Ever used^b	22	20	16	16	15	6	4	15
	2015
	Currently using	6	9	6	9	8	3	2	6
	Ever previously used^a	22	20	13	10	8	4	2	12
	Never used	72	71	81	82	85	93	96	82
	Ever used^b	28	29	19	18	15	7	4	18
	2016^c
	Currently using	3	11	9	9	9	4	1	7
	Ever previously used^a	21	19	17	13	11	5	1	13
	Never used	77	70	74	78	80	91	98	79
	Ever used^b	23	30	26	22	20	9	2	21
	2017
	Currently using	5	10	9	11	7	5	1	7
	Ever previously used^a	20	21	17	10	11	4	1	13
	Never used	76	69	74	79	82	91	99	80
	Ever used^b	24	31	26	21	18	9	1	20
	2018
	Currently using	8	14	8	10	8	3	1	8
	Ever previously used^a	20	17	11	10	10	7	4	12
	Never used	72	69	81	79	82	90	94	80
	Ever used^b	28	31	19	21	18	10	6	20
Women	2014
	Currently using	3	5	7	9	6	3	1	5
	Ever previously used^a	14	12	12	9	9	5	2	9
	Never used	83	83	81	82	85	92	97	85
	Ever used^b	17	17	19	18	15	8	3	15
	2015
	Currently using	2	7	9	10	9	5	2	7
	Ever previously used^a	15	16	11	9	8	6	2	10
	Never used	83	77	80	82	83	88	96	83
	Ever used^b	17	23	20	18	17	12	4	17
	2016^c
	Currently using	5	8	7	10	8	5	2	7
	Ever previously used^a	16	12	14	12	9	5	3	10
	Never used	79	80	79	78	82	90	95	83
	Ever used^b	21	20	21	22	18	10	5	17
	2017
	Currently using	5	7	8	11	9	6	1	7
	Ever previously used^a	16	15	13	8	9	6	1	10
	Never used	79	78	79	81	82	88	98	83
	Ever used^b	21	22	21	19	18	12	2	17
	2018
	Currently using	3	6	8	11	4	6	1	6
	Ever previously used^a	16	15	9	10	8	6	3	10
	Never used	81	79	83	78	88	88	96	84
	Ever used^b	19	21	17	22	12	12	4	16
All adults	2014
	Currently using	4	4	7	7	6	3	1	5
	Ever previously used^a	16	14	11	10	8	4	2	10
	Never used	80	81	82	83	85	93	97	85
	Ever used^b	20	19	18	17	15	7	3	15
	2015
	Currently using	4	8	7	9	8	4	2	7
	Ever previously used^a	19	18	12	9	8	5	2	11
	Never used	78	74	81	82	84	90	96	83
	Ever used^b	22	26	19	18	16	10	4	17
	2016^c
	Currently using	4	10	8	10	9	4	1	7
	Ever previously used^a	18	16	15	13	10	5	2	12
	Never used	78	75	77	78	81	91	96	81
	Ever used^b	22	25	23	22	19	9	4	19
	2017
	Currently using	5	9	8	11	8	6	1	7
	Ever previously used^a	18	18	15	9	10	5	1	11
	Never used	77	74	77	80	82	89	98	81
	Ever used^b	23	26	23	20	18	11	2	19
	2018
	Currently using	5	10	8	11	6	5	1	7
	Ever previously used^a	18	16	10	10	9	6	3	11
	Never used	77	74	82	79	85	89	95	82
	Ever used^b	23	26	18	21	15	11	5	18
Unweighted bases	Men 2014	192	250	306	361	358	361	227	2055
	Men 2015	186	239	312	404	410	399	280	2230
	Men 2016	164	211	265	340	359	337	208	1884
	Men 2017	129	219	201	242	326	283	189	1589
	Men 2018	151	227	278	377	372	393	264	2062
	Women 2014	224	337	421	431	437	419	313	2582
	Women 2015	203	348	392	486	489	461	361	2740
	Women 2016	191	322	347	440	429	400	284	2413
	Women 2017	150	287	324	365	384	341	235	2086
	Women 2018	196	362	407	472	491	469	324	2721
	All adults 2014	416	587	727	792	795	780	540	4637
	All adults 2015	389	587	704	890	899	860	641	4970
	All adults 2016	355	533	612	780	788	737	492	4297
	All adults 2017	279	506	525	607	710	624	424	3675
	All adults 2018	347	589	685	849	863	862	588	4783
Weighted bases	Men 2014	292	356	357	416	347	264	173	2205
	Men 2015	326	381	370	445	375	288	190	2376
	Men 2016	277	334	320	378	325	255	167	2057
	Men 2017	232	294	270	321	281	221	143	1762
	Men 2018	293	386	349	414	372	292	191	2296
	Women 2014	305	375	379	441	365	294	253	2412
	Women 2015	319	405	397	471	394	321	273	2580
	Women 2016	273	348	338	407	340	281	236	2225
	Women 2017	222	306	285	345	298	243	201	1899
	Women 2018	285	400	366	444	395	320	265	2475
	All adults 2014	597	731	736	857	712	558	426	4617
	All adults 2015	645	786	767	916	770	609	463	4956
	All adults 2016	550	682	658	786	665	536	403	4281
	All adults 2017	453	600	554	666	580	464	344	3661
	All adults 2018	578	786	715	857	767	612	456	4771

a Excludes those who are currently using
b Includes those who are currently using
c The wording was amended slightly in 2016 to include 'vaping devices'

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Table 4.7: E-cigarette use, 2014 to 2018, by age and sex

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