Table 2

Sample characteristics: proportion (and 95% confidence interval) of cigarette smokers smoking various types of cigarette by subgroup, 2008 data

Manufactured filter brands
% RYO% other/DNAb
Cheap manufactured filter brands
na% premium/mid-price (n = 684)% economy (n = 1004)% ULP (n = 172)(n = 794)(n = 150)
Gender
 Male130623.0 (20.5–25.8)29.5 (26.5–32.7)4.6 (3.5–5.9)37.8 (34.7–40.9)5.1 (4.0–6.6)
 Female149825.0 (22.6–27.5)43.7 (40.8–46.6)6.7 (5.4–8.4)19.7 (17.4–22.1)4.9 (3.8–6.4)
Age
 55+88430.9 (27.7–34.3)29.2 (26.1–32.6)8.5 (6.5–11.1)26.5 (23.5–29.8)4.8 (3.5–6.7)
 40–5486823.0 (19.9–26.4)34.5 (30.8–38.4)7.0 (5.3–9.2)31.2 (27.4–35.3)4.3 (3.0–6.1)
 25–3976922.8 (19.5–26.5)40.1 (35.9–44.4)3.7 (2.6–5.3)28.2 (24.6–32.0)5.2 (3.6–7.4)
 16–2428316.4 (11.4–23.1)49.9 (42.5–57.3)1.5 (0.5–4.1)25.4 (19.7–32.0)6.8 (4.2–10.8)
Ethnicity
 White British256222.4 (20.6–24.3)37.9 (35.5–40.4)5.7 (4.7–6.8)29.4 (27.2–31.7)4.7 (3.9–5.7)
 All other ethnicities24238.7 (31.4–46.5)28.2 (21.8–35.8)5.9 (3.1–11.0)19.3 (14.0–26.0)7.9 (4.4–13.8)
NS-SEC
 Managerial and professional occs63636.6 (32.6–40.7)32.8 (28.7–37.1)3.9 (2.6–5.8)20.8 (17.4–24.7)6.0 (4.2–8.5)
 Intermediate occs47429.4 (25.0–34.2)37.3 (32.2–42.7)6.5 (4.4–9.5)24.3 (19.9–29.3)2.6 (1.6–4.2)
 Routine and manual occs127018.2 (15.8–20.9)39.2 (35.8–42.6)5.9 (4.7–7.4)31.3 (28.2–34.6)5.4 (4.1–7.1)
 Never worked and LT unemployed37215.4 (11.5–20.1)37.0 (31.6–42.7)7.5 (5.0–11.0)35.9 (30.7–41.6)4.2 (2.5–7.1)
 Full-time students5225.9 (9.9–52.7)27.3 (15.7–43.1)3.5 (0.9–13.4)31.4 (18.1–48.7)11.8 (4.6–27.3)
Education
 A level or more82733.4 (29.9–37.0)32.4 (28.6–36.5)4.5 (3.1–6.4)24.6 (21.3–28.3)5.1 (3.7–7.0)
 O level or equivalent75221.1 (17.7–25.1)40.9 (36.8–45.1)5.6 (4.1–7.8)27.8 (24.3–31.6)4.5 (3.1–6.4)
 Basic or none98717.8 (15.2–20.7)39.6 (35.9–43.4)7.3 (5.6–9.5)31.5 (28.0–35.1)3.8 (2.7–5.4)
 Other or unknown23824.0 (18.3–30.9)29.4 (23.1–36.6)3.8 (1.9–7.2)31.3 (24.6–38.8)11.5 (7.2–18.0)
Location
 London23238.5 (30.8–46.9)28.2 (21.1–36.5)5.6 (2.6–11.7)20.4 (15.1–27.0)7.3 (4.4–12.0)
 East and SE of England60429.9 (26.0–34.1)29.1 (25.2–33.3)6.5 (4.5–9.3)30.5 (26.5–34.8)4.0 (2.4–6.6)
 West and East Midland47222.1 (17.9–27.0)41.1 (35.7–46.8)6.3 (4.0–9.8)25.3 (20.8–30.5)5.1 (3.3–7.8)
 NE, NW, Yorkshire and Humber78121.6 (18.4–25.1)43.5 (38.9–48.3)5.0 (3.6–7.0)24.3 (20.5–28.6)5.6 (4.0–7.8)
 South West26014.3 (10.7–18.8)22.6 (17.2–29.2)3.1 (1.6–5.9)56.8 (49.2–64.1)3.2 (1.5–6.9)
 Wales16611.9 (8.1–17.1)41.4 (32.8–50.6)8.8 (4.5–16.4)32.4 (25.0–40.8)5.5 (2.4–11.9)
 Scotland28921.5 (15.8–28.6)48.4 (40.7–56.1)5.6 (3.5–8.7)19.8 (14.4–26.5)4.7 (2.8–7.9)
 Total280424.1 (22.2–26.0)36.9 (34.6–39.2)5.7 (4.7–6.8)28.3 (26.2–30.5)5.0 (4.2–6.1)
Manufactured filter brands
% RYO% other/DNAb
Cheap manufactured filter brands
na% premium/mid-price (n = 684)% economy (n = 1004)% ULP (n = 172)(n = 794)(n = 150)
Gender
 Male130623.0 (20.5–25.8)29.5 (26.5–32.7)4.6 (3.5–5.9)37.8 (34.7–40.9)5.1 (4.0–6.6)
 Female149825.0 (22.6–27.5)43.7 (40.8–46.6)6.7 (5.4–8.4)19.7 (17.4–22.1)4.9 (3.8–6.4)
Age
 55+88430.9 (27.7–34.3)29.2 (26.1–32.6)8.5 (6.5–11.1)26.5 (23.5–29.8)4.8 (3.5–6.7)
 40–5486823.0 (19.9–26.4)34.5 (30.8–38.4)7.0 (5.3–9.2)31.2 (27.4–35.3)4.3 (3.0–6.1)
 25–3976922.8 (19.5–26.5)40.1 (35.9–44.4)3.7 (2.6–5.3)28.2 (24.6–32.0)5.2 (3.6–7.4)
 16–2428316.4 (11.4–23.1)49.9 (42.5–57.3)1.5 (0.5–4.1)25.4 (19.7–32.0)6.8 (4.2–10.8)
Ethnicity
 White British256222.4 (20.6–24.3)37.9 (35.5–40.4)5.7 (4.7–6.8)29.4 (27.2–31.7)4.7 (3.9–5.7)
 All other ethnicities24238.7 (31.4–46.5)28.2 (21.8–35.8)5.9 (3.1–11.0)19.3 (14.0–26.0)7.9 (4.4–13.8)
NS-SEC
 Managerial and professional occs63636.6 (32.6–40.7)32.8 (28.7–37.1)3.9 (2.6–5.8)20.8 (17.4–24.7)6.0 (4.2–8.5)
 Intermediate occs47429.4 (25.0–34.2)37.3 (32.2–42.7)6.5 (4.4–9.5)24.3 (19.9–29.3)2.6 (1.6–4.2)
 Routine and manual occs127018.2 (15.8–20.9)39.2 (35.8–42.6)5.9 (4.7–7.4)31.3 (28.2–34.6)5.4 (4.1–7.1)
 Never worked and LT unemployed37215.4 (11.5–20.1)37.0 (31.6–42.7)7.5 (5.0–11.0)35.9 (30.7–41.6)4.2 (2.5–7.1)
 Full-time students5225.9 (9.9–52.7)27.3 (15.7–43.1)3.5 (0.9–13.4)31.4 (18.1–48.7)11.8 (4.6–27.3)
Education
 A level or more82733.4 (29.9–37.0)32.4 (28.6–36.5)4.5 (3.1–6.4)24.6 (21.3–28.3)5.1 (3.7–7.0)
 O level or equivalent75221.1 (17.7–25.1)40.9 (36.8–45.1)5.6 (4.1–7.8)27.8 (24.3–31.6)4.5 (3.1–6.4)
 Basic or none98717.8 (15.2–20.7)39.6 (35.9–43.4)7.3 (5.6–9.5)31.5 (28.0–35.1)3.8 (2.7–5.4)
 Other or unknown23824.0 (18.3–30.9)29.4 (23.1–36.6)3.8 (1.9–7.2)31.3 (24.6–38.8)11.5 (7.2–18.0)
Location
 London23238.5 (30.8–46.9)28.2 (21.1–36.5)5.6 (2.6–11.7)20.4 (15.1–27.0)7.3 (4.4–12.0)
 East and SE of England60429.9 (26.0–34.1)29.1 (25.2–33.3)6.5 (4.5–9.3)30.5 (26.5–34.8)4.0 (2.4–6.6)
 West and East Midland47222.1 (17.9–27.0)41.1 (35.7–46.8)6.3 (4.0–9.8)25.3 (20.8–30.5)5.1 (3.3–7.8)
 NE, NW, Yorkshire and Humber78121.6 (18.4–25.1)43.5 (38.9–48.3)5.0 (3.6–7.0)24.3 (20.5–28.6)5.6 (4.0–7.8)
 South West26014.3 (10.7–18.8)22.6 (17.2–29.2)3.1 (1.6–5.9)56.8 (49.2–64.1)3.2 (1.5–6.9)
 Wales16611.9 (8.1–17.1)41.4 (32.8–50.6)8.8 (4.5–16.4)32.4 (25.0–40.8)5.5 (2.4–11.9)
 Scotland28921.5 (15.8–28.6)48.4 (40.7–56.1)5.6 (3.5–8.7)19.8 (14.4–26.5)4.7 (2.8–7.9)
 Total280424.1 (22.2–26.0)36.9 (34.6–39.2)5.7 (4.7–6.8)28.3 (26.2–30.5)5.0 (4.2–6.1)

aUnweighted.

bOther/DNA (did not answer) includes 24 cases where the type of cigarette smoked was unknown, 18 respondents who smoked plain or untipped cigarettes and 108 filter cigarette smokers of which 52 had no brand information available, 44 had no regular brand and 12 where the brand could not be allocated to a price category.

Table 2

Sample characteristics: proportion (and 95% confidence interval) of cigarette smokers smoking various types of cigarette by subgroup, 2008 data

Manufactured filter brands
% RYO% other/DNAb
Cheap manufactured filter brands
na% premium/mid-price (n = 684)% economy (n = 1004)% ULP (n = 172)(n = 794)(n = 150)
Gender
 Male130623.0 (20.5–25.8)29.5 (26.5–32.7)4.6 (3.5–5.9)37.8 (34.7–40.9)5.1 (4.0–6.6)
 Female149825.0 (22.6–27.5)43.7 (40.8–46.6)6.7 (5.4–8.4)19.7 (17.4–22.1)4.9 (3.8–6.4)
Age
 55+88430.9 (27.7–34.3)29.2 (26.1–32.6)8.5 (6.5–11.1)26.5 (23.5–29.8)4.8 (3.5–6.7)
 40–5486823.0 (19.9–26.4)34.5 (30.8–38.4)7.0 (5.3–9.2)31.2 (27.4–35.3)4.3 (3.0–6.1)
 25–3976922.8 (19.5–26.5)40.1 (35.9–44.4)3.7 (2.6–5.3)28.2 (24.6–32.0)5.2 (3.6–7.4)
 16–2428316.4 (11.4–23.1)49.9 (42.5–57.3)1.5 (0.5–4.1)25.4 (19.7–32.0)6.8 (4.2–10.8)
Ethnicity
 White British256222.4 (20.6–24.3)37.9 (35.5–40.4)5.7 (4.7–6.8)29.4 (27.2–31.7)4.7 (3.9–5.7)
 All other ethnicities24238.7 (31.4–46.5)28.2 (21.8–35.8)5.9 (3.1–11.0)19.3 (14.0–26.0)7.9 (4.4–13.8)
NS-SEC
 Managerial and professional occs63636.6 (32.6–40.7)32.8 (28.7–37.1)3.9 (2.6–5.8)20.8 (17.4–24.7)6.0 (4.2–8.5)
 Intermediate occs47429.4 (25.0–34.2)37.3 (32.2–42.7)6.5 (4.4–9.5)24.3 (19.9–29.3)2.6 (1.6–4.2)
 Routine and manual occs127018.2 (15.8–20.9)39.2 (35.8–42.6)5.9 (4.7–7.4)31.3 (28.2–34.6)5.4 (4.1–7.1)
 Never worked and LT unemployed37215.4 (11.5–20.1)37.0 (31.6–42.7)7.5 (5.0–11.0)35.9 (30.7–41.6)4.2 (2.5–7.1)
 Full-time students5225.9 (9.9–52.7)27.3 (15.7–43.1)3.5 (0.9–13.4)31.4 (18.1–48.7)11.8 (4.6–27.3)
Education
 A level or more82733.4 (29.9–37.0)32.4 (28.6–36.5)4.5 (3.1–6.4)24.6 (21.3–28.3)5.1 (3.7–7.0)
 O level or equivalent75221.1 (17.7–25.1)40.9 (36.8–45.1)5.6 (4.1–7.8)27.8 (24.3–31.6)4.5 (3.1–6.4)
 Basic or none98717.8 (15.2–20.7)39.6 (35.9–43.4)7.3 (5.6–9.5)31.5 (28.0–35.1)3.8 (2.7–5.4)
 Other or unknown23824.0 (18.3–30.9)29.4 (23.1–36.6)3.8 (1.9–7.2)31.3 (24.6–38.8)11.5 (7.2–18.0)
Location
 London23238.5 (30.8–46.9)28.2 (21.1–36.5)5.6 (2.6–11.7)20.4 (15.1–27.0)7.3 (4.4–12.0)
 East and SE of England60429.9 (26.0–34.1)29.1 (25.2–33.3)6.5 (4.5–9.3)30.5 (26.5–34.8)4.0 (2.4–6.6)
 West and East Midland47222.1 (17.9–27.0)41.1 (35.7–46.8)6.3 (4.0–9.8)25.3 (20.8–30.5)5.1 (3.3–7.8)
 NE, NW, Yorkshire and Humber78121.6 (18.4–25.1)43.5 (38.9–48.3)5.0 (3.6–7.0)24.3 (20.5–28.6)5.6 (4.0–7.8)
 South West26014.3 (10.7–18.8)22.6 (17.2–29.2)3.1 (1.6–5.9)56.8 (49.2–64.1)3.2 (1.5–6.9)
 Wales16611.9 (8.1–17.1)41.4 (32.8–50.6)8.8 (4.5–16.4)32.4 (25.0–40.8)5.5 (2.4–11.9)
 Scotland28921.5 (15.8–28.6)48.4 (40.7–56.1)5.6 (3.5–8.7)19.8 (14.4–26.5)4.7 (2.8–7.9)
 Total280424.1 (22.2–26.0)36.9 (34.6–39.2)5.7 (4.7–6.8)28.3 (26.2–30.5)5.0 (4.2–6.1)
Manufactured filter brands
% RYO% other/DNAb
Cheap manufactured filter brands
na% premium/mid-price (n = 684)% economy (n = 1004)% ULP (n = 172)(n = 794)(n = 150)
Gender
 Male130623.0 (20.5–25.8)29.5 (26.5–32.7)4.6 (3.5–5.9)37.8 (34.7–40.9)5.1 (4.0–6.6)
 Female149825.0 (22.6–27.5)43.7 (40.8–46.6)6.7 (5.4–8.4)19.7 (17.4–22.1)4.9 (3.8–6.4)
Age
 55+88430.9 (27.7–34.3)29.2 (26.1–32.6)8.5 (6.5–11.1)26.5 (23.5–29.8)4.8 (3.5–6.7)
 40–5486823.0 (19.9–26.4)34.5 (30.8–38.4)7.0 (5.3–9.2)31.2 (27.4–35.3)4.3 (3.0–6.1)
 25–3976922.8 (19.5–26.5)40.1 (35.9–44.4)3.7 (2.6–5.3)28.2 (24.6–32.0)5.2 (3.6–7.4)
 16–2428316.4 (11.4–23.1)49.9 (42.5–57.3)1.5 (0.5–4.1)25.4 (19.7–32.0)6.8 (4.2–10.8)
Ethnicity
 White British256222.4 (20.6–24.3)37.9 (35.5–40.4)5.7 (4.7–6.8)29.4 (27.2–31.7)4.7 (3.9–5.7)
 All other ethnicities24238.7 (31.4–46.5)28.2 (21.8–35.8)5.9 (3.1–11.0)19.3 (14.0–26.0)7.9 (4.4–13.8)
NS-SEC
 Managerial and professional occs63636.6 (32.6–40.7)32.8 (28.7–37.1)3.9 (2.6–5.8)20.8 (17.4–24.7)6.0 (4.2–8.5)
 Intermediate occs47429.4 (25.0–34.2)37.3 (32.2–42.7)6.5 (4.4–9.5)24.3 (19.9–29.3)2.6 (1.6–4.2)
 Routine and manual occs127018.2 (15.8–20.9)39.2 (35.8–42.6)5.9 (4.7–7.4)31.3 (28.2–34.6)5.4 (4.1–7.1)
 Never worked and LT unemployed37215.4 (11.5–20.1)37.0 (31.6–42.7)7.5 (5.0–11.0)35.9 (30.7–41.6)4.2 (2.5–7.1)
 Full-time students5225.9 (9.9–52.7)27.3 (15.7–43.1)3.5 (0.9–13.4)31.4 (18.1–48.7)11.8 (4.6–27.3)
Education
 A level or more82733.4 (29.9–37.0)32.4 (28.6–36.5)4.5 (3.1–6.4)24.6 (21.3–28.3)5.1 (3.7–7.0)
 O level or equivalent75221.1 (17.7–25.1)40.9 (36.8–45.1)5.6 (4.1–7.8)27.8 (24.3–31.6)4.5 (3.1–6.4)
 Basic or none98717.8 (15.2–20.7)39.6 (35.9–43.4)7.3 (5.6–9.5)31.5 (28.0–35.1)3.8 (2.7–5.4)
 Other or unknown23824.0 (18.3–30.9)29.4 (23.1–36.6)3.8 (1.9–7.2)31.3 (24.6–38.8)11.5 (7.2–18.0)
Location
 London23238.5 (30.8–46.9)28.2 (21.1–36.5)5.6 (2.6–11.7)20.4 (15.1–27.0)7.3 (4.4–12.0)
 East and SE of England60429.9 (26.0–34.1)29.1 (25.2–33.3)6.5 (4.5–9.3)30.5 (26.5–34.8)4.0 (2.4–6.6)
 West and East Midland47222.1 (17.9–27.0)41.1 (35.7–46.8)6.3 (4.0–9.8)25.3 (20.8–30.5)5.1 (3.3–7.8)
 NE, NW, Yorkshire and Humber78121.6 (18.4–25.1)43.5 (38.9–48.3)5.0 (3.6–7.0)24.3 (20.5–28.6)5.6 (4.0–7.8)
 South West26014.3 (10.7–18.8)22.6 (17.2–29.2)3.1 (1.6–5.9)56.8 (49.2–64.1)3.2 (1.5–6.9)
 Wales16611.9 (8.1–17.1)41.4 (32.8–50.6)8.8 (4.5–16.4)32.4 (25.0–40.8)5.5 (2.4–11.9)
 Scotland28921.5 (15.8–28.6)48.4 (40.7–56.1)5.6 (3.5–8.7)19.8 (14.4–26.5)4.7 (2.8–7.9)
 Total280424.1 (22.2–26.0)36.9 (34.6–39.2)5.7 (4.7–6.8)28.3 (26.2–30.5)5.0 (4.2–6.1)

aUnweighted.

bOther/DNA (did not answer) includes 24 cases where the type of cigarette smoked was unknown, 18 respondents who smoked plain or untipped cigarettes and 108 filter cigarette smokers of which 52 had no brand information available, 44 had no regular brand and 12 where the brand could not be allocated to a price category.

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