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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young Persons' Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2016

Variable Details

Variableqsmoking_smo_18
LabelN18. Why do you currently use e-cigarettes? Please give the MAIN reason only.
Responses
1 Because I enjoy it 35
2 To help me reduce the number of normal cigarettes I smoke 9
3 To help me to stop smoking normal cigarettes altogether 15
4 Just because my friends use them 3
5 I feel pressure to fit in with everyone else who is using th 0
6 Using them is a new trend and I want to be part of it 2
7 I cant stop using them/I am addicted to them 5
8 Other 2
98 Refusal 1
99 DontKnow 2
Sysmiss 6757
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung Persons' Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2016
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