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Tobacco Product Use in Hong Kong

Background on Data
E-cigarettes entered the Hong Kong market around 2008. Heated tobacco products, like IQOS, entered the Hong Kong market around 2016 [source needed.]

Tobacco product use in Hong Kong data is collected for adults (age 15+) every two-to-three years by the Census and Statistics Department's "Thematic Household Survey." This includes information on combustible tobacco, e-cigarette, and heated tobacco (HTP.)

Data on youth tobacco use is collected via a school-based survey conducted by the Food and Health Bureau, as well as reported in the Thematic Household Survey Report for primary school students (grades P4-P6) and secondary school students grades (S1-S6.)

The latest edition is the Thematic Household Survey Report - Report No. 70 - Pattern of Smoking, published on June 8, 2020.

Definitions
The Thematic Household Survey defines: "Smoking" as "all forms of tobacco and related products, including cigarette, heated tobacco product, e-cigarette, cigar, hand rolled cigarette, water pipe, and pipe-smoking"; "Current Smokers" as "those persons who had a smoking habit (regardless of the forms of tobacco or related products)..." at the time of the survey; "Daily cigarette smokers" refers to "those persons who had a daily cigarette smoking habit" at the time of the survey"; and "Ex-daily cigarette smokers" as "those persons who previously had a daily cigarette smoking habit for a continuous period of 6 months and more but had given it up" at the time of the survey.

Rates of Combustible * Tobacco Use - Adults
As of the latest survey, in 2019 the prevalence of current cigarette smoking among adults, 15 years and over, was 11.1%.


 * Due to the definition of "smoking" as including heated tobacco products and e-cigarettes, the likely prevalence of combustible smoking is lower among the adult population. While the survey does not report on exclusive use of these non-combustible forms of tobacco/nicotine, table 3.1 illuminates the use of these other products among the smoking population:

◎Including cigar, hand rolled cigarettes, water pipe, and pipe-smoking; ‡ Statistics not released due to large sampling error
 * 1) Multiple answers allowed;
 * As a percentage of all persons age 15+;

Rates of Tobacco Use - Youth
According to the 2020 edition of the Thematic Household Survey, the rate of current smokers within primary school students (P4-P6) was 0.1% in 2018/2019, a significant decline from the 2.4% reported in the 2010/2011 survey.

‡ Statistics not released due to large sampling error


 * As a percentage of all students in the respective survey period and sex sub-groups;
 * 1) The surveys conducted since 2012/13 covered students from S1-S6 while the 2010/11 survey covered students from S1-S7. Hence, findings of the survey conducted in 2012/13 and onwards relating to secondary school students are not directly comparable to findings in the 2010/11 survey.

◎ Current smoking was defined as smoking was defined as any smoking in the past 30 days for those reported that they smoked daily or smoked occasionally
 * Occasional smoking was defined as smoking less than 30 days in the past 30 days for those reported that they smoked daily or smoked occasionally;
 * 1) Daily smoking was defined as smoking 30 days in the past 30 days for those reported that they smoked daily or smoked occasionally

Tobacco Harm Reduction in Hong Kong
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Rates of Non-combustible Tobacco and Alternatives - Adults
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Rates of Non-combustible Tobacco and Alternatives - Youth
◎ Current e-cig use was defined as smoking was defined as any smoking in the past 30 days for those reported that they smoked daily or smoked occasionally
 * Occasional e-cig use was defined as smoking less than 30 days in the past 30 days for those reported that they smoked daily or smoked occasionally;
 * 1) Daily e-cig use was defined as smoking 30 days in the past 30 days for those reported that they smoked daily or smoked occasionally

◎ Current e-cig use was defined as smoking was defined as any smoking in the past 30 days for those reported that they smoked daily or smoked occasionally
 * Occasional e-cig use was defined as smoking less than 30 days in the past 30 days for those reported that they smoked daily or smoked occasionally;
 * 1) Daily e-cig use was defined as smoking 30 days in the past 30 days for those reported that they smoked daily or smoked occasionally

Figures represent the % of ever, never, and current smokers within the population of "ever e-cigarette users ‡ Statistics not released due to large sampling error

Figures represent the % of ever, never, and current smokers within the population of "ever" and "current" e-cigarette users ‡ Statistics not released due to large sampling error