Scottish Health Survey 2018: main report - revised 2020

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

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Table 4.6: Use of NRT and other products that helped successful smoking cessation, 2018, by sex

Base: Aged 16 and over ex-smokers or ever attempted to stop smoking and used this product 2018
NRT products that helped to quit smoking Men Women All adults
% % %
Nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nasal spray/nicotine inhaler or lozenge/microtab 47 54 51
Unweighted bases 201 293 494
Weighted bases 209 256 466
Champix/Valenicline or Zyban/Bupropian [66] 69 67
Unweighted bases 43 55 98
Weighted bases 41 43 84
Electronic cigarette/vaping device 63 55 59
Unweighted bases 134 176 310
Weighted bases 159 158 317

Square brackets around numbers denote that interpretation of the data should be cautious due to low bases for these sub-groups

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