Opinion on harmful effects of e-cigarettes in Europe 2020, by country

According to a survey conducted across Europe in 2020, 94 percent of respondents in the Netherlands believed e-cigarettes were harmful to the health of people who use them, the highest share in Europe of people who believed these products were harmful. Over the whole EU and the UK, around two-thirds of respondents thought e-cigarettes had a negative effect of health.

Distribution of feelings towards the harmful effects of e-cigarettes on health in Europe as of 2020, by country

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

August 3 to September 15, 2020

Number of respondents

28,300 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Question was worded in the source as: "In recent years e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products have been increasingly marketed in Europe. Do you think that they are harmful or not to the health of those who use them?"
Numbers may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

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