Table 2 Associations between smoking, vaping and dual use status and mental health conditions and psychological distress, unweighted (N=27,437)

Smoking ^a

 Never smoker

74.8 (74.1–75.5)

12.4 (12.0–13.0)

1

Ref

12.8 (12.3–13.3)

1

Ref

74.4 (73.8–75.1)

21.5 (20.9–22.1)

1

Ref

4.1 (3.8–4.4)

1

Ref

 Ex-smoker

66.1 (65.0–67.2)

15.5 (14.7–16.3)

1.51 (1.39–1.64)

<.001

18.4 (17.5–19.3)

1.81 (1.67–1.97)

<.001

73.6 (72.7–74.6)

21.4 (20.5–22.3)

1.22 (1.13–1.31)

<.001

5.0 (4.5–5.5)

1.50 (1.30–1.74)

<.001

 Current smoker

55.7 (54.2–57.2)

15.0 (13.9–16.1)

1.62 (1.46–1.81)

<.001

29.3 (27.9–30.7)

2.51 (2.28–2.75)

<.001

57.1 (55.7–58.6)

29.9 (28.5–31.3)

1.53 (1.40–1.67)

<.001

13.0 (12.0–14.0)

2.97 (2.59–3.42)

<.001

Vaping ^b

 Non-vaper

71.0 (69.0–73.0)

13.5 (12–15)

1

Ref

15.5 (13.9–17.1)

1

Ref

72.7 (72.2–73.2)

22.2 (20.3–24.1)

1

Ref

5.1 (4.1–6.1)

1

Ref

 Current vaper

51.1 (50.5–51.7)

15.5 (15.1–15.9)

1.28 (1.11–1.48)

.001

33.4 (32.8–34.0)

1.66 (1.47–1.87)

<.001

57.0 (54.7–59.2)

29.6 (29–30.2)

1.16 (1.03–1.31)

.015

13.4 (13.0–13.8)

1.58 (1.33–1.88)

<.001

Dual use ^c

 Dual user

49.0 (45.8–52.2)

14.2 (12–16.6)

1

Ref

36.8 (33.7–39.9)

1

Ref

52.2 (48.9–55.5)

31.4 (28.4–34.4)

1

Ref

16.4 (14.0–18.8)

1

Ref

 Exclusive Vaper

52.9 (49.8–56)

16.7 (14.4–19.0)

1.01 (0.77–1.32)

.965

30.4 (27.6–33.2)

0.78 (0.63–0.97)

.028

74.7 (74.2–75.3)

28.1 (25.3–30.9)

0.78 (0.63–0.97)

.025

10.6 (8.7–12.5)

0.61 (0.45–0.83)

.001

 Exclusive Smoker

57.5 (55.8–59.2)

15.3 (14.1–16.5)

0.85 (0.68–1.07)

.172

27.2 (25.7–28.7)

0.67 (0.56–0.80)

<.001

58.5 (57.8–59.2)

29.5 (27.9–31.1)

0.87 (0.73–1.04)

.133

12.0 (10.9–13.1)

0.74 (0.59–0.94)

.013

 Never/ex-smoker/vaper

72.9 (72.3–73.5)

13.3 (12.9–13.7)

0.58 (0.47–0.71)

<.001

13.8 (13.4–14.2)

0.31 (0.26–0.36)

<.001

74.7 (74.1–75.3)

21.2 (20.7–21.7)

0.60 (0.51–0.70)

<.001

4.1 (3.8–4.4)

0.26 (0.21–0.33)

<.001