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E-cigarettes: an evidence update <br /> <br />41 <br />Figure 10: Smoking trends and mental health [27] <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />E-cigarette use and different social groups <br />Earlier surveys in GB and internationally suggested a social gradient in the use of EC, <br />with smokers of higher income and education being more likely to have used and tried <br />[28, 29]. However, the 2015 ASH Smokefree GB adult 2015 survey indicated only small <br />differences across groups, with lower socioeconomic groups slightly more likely to have <br />tried and be using EC. At the population level, 14.4% of ABC1 groups (‘non -manual’ <br />occupational groups) had tried EC compared with 19.4% in C2DE groups (‘manual’ <br />occupational groups); 4.6% of ABC1 were still using EC compared with 6.3% of C2DE <br />groups. Nevertheless, given the higher prevalence of smoking in C2DE groups, when <br />examined within the smoker population by social class, 20.0% of ABC1 smokers <br />compared with 16.0% of C2DE smokers were EC current users. <br /> <br />The STS data surveys show an increase in EC use in all social groups between 2012 <br />and 2014 (Figures 11 and 12) but at a relatively similar rate such that socioeconomic <br />differences are still apparent both for current and daily use of EC. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />