Table 2 Associations between smoking in the presence of children at home and variables related to smoking habits, quitting smoking, and smoking bans in the home
Variables | Smoked in the presence of children | Did not smoke in the presence of children | OR | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
Daily smoker | ||||||
No | 30 | 50.85 | 29 | 49.15 | ||
Yes | 173 | 69.76 | 75 | 30.24 | 2.23 | 1.25-3.97* |
Cigarettes smoked per day (n) | ||||||
<20 | 109 | 58.60 | 77 | 41.40 | ||
≥20 | 91 | 78.45 | 25 | 21.55 | 2.57 | 1.51-4.37* |
Age at first cigarette smoked (y) | ||||||
>18 | 62 | 59.62 | 42 | 40.38 | ||
≤18 | 139 | 69.85 | 60 | 30.15 | 1.57 | 0.96-2.58 |
Ever considered quitting | ||||||
Yes, in coming year | 40 | 56.34 | 31 | 43.66 | ||
Yes, but not in coming year | 91 | 65.00 | 49 | 35.00 | 1.43 | 0.80-2.58 |
No | 66 | 74.16 | 23 | 25.84 | 2.22 | 1.14-4.33* |
Attempted to quit in preceding year | ||||||
Yes | 110 | 62.15 | 67 | 37.85 | ||
No | 93 | 71.54 | 37 | 28.46 | 1.53 | 0.94-2.49 |
Advised to quit by health-care professional | ||||||
Yes | 77 | 65.25 | 41 | 34.75 | ||
No | 70 | 69.31 | 31 | 30.69 | 1.20 | 0.68-2.12 |
No contact with health- care professionals | 55 | 63.95 | 31 | 36.05 | 0.95 | 0.53-1.69 |
Agreed with home smoking bans | ||||||
Yes | 140 | 61.67 | 87 | 38.33 | ||
No | 59 | 77.63 | 17 | 22.37 | 2.16 | 1.18-3.94* |
Had smoking bans at home | ||||||
Yes | 51 | 49.04 | 53 | 50.96 | ||
No | 149 | 76.41 | 46 | 23.59 | 3.37 | 2.03-5.59* |
Enforcement of smoking bans at home | ||||||
Consistent | 21 | 39.62 | 32 | 60.38 | ||
Inconsistent | 34 | 68.00 | 16 | 32.00 | 3.24 | 1.44-7.28* |