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Table 3 Association of parental smoking and school personnel smoking with adolescents' health risk behaviours and their perceptions of school personnel smoking.

From: Contribution of parental and school personnel smoking to health risk behaviours among Finnish adolescents

 

Smoking

Smoking cessation*

Smoking during school time†

Reporting personnel smoking at school

Weekly alcohol use

Binge drinking

One-month drug use

 

OR (95% CI)‡

OR (95% CI)‡

COR (95% CI)‡

COR (95% CI)‡

OR (95% CI)‡

OR (95% CI)‡

OR (95% CI)‡

Boys

       

   Parental smoking

       

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Yes

1.95 (1.78-2.13)

0.64 (0.57-0.72)

1.52 (1.27-1.83)

1.16 (1.06-1.27)

1.55 (1.39-1.73)

1.79 (1.63-1.96)

1.72 (1.50-1.96)

   School personnel smoking prevalence

       

0 ≤ 4%

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

> 4 ≤ 13%

0.92 (0.78-1.10)

1.11 (0.93-1.33)

1.55 (1.12-2.16)

1.14 (0.82-1.59)

0.98 (0.80-1.21)

0.90 (0.76-1.07)

1.25 (1.03-1.52)

> 13%

1.19 (1.01-1.41)

0.90 (0.75-1.07)

1.81 (1.32-2.48)

1.51 (1.09-2.09)

1.23 (1.01-1.50)

1.09 (0.93-1.29)

1.40 (1.16-1.69)

Girls

       

   Parental smoking

       

No

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Yes

1.93 (1.78-2.10)

0.72 (0.64-0.81)

1.39 (1.18-1.65)

1.02 (0.93-1.12)

1.82 (1.62-2.06)

1.79 (1.63-1.96)

1.75 (1.55-1.97)

   School personnel smoking prevalence

       

0 ≤ 4%

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

> 4 ≤ 13%

1.01 (0.86-1.17)

0.84 (0.71-0.98)

1.26 (0.89-1.78)

1.12 (0.78-1.63)

0.92 (0.75-1.13)

1.00 (0.83-1.19)

1.09 (0.92-1.30)

> 13%

1.18 (1.02-1.37)

0.84 (0.72-0.99)

1.23 (0.88-1.72)

1.39 (0.97-2.00)

1.14 (0.94-1.39)

1.11 (0.93-1.33)

1.14 (0.96-1.35)

  1. *Among ever smokers (n = 11,323)
  2. † Smokes at school and/or nearby school during schooldays; among regular smokers (n = 4764)
  3. ‡ Multilevel analysis adjusted for student's grade level, parental education, school personnel smoking/parental smoking, the proportion of pupils with low parental education at school, and the proportion of non-teacher respondents at school
  4. Note. OR, odds ratio; COR, cumulative odds ratio; CI, confidence interval