Determinants of smoking initiation among women in five European countries: a cross-sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Table 6 Linear regression of factors associated with age at smoking initiation.

	β(95% CI)	p-value
Intercept	18.74 (18.20, 19.28)	<0.0001
Country
France	-
Ireland	0.22 (-0.38, 0.82)	0.47
Italy	0.54 (-0.06, 1.14)	0.08
Czech	1.79 (1.16, 2.41)	<0.0001
Sweden	-0.72 (-1.30, -0.14)	0.02
Reasons for initiation*
My friends smoked	-1.02 (-1.42, -0.61)	<0.0001
Smoking made me look more cool	-1.69 (-2.15, -1.23)	<0.0001
My friends approved of my smoking	-0.36 (-1.11, 0.39)	0.35
It helped me manage my stress	2.67 (1.88, 3.45)	<0.0001
My family members smoked	-0.20 (-0.98, 0.58)	0.61
I was not worried about health effects	0.41 (-0.63, 1.45)	0.44
I believed I could quit whenever I wanted to	-0.65 (-1.69, 0.39)	0.22
Tobacco advertising was attractive to me	0.67 (-0.79, 2.14)	0.37
Weight concerns	0.45 (-1.08, 1.99)	0.56
I was less depressed when I smoked	3.88 (2.33, 5.42)	<0.0001
My parents did not mind that I smoked	-0.95 (-3.27, 1.37)	0.42

*Respondents could choose more than one reason for initiation. Those who gave each reason were compared with those who did not.

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