Compliance and enforcement of a partial smoking ban in Lisbon taxis: an exploratory cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Ban support and associated factors

Ban support		Strongly agree/agree		Strongly disagree/disagree		Total		Crude OR	95%CI	p value	Adjusted OR	95%CI	p value	MLR (Strong ban support)
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Smoking behaviour	N-Smokers	133	94.3	8	5.7	141	100	7.86	3.47–17.84	<0.001	6.27	3.05–12.86	<0.001	Model explanation
Ref	Smokers	74	67.9	35	32.1	109	100							77.8%
	Total	207	82.8	43	17.2	250	100
Smoke-free Home *	Yes	117	90.7	12	9.3	129	100	3.82	1.84–7.95	<0.001	ns			Hosmer and Lemeshow test
Ref	No	74	71.8	29	28.2	103	100							p = 0.296
	Total	191	82.3	41	17.7	232	100
Smoke-free Car **	Yes	115	95.8	5	4.2	120	100	11.17	4.17–29.91	<0.001	2.39	1.16–4.90	0.018	Model p value
Ref	No	70	67.3	34	32.7	104	100							<0.001
	Total	185	82.6	39	17.4	224	100
Cigarettes per day	≤20	19	45.2	23	54.8	42	100	2.63	1.15–6.02	0.20	ns
Ref	>20	16	23.9	51	76.1	67	100
	Total	35	32.1	74	67.9	109	100
*Strong ban support*		Yes			No			Crude OR	95%CI	p value	Adjusted OR	95%CI	p value
		n	%*	n	%	n	%
Shift work	Day	72	62.6	43	37.4	115	100	3.50	1.86–6.59	<0.001	ns
Ref	Night	22	32.4	46	67.6	68	100
	Total	94	51.4	89	48.6	183	100
Health beliefs	Yes	78	73.6	28	26.4	106	100	4.38	2.53–7.56	<0.001	3.71	1.85–7.43	<0.001
Ref	No	56	38.9	88	61.1	144	100
	Total	134	53.6	116	46.4	250	100

OR Odds ratio, MLR Multiple logistic regression, Ref Reference category for comparison; ns: non-significant; * not-applicable: “I live in a rented room” (n = 18); ** not-applicable “I do not have a private car” (n = 26). Adjusted OR derived from MLR model adjusted for driver’s smoking behaviour, Smoke-free car, Smoke-free home, tobacco consumption, shift work, health believes.

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