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

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Compliance and associated factors

Compliance		Yes		No		Total		Crude OR	95%CI	p	Adjusted OR	95%CI	p	MLR
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Cigarettes per day	>20	3	7.1	39	92.9	42	100	0.08	0.02–0.27	<0.001	0.045	0.01–0.38	0.004	Model explanation
Ref	≤20	34	50.7	33	49.3	67	100							77.6%
	Total	37	33.9	72	66.1	109	100
*Allowing smoking prior to the ban**	Yes	21	25.9	60	74.1	81	100	0.18	0.05–0.64	0.004	0.15	0.02–0.88	0.036	Hosmer and Lemeshow test
Ref	No	8	66.7	4	33.3	12	100							p = 0.950
	Total	29	31.2	64	68.8	93	100
Smoke-free car**	Yes	13	56.5	10	43.5	23	100	4.12	1.55–10.97	0.003	ns			Model p value
Ref	No	18	24.0	57	76.0	75	100							<0.001
	Total	31	31.6	67	68.4	98	100
Shift work	Night	11	23.9	35	76.1	46	100	0.30	0.12–0.77	0.011	0.20	0.05–0.79	0.021
Ref	Day	18	51.4	17	48.6	35	100
	Total	29	36.3	52	63.8	81	100
Health beliefs	Yes	16	48.5	17	51.5	33	100	2.47	1.06–5.76	0.035	ns
Ref	No	21	27.6	55	72.4	76	100
	Total	37	33.9	72	66.1	109	100

OR Odds ratio, MLR Multiple logistic regression, Ref Reference category for comparison; ns: non-significant; **not-applicable: “I did not work as a taxi driver prior the ban” (n = 16); *not-applicable: “I do not have a car” (n = 11); adjusted OR derived from MLR adjusted for driver’s tobacco consumption, allowing smoking prior to the ban, Smoke-free car, shift work, health believes.

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