Table 2 Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for use of flavoured cigarettes to selected socio-demographic characteristics – Global Adult Tobacco Survey Poland (2009–2010)

Gender

Male

140

10.5

8.9–12.1

1.00

Reference

1.00

Reference

Female

240

26.1

23.3–28.9

3.00***

2.39–3.79

2.28***

1.62–3.23

Age (years)

15–19

7

12.3

3.8–20.8

1.59

0.64–3.94

3.91

0.73–20.92

20–29

85

20.5

16.6–24.4

2.92***

1.76–4.85

2.73*

1.14–6.53

30–39

96

19.7

16.2–23.2

2.78***

1.68–4.57

1.49

0.67–3.35

40–49

89

16.9

13.7–20.1

2.30***

1.39–3.80

1.35

0.62–2.97

50–59

82

16.1

12.9–19.3

2.18***

1.32–3.62

1.36

0.64–2.90

> 60

21

8.1

4.8–11.4

1.00

Reference

1

Reference

Number of years of smoking (years)

<5

13

10.7

5.2–16.2

0.69

0.37–1.28

0.41

0.16–1.07

5–9

54

21.8

16.7–26.9

1.40

0.98–1.99

0.68

0.36–1.30

≥10

312

16.5

14.8–18.2

1.00

Reference

1.00

Reference

Daily cigarette consumption (cigarettes per day)

<5

62

29.1

23.0–35.2

2.72***

1.93–3.84

2.77

0.97–7.91

5–9

45

20.2

14.9–25.5

1.68**

1.16–2.43

1.40

0.83–2.37

10–19

129

17.9

15.1–20.7

1.45**

1.12–1.88

1.02

0.71–1.46

≥20

144

13.1

11.1–15.1

1.00

Reference

1.00

Reference

Education

Primary

16

4.8

2.5–7.1

1.00

Reference

1.00

Reference

Vocational

103

13.3

10.9–15.7

3.03***

1.75–5.22

1.87

0.95–3.67

Secondary

181

20.5

17.8–23.2

5.10***

3.01–8.65

2.33*

1.17–4.64

High

80

30.2

24.7–35.7

8.54***

4.84–15.06

3.19**

1.44–7.06

Occupational classification

Employed

272

19.6

17.5–21.7

1.40

0.82–2.40

2.55

0.93–6.98

Non–economically active

90

13.2

10.7–15.7

2.25**

1.35–3.73

3.27*

1.17–9.13

Unemployed

18

9.8

5.5–14.1

1.00

Reference

1.00

Reference

Place of residence

Rural

135

12.9

10.9–14.9

1.00

Reference

1.00

Reference

Urban

Up to 50 000

68

16.7

13.1–20.3

1.35

0.98–1.85

0.98

0.61–1.58

50 000–200 000

70

21.4

17.0–25.8

1.84***

1.34–2.53

1.64*

1.04–2.59

Over 200 000

107

22.7

18.9–26.5

1.98***

1.49–2.62

1.65*

1.08–2.51

Monthly income

Less than 1000 PLN

75

11.0

8.6–13.4

1.00

Reference

1.00

Reference

From 1000 to 1500 PLN

96

17.1

14.0–20.2

1.66**

1.14–2.42

1.03

0.57–1.85

From 1501 to 2000 PLN

94

20.8

17.1–24.2

2.17***

1.48–3.17

1.22

0.65–2.26

From 2001 to 3000 PLN

71

21.6

17.1–26.1

2.21***

1.47–3.33

1.02

0.52–2.01

Over 3000 PLN

45

19.5

14.4–24.6

2.02**

1.27–3.20

0.97

0.45–2.09

Awareness of smoking health consequences

Yes

351

17.0

15.8–19.2

1.62*

1.07–2.47

1.38*

1.07–2.15

No

29

11.6

7.6–15.6

1.00

Reference

1.00

Reference

Perceiving some kinds of cigarettes less harmful than others

May be less harmful

121

20.5

17.2–23.8

1.40

0.99–2.00

1.40**

1.08–1.80

All are equally harmful

259

15.6

13.9–17.3

1.00

Reference

1.00

Reference