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Table 4 Home and automobile smoking bans by mother and household smoking-related characteristics*

From: Prevalence and predictors of home and automobile smoking bans and child environmental tobacco smoke exposure: a cross-sectional study of U.S.- and Mexico-born Hispanic women with young children

Characteristic

Home Smoking Bans

Automobile Smoking Bans‡

 

Complete Ban No. (%)†

No/Partial Ban No. (%)†

P

Complete Ban No. (%)†

No/Partial Ban No. (%)†

P

Current smoking status

  

<.001

  

<.001

   Nonsmoker

196 (91)

19 (9)

 

190 (90)

20 (10)

 

   Smoker

33 (63)

19 (37)

 

22 (43)

29 (57)

 

Cigarettes smoked per week§

  

.573

  

.285

   1–10

11 (73)

4 (27)

 

9 (60)

6 (40)

 

   11–25

9 (64)

5 (36)

 

5 (38)

8 (62)

 

   >25

13 (57)

10 (43)

 

8 (35)

15 (65)

 

Proportion of friends who smoke

  

.002

  

<.001

   None

53 (95)

3 (5)

 

50 (94)

3 (6)

 

   A few

99 (92)

9 (8)

 

95 (89)

12 (11)

 

   Less than half

27 (75)

9 (25)

 

29 (78)

8 (22)

 

   About half

25 (76)

8 (24)

 

22 (69)

10 (31)

 

   Most

24 (73)

9 (27)

 

15 (48)

16 (52)

 

Other adult smoker(s) in home

  

<.001

  

<.001

   No

187 (94)

12 (6)

 

174 (89)

21 (11)

 

   Yes

42 (62)

26 (38)

 

38 (57)

28 (42)

 
  1. *Some strata do not sum to 269 because of missing data.
  2. †Row percent.
  3. ‡ Seven respondents were excluded who reported no family automobile; one excluded because of missing data.
  4. §Among mothers classified as current smokers.