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Table 1 The effect on current daily smoking of average compliance and price from 1997–2003 in a multiple logistic regression adjusting for age, gender, race, ethnicity, and parental education, in a U.S. national survey, 2003.

From: Enforcement of underage sales laws as a predictor of daily smoking among adolescents – a national study

 

OR*

95% CI

p

Average Compliance 1997–2003

0.98

.96–.99

0.04

Average Price 1997–2003

0.55

.37–.90

0.02

Age

1.38

1.2–1.6

<0.0001

White race

2.3

1.8–2.8

<0.0001

Parental education

0.96

.95–.97

<0.0001

  1. * Odds Ratios for each 1% increase in merchant compliance, for each $1.00 increase in inflation-adjusted price, and for each year of age. Average policy was not a significant predictor. Intercept -3.48, p = 0.025.
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