Table 1 Variable description

Smoking status

Defined as 1- individuals who had smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetimes, and smoked at least once in the previous 30 days; and 0 – otherwise.

Successful cessation

Defined as 1 - smokers who successfully quit in the last year and more than a year ago; and 0 – otherwise.

AGE

Age at the time of survey

SEX

1 – female; 2 – male

Marital status (MS)

1 – married or common law; 0 – otherwise

Family income (INCOME)

Standardized household income with 0 mean and 1 variance.

Unemployment (UNEMPLOY)

1 - Full-time or patricianly employed; 0 – otherwise.

Low education (LOWEDU)

1- High school or lower; 0- otherwise.

Perceived life stress (PLS)

Perceived life stress: 1- Not at all stressful, 2- not very stressful, 3 - a bit stressful, 4 - quite a bit stressful, and 5 - extremely stressful.

Sense of belonging to communities (SBC)

1- very strong , 2- somewhat strong, 3- somewhat weak, and 4 - very weak.

Complete workplace smoking restrictions (SMKRWC)

1- completely restricted smoking restrictions at place of workplace; 0- otherwise.

Partial work place smoking restrictions (SMKRWP)

1- allowed in designated areas or restricted only in certain places; 0 – otherwise.

Home smoking restrictions (HOME_RESTRIC)

Restrictions against smoking cigarettes in home: 1 - Yes 1, 0 – no.

Geographic locations (GEO)

Defined as 1- Greater Toronto Area (GTA); 2- any other urban areas; and 3- rural area.

YEAR

Survey year: 0 – 2000; 1 – 2001; … ; 8 – 2008;