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Table 3 Logistic regression analyses reporting support for (i) smoke-free and (ii) tobacco-free campus policy options among university staff and students

From: Smoking behaviours and attitudes towards campus-wide tobacco control policies among staff and students: a cross-sectional survey at the University of Birmingham

 

Smoke-Free Campusa

 

Tobacco-Free Campusb

Predictor variable

N

Adjusted OR

95% CI

P-value†

Adjusted OR

95% CI

P-value

Age

 17–24 years

223

 

 

 25–34 years

153

0.73

0.34–1.52

0.394

0.81

0.42–1.56

0.521

 35–44 years

159

1.54

0.68–3.48

0.297

1.45

0.72–2.92

0.301

 45–54 years

125

0.70

0.31–1.60

0.396

1.26

0.60–2.65

0.547

 ≥ 55 years

91

0.96

0.40–2.30

0.928

1.41

0.65–3.04

0.382

Gender

 Male

308

 

 

 Female

465

1.45

1.00–2.11

0.048*

0.99

0.71–1.38

0.932

Ethnic Group

 White British/Irish

657

 

 

 Mixed/Multiple

26

1.55

0.52–4.55

0.452

1.45

0.59–3.58

0.413

 Asian/Asian British

42

5.46

1.49–19.96

0.010*

2.07

1.02–4.20

0.043*

 Black African/Caribbean

17

0.88

0.25–3.07

0.800

1.18

0.43–3.24

0.742

 Other ethnic group

22

0.98

0.33–2.96

0.974

2.39

0.93–6.11

0.069

University Status

 Student

233

      

 Staff

544

1.11

0.54–2.27

0.810

1.08

0.56–2.02

0.844

   

 

 

Smoking Status

       

 Never Smoker

508

 

 Previous Smoker

158

0.28

0.18–0.42

< 0.001**

0.39

0.26–0.60

< 0.001**

 Intermittent Smoker

31

0.06

0.02–0.16

< 0.001**

0.13

0.04–0.43

0.001**

 Daily Smoker

78

0.02

0.01–0.05

< 0.001**

0.02

0.00–0.10

< 0.001**

  1. P-value for differences between groups *P ≤ 0.05 **P ≤ 0.001
  2. aAgreement/strong agreement with the survey item: ‘We should aspire to make the university campus free of tobacco smoking’
  3. bAgreement/strong agreement with all survey items: (a) We should aspire to make the university campus free of tobacco smoking’; and (b) Tobacco sales should be banned on campus’; and (c) Staff and students should not be allowed to smoke e-cigarettes on campus