Table 4 Odds Ratios from weighted logistic regression of quitting and plans to quit at Wave 2 using individual belief measures

Intercept

0.12

0.16

0.13

0.01

0.01

0.003

Age

0.99

0.01

0.92

1.01

0.01

0.31

Sex

 Male

0.47

0.35

0.32

1.37

1.71

0.80

Income

 Moderate

2.37

1.15

0.08

1.99

1.05

0.20

 High

3.98

2.27

0.02*

1.82

1.47

0.47

Education

 Moderate

1.24

0.50

0.60

1.78

0.60

0.09

 High

0.91

0.38

0.83

1.31

0.87

0.69

Functional Beliefs (Wave 1)

 F1. You enjoy smoking

  too much to give it up

1.13

0.17

0.43

0.93

0.12

0.59

 F2. Smoking tobacco calms

  you down when stressed or upset

0.87

0.14

0.41

1.13

0.15

0.34

 F3. Smoking is an

  important part of your life

0.85

0.12

0.25

1.15

0.15

0.28

Risk Minimizing Beliefs

 R1. Medical evidence that

  is harmful is exaggerated

0.92

0.12

0.51

1.10

0.25

0.67

 R2. Everybody has got to die of

  something so why not smoke

0.85

0.13

0.30

0.89

0.12

0.39

 R3. Smoking is no more

  risky than lots of other things

1.19

0.14

0.14

1.45

0.19

0.007**

N = 877*

N = 740*

  Intercept

0.06

0.08

0.03

0.30

0.32

0.26

  Age

1.01

0.01

0.66

1.01

0.01

0.47

Sex

 Male

1.66

1.29

0.52

–

–

–

Income

 Moderate

2.04

0.92

0.12

1.57

0.75

0.36

 High

3.02

1.52

0.03*

1.80

1.14

0.36

Education

 Moderate

1.23

0.52

0.62

1.29

0.39

0.41

 High

0.94

0.38

0.87

0.99

0.59

0.99

Functional Beliefs (Wave 2)

 F1. You enjoy smoking

  too much to give it up

1.36

0.21

0.06

0.63

0.08

0.002**

 F2. Smoking tobacco calms

  you down when stressed or upset

0.70

0.10

0.02*

1.38

0.17

0.02*

 F3. Smoking is an

  important part of your life

0.72

0.09

0.01*

0.88

0.13

0.38

Risk Minimizing Belief

 R1. Medical evidence that

  is harmful is exaggerated

1.06

0.13

0.62

0.91

0.13

0.49

 R2. Everybody has got to die of

  something so why not smoke

–

–

–

0.89

0.12

0.40

 R3. Smoking is no more

  risky than lots of other things

0.87

0.12

0.29

0.82

0.07

0.03*