Table 2

Percentage (and number), crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR), and 98% confidence intervals (CI) of students daily smoking and heavy smoking in relation to perceived exposure to teachers smoking outdoors on school grounds and inside school building, sex, perceived exposure to students smoking outdoors on school premises, proportion of smokers in the class, parental smoking, and best friends smoking behaviour

VariableDaily smokers (% (No.))Crude OR† (98% CI)Adjusted OR† (98% CI)Heavy smokers (% (No.))Crude OR‡ (98% CI)Adjusted OR‡ (98% CI)
*Reference category.
†Dependent variable: daily smoking versus no smoking daily
‡Dependent variable: smoking >20 cigarettes a week versus smoking <21 cigarettes a week.
Exposed to teachers smoking outdoors
    No12% (61)1*1*10% (50)1*1*
    Yes22% (173)2.1 (1.4 to 3.0)1.8 (1.2 to 2.8)19% (155)2.3 (1.5 to 3.4)2.0 (1.2 to 3.1)
Exposed to teachers smoking inside school building
    No17% (29)1*1*14% (24)1*1*
    Yes18% (205)1.1 (0.6 to 1.8 )0.9 (0.5 to 1.6)16% (181)1.1 (0.7 to 2.0)0.9 (0.5 to 1.7)
Sex
    Boy14% (89)1*1*12% (78)1*1*
    Girl21% (145)1.6 (1.1 to 2.3)1.3 (0.9 to 1.9)18% (127)1.6 (1.1 to 2.3)1.3 (0.9 to 2.0)
Exposed to pupils smoking outdoors
    No6% (6)1*1*5% (5)1*1*
    Yes19% (228)3.7 (1.4 to 9.9)1.5 (0.5 to 4.4)16% (200)3.9 (1.3 to 11.5)1.6 (0.5 to 5.0 )
Proportion of smokers in the class
    <20% smokers9% (66)1*1*8% (58)1*1*
    >20% smokers30% (168)4.4 (3.1 to 6.4)3.7 (2.5 to 5.5)26% (147)4.2 (2.9 to 6.3)3.3 (2.2 to 5.1)
Parents’ smoking behaviour Father
    Non-smoker11% (77)1*1*11% (77)1*1*
    Smoker25% (157)2.6 (1.8 to 3.8)1.9 (1.3 to 3.0)20% (128)2.0 (1.4 to 2.9 )1.4 (0.9 to 2.2)
Mother
    Non-smoker12% (96)1*1*11% (89)1*1*
    Smoker26% (138)2.6 (1.8 to 3.6)1.7 (1.1 to 2.6)22% (116)2.2 (1.6 to 3.2 )1.6 (1.0 to 2.4 )
Best friends’ smoking behaviour
    Non-smoker4% (29)1*1*3% (24)1*1*
    Smoker34% (205)11.9 (7.3 to 19.3)9.1 (5.5 to 15.1)30%(181)12.2 (7.2 to 20.6)9.2 (5.4 to 15.7 )