Measures of smoking intensity and addiction among current smokers in Massachusetts: Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 1996–1999
| Everyday smoker | Smoke >20 cigarettes/day | 5 minutes or less to 1st cigarette | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Odds ratio* (95% CI) | % | Odds ratio* (95% CI) | % | Odds ratio* (95% CI) | |
| *Adjusted for age and education. | |||||||
| Not disabled | 3010 | 78.3 | 1.0 | 15.1 | 1.0 | 23.8 | 1.0 |
| All disabled | 813 | 83.5 | 1.29 (0.96 to 1.71) | 24.7 | 1.57(1.31 to 2.16) | 33.2 | 1.50 (1.13 to 1.99) |
| Severity of disability | |||||||
| No assistance | 543 | 86.1 | 1.64 (1.14 to 2.23) | 24.2 | 1.63 (1.14 to 2.31) | 35.2 | 1.67 (1.21 to 2.30) |
| Needs assistance | 267 | 79.3 | 0.83 (0.53 to 1.31) | 25.8 | 1.47 (0.87 to 2.47) | 29.8 | 1.21 (0.76 to 1.92 |