Table 2

Factors associated with illegal sales California, 1996–1997 (multiple logistic regressions)

Sale n (%)Total n (%)Odds ratio
(95% CI)
(A) Type of ownership
 Independent69  (34.0)203  (63.4)1.0
  Franchise14 (25.0)56 (17.5)0.6  (0.3  to  1.3)
  Chain11 (18.0)61 (19.1)0.4 (0.2  to  0.8)
(B) Manager responses2-150
Adding new warning signs in the previous year42 (25.6)164 (60.3)0.7 (0.4  to  1.2)
Changing tobacco displays in the previous year15 (18.1)84 (30.9)0.5 (0.2  to  0.9)
Beliefs that youngsters were sent intentionally  to the respondents' store to  do compliance  checks36 (25.5)141 (51.8)0.7 (0.4  to  1.1)
  • 2-150 48 records with missing responses were excluded from this analysis.

  • CI, confidence interval.