Knowledge that tobacco causes: | Nicotine cause of most cancers* | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heart disease | Stroke | Impotence | Lung cancer | ||
Source: International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey Wave 1, 2002 | |||||
*Odds ratios pertain to the odds of stating that nicotine does not cause most of the cancer. | |||||
Sex | |||||
Male | 1.00 | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Female | 1.02 (0.89 to 1.17) | 1.20 (1.08 to 1.33) | – | 1.13 (0.94 to 1.36) | 0.82 (0.75 to 0.89) |
Age | |||||
18–24 | 2.49 (1.97 to 3.15) | 1.32 (1.12 to 1.57) | 1.63 (1.31 to 2.04) | 8.75 (5.60 to 13.69) | 1.47 (1.26 to 1.71) |
25–39 | 2.28 (1.91 to 2.74) | 1.53 (1.33 to 1.76) | 1.39 (1.15 to 1.68) | 4.70 (3.62 to 6.09) | 1.34 (1.18 to 1.52) |
40–54 | 1.92 (1.61 to 2.28) | 1.54 (1.34 to 1.77) | 1.26 (1.05 to 1.52) | 2.26 (1.83 to 2.79) | 1.15 (1.02 to 1.30) |
55+ | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Education | |||||
Low | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Medium | 1.13 (0.97 to 1.32) | 1.12 (1.00 to 1.26) | 1.11 (0.96 to 1.28) | 1.14 (0.92 to 1.42) | 1.61 (1.46 to 1.78) |
High | 1.14 (0.91 to 1.43) | 1.15 (0.97 to 1.35) | 1.51 (1.24 to 1.83) | 1.25 (0.91 to 1.73) | 2.36 (2.04 to 2.72) |
Income | |||||
Low | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Medium | 1.21 (1.03 to 1.43) | 1.17 (1.03 to 1.32) | 1.10 (0.93 to 1.30) | 1.34 (1.07 to 1.68) | 1.24 (1.11 to 1.38) |
High | 1.71 (1.40 to 2.08) | 1.34 (1.17 to 1.54) | 1.14 (0.96 to 1.36) | 1.83 (1.39 to 2.41) | 1.53 (1.36 to 1.72) |
No info | 0.82 (0.65 to 1.04) | 0.91 (0.75 to 1.10) | 0.97 (0.73 to 1.29) | 0.64 (0.48 to 0.84) | 0.98 (0.83 to 1.16) |
Country | |||||
USA | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Canada | 1.61(1.33 to 1.95) | 1.78 (1.54 to 2.07) | 2.45 (2.04 to 2.94) | 1.16 (0.89 to 1.52) | 1.13 (1.00 to 1.28) |
UK | 1.57 (1.30 to 1.90) | 0.90 (0.78 to 1.02) | 1.12 (0.93 to 1.35) | 1.12 (0.87 to 1.45) | 0.81 (0.71 to 0.91) |
Australia | 1.22 (1.01 to 1.47) | 1.50 (1.29 to 1.73) | 1.10 (0.91 to 1.32) | 0.92 (0.70 to 1.19) | 0.96 (0.85 to 1.09) |