Table 1

Multivariate association with support for a total ban on the sale of tobacco

Total sample (n=8614)¶¶
Wave1.00 (0.97 to 1.04)
Age0.75 (0.67 to 0.84)***
Sex§1.25 (1.14 to 1.36)***
Social class1.20 (1.06 to 1.35)**
Region††
 South East0.60 (0.52 to 0.69)***
 South West0.62 (0.52 to 0.73)***
 East Anglia0.51 (0.40 to 0.66)***
 East Midlands0.63 (0.52 to 0.77)***
 West Midlands0.64 (0.54 to 0.76)***
 Yorkshire/Humber0.69 (0.58 to 0.82)***
 North West0.76 (0.64 to 0.90)**
 North0.61 (0.50 to 0.74)***
Smoking status‡‡
 Ex-smoker1.66 (1.41 to 1.95)***
 Never smoker2.16 (1.93 to 2.42)***
Smokers only (N=759)¶¶
Cigarettes smoked per day0.96 (0.94 to 0.98)***
Enjoyment of smoking§§0.47 (0.24 to 0.91)*
Quit attempt in last year1.08 (0.73 to 1.58)
Attitude towards smoking
 Happy being a smoker0.54 (0.33 to 0.95)*
 Uncomfortable being a smoker2.24 (1.28 to 3.94)**
 Worried about current harm from smoking0.86 (0.54 to 1.37)
 Don't want to stop but feel I need to1.05 (0.64 to 1.72)
 Would love to be non-smoker1.70 (1.11 to 2.60)*
 Had enough of being a smoker1.47 (0.84 to 2.58)
 Want to stop smoking1.76 (1.13 to 2.74)*
 Ought to stop smoking0.68 (0.46 to 1.02)
 Intend to stop smoking soon0.85 (0.54 to 1.34)
 Intend to stop but not soon1.04 (0.63 to 1.69)
 Worried about future harm from smoking1.58 (1.03 to 2.44)*
  • * p<0.05;

  • ** p<0.01;

  • *** p<0.001.

  • Monthly wave from August-December 2008.

  • In 10-year increments.

  • § Referent=men.

  • Decreasing from social class AB to social class E.

  • †† Referent=London.

  • ‡‡ Referent=current smokers.

  • §§ Increasing from ‘not at all’ to ‘very much’.

  • ¶¶ With complete data.