Correlates of current use of light and menthol cigarettes
| Correlates | Current light use | Current menthol use | ||
| Malaysia | Thailand | Malaysia | Thailand | |
| N=1302 | N=1259 | N=1317 | N=1259 | |
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 2.93 (1.31 to 6.55)* | 2.97 (2.01 to 4.39)*** | 2.20 (0.88 to 5.45) | 1.84 (0.91 to 3.72) |
| Male | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Locality | ||||
| Rural | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Urban | 1.38 (0.59 to 3.18) | 1.19 (0.86 to 1.65) | 1.11 (0.38 to 3.29) | 1.63 (1.00 to 2.64)* |
| Region | ||||
| Selangor/Bangkok | 0.55 (0.19 to 1.62) | 0.64 (0.41 to 0.99)* | 0.24 (0.09 to 0.62)** | 0.60 (0.36 to 1.02) |
| Other | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Education | ||||
| No schooling/elementary | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Secondary | 1.26 (0.89 to 1.78) | 1.73 (1.34 to 2.23)*** | 1.27 (0.59 to 2.73) | 1.34 (0.87 to 2.06) |
| Post-secondary | 2.07 (1.23 to 3.48)** | 2.17 (1.45 to 3.27)** | 0.80 (0.29 to 2.21) | 1.49 (0.85 to 2.61) |
| Time to first cig of day | ||||
| Immediately | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Before breakfast | 0.48 (0.21 to 1.11) | 1.10 (0.73 to 1.66) | 0.79 (0.27 to 2.31) | 1.17 (0.75 to 1.82) |
| With/after breakfast | 0.92 (0.49 to 1.73) | 1.92 (1.13 to 3.25)* | 0.54 (0.25 to 1.15) | 1.74 (0.80 to 3.79) |
| Later in the day | 0.77 (0.22 to 2.69) | 3.04 (1.21 to 7.64)* | 0.55 (0.22 to 1.39) | 1.96 (0.85 to 4.49) |
| Types of cigarettes | ||||
| Factory-made (FM) only | 2.07 (0.65 to 6.57) | 6.79 (3.99 to 11.54)*** | 1.40 (0.49 to 4.05) | 6.84 (2.61 to 17.93)*** |
| Mixed of FM and RYO | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Quit self-efficacy | ||||
| Not at all sure | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Somewhat sure | 0.94 (0.49 to 1.79) | 1.04 (0.80 to 1.36) | 0.94 (0.60 to 1.47) | 0.82 (0.57 to 1.17) |
| Very sure | 0.99 (0.51 to 1.94) | 1.85 (1.39 to 2.47)*** | 1.12 (0.57 to 1.23) | 1.69 (1.06 to 2.68)* |
| Extremely sure | 0.81 (0.19 to 3.39) | 1.04 (0.65 to 1.66) | 1.42 (0.64 to 3.15) | 1.16 (0.63 to 2.14) |
| Awareness of smoking harm | 1.01 (0.92 to 1.12) | 0.88 (0.78 to 0.99)* | 0.92 (0.81 to 1.04) | 0.97 (0.81 to 1.18) |
| Lights easier to quit | ||||
| Agreeing | 1.58 (0.89 to 2.79) | 1.21 (0.91 to 1.59) | – | – |
| Other | Ref | Ref | – | – |
| Lights less harmful | ||||
| Agreeing | 2.03 (1.23 to 3.34)** | 0.87 (0.59 to 1.27) | – | – |
| Other | Ref | Ref | – | – |
| Lights smoother | ||||
| Agreeing | 1.36 (0.87 to 2.14) | 0.99 (0.74 to 1.34) | – | – |
| Other | Ref | Ref | – | – |
| Menthol less harmful | ||||
| Agreeing | – | – | 4.65 (2.42 to 8.93)*** | 0.99 (0.50 to 1.96) |
| Other | – | – | Ref | Ref |
| Menthol smoother | ||||
| Agreeing | – | – | 2.24 (1.16 to 4.31)* | 2.29 (1.32 to 3.98)** |
| Other | – | – | Ref | Ref |
OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; RYO, roll your own. *p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001.
The following non-significant variables were included in the regression models but not reported in the table above: age, income, cigarette per day, intention to quit, ever quit before, belief that smoking has damaged health and worried smoking will damage health.