Table 4

Correlates of beliefs that light cigarettes have some health benefits

Correlates	Believing Lights are easier to quit						Believing Lights are less harmful
	Malaysia			Thailand			Malaysia			Thailand
	N=1308			N=1260			N=1303			N=1260
	Beta	t	p Value	Beta	t	p Value	Beta	t	p Value	Beta	t	p Value
Age (years)	0.00	0.18	0.860	0.01	2.70	0.012	−0.00	−0.21	0.839	0.01	4.55	<0.001
Selangor/Bangkok (vs other)	−0.05	−0.49	0.628	−0.31	−2.42	0.023	−0.18	−1.02	0.323	−0.26	−2.73	0.011
Education	−0.08	−1.31	0.280	−0.12	−2.06	0.049	−0.15	−3.02	0.008	−0.19	−3.81	0.001
Factory-made vs mixed	−0.14	−0.93	0.365	−0.13	−1.69	0.103	0.09	1.00	0.333	−0.23	−3.57	0.001
Light cigarette use
Current vs never	0.25	2.74	0.014	0.06	0.63	0.531	0.30	2.57	0.021	0.04	0.40	0.695
Past vs never	0.05	0.37	0.714	−0.04	−0.43	0.674	−0.13	−1.15	0.269	−0.02	−0.13	0.897
Believing light is smoother	0.47	8.01	<0.001	0.58	16.12	<0.001	0.39	8.33	0.001	0.52	22.68	0.001
R²	0.29			0.34			0.26			0.31