Logistic regression analyses of support for tobacco control interventions
| Removal of tobacco products from view (n=669)† | No tobacco sales within 500 m of a school (n=628) | Stores selling tobacco required to sell quit products (n=584) | Stores selling tobacco should be licensed (n=623) | Fewer stores selling tobacco products (n=648) | No sales of tobacco products where alcohol is sold (n=581) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent variables | OR (Sig and CI) | OR (Sig and CI) | OR (Sig and CI) | OR (Sig and CI) | OR (Sig and CI) | OR (Sig and CI) |
| Smoker status | ||||||
| Daily smoker (n=289) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Social smoker (n=75) | 2.91** (1.51 to 5.59) | 1.68 (0.84 to 3.33) | 1.72 (0.78 to 3.81) | 2.69** (1.36 to 5.34) | 9.31*** (4.69 to 18.49) | 4.70*** (2.36 to 9.38) |
| Former smoker (n=62) | 5.08*** (2.60 to 9.91) | 2.32** (1.08 to 4.63) | 3.41** (1.37 to 8.48) | 4.78*** (2.34 to 9.76) | 24.57*** (11.07 to 54.55) | 15.09*** (7.08 to 32.15) |
| Non-smoker (n=340) | 17.08*** (10.55 to 27.66) | 16.00*** (8.13 to 31.49) | 8.46*** (4.51 to 15.88) | 13.60*** (8.21 to 22.54) | 77.07*** (42.31 to 140.39) | 63.17*** (33.90 to 117.69) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female (n=359) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Male (n=407) | 1.30 (0.87 to 1.93) | 0.95 (0.60 to 1.50) | 1.15 (0.70 to 1.88) | 1.29 (0.85 to 1.96) | 1.76** (1.08 to 2.85) | 1.29 (0.79 to 2.11) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| European/other (n=658) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Māori/Pacific (n=51) | 0.73 (0.34 to 1.55) | 1.33 (0.56 to 3.13) | 1.28 (0.49 to 3.33) | 1.07 (0.49 to 2.36) | 1.41 (0.57 to 3.48) | 0.99 (0.40 to 2.43) |
| Asian (n=57) | 0.86 (0.33 to 2.22) | 6.41* (0.83 to 49.45) | No oppposition‡ | 6.29** (1.41 to 28.19) | 3.89** (1.15 to 13.13) | 14.51** (2.93 to 71.87) |
| Age group | ||||||
| Under 25 (n=79) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 25–44 (n=287) | 0.68 (0.31 to 1.50) | 1.53 (0.66 to 3.54) | 0.94 (0.37 to 2.38) | 1.11 (0.49 to 2.52) | 0.92 (0.40 to 2.15) | 1.73 (0.73 to 4.10) |
| 45–64 (n=268) | 0.42** (0.12 to 0.92) | 1.21 (0.52 to 2.79) | 0.92 (0.28 to 1.83) | 0.49* (0.22 to 1.10) | 0.62 (0.26 to 1.48) | 1.16 (0.48 to 2.80) |
| 65 and over (n=132) | 0.40** (0.17 to 0.95) | 1.11 (0.43 to 2.84) | 0.95 (0.33 to 2.73) | 0.47* (0.19 to 1.13) | 0.45 (0.17 to 1.22) | 1.73 (0.62 to 4.84) |
*Coefficient significant at p<0.10, **Coefficient significant at p<0.05, ***Coefficient significant at p<0.001.
†Sample sizes vary for each analysis because numbers of respondents who gave a rating of zero (and who were removed from the analysis) differed.
‡All Asian respondents either chose ‘0’ or positive values on the support scale.