Table 2

GEE analyses† predicting warning label responses, pooled across countries with interactions and separately for each country

Warning salience
OR (95% CI)
Cognitive responses
OR (95% CI)
Forgoing cigarettes
OR (95% CI)
Avoiding warnings
OR (95% CI)
All countriesn=6289n=6299n=6288n=6295
Survey wave
 Baseline1.001.001.001.00
 Follow-up0.72 (0.65 to 0.80)***0.79 (0.72 to 0.86)***1.00 (0.87 to 1.14)2.31 (1.99 to 2.69)***
Interactions (separate analyses)
 Country×wave (3 df)p<0.001p<0.001p=0.001p=0.049
 Country×wave×education (6 df)p=0.641p=0.248p=0.122p=0.002
Francen=1531n=1531n=1531n=1530
Survey wave
 Baseline1.001.001.001.00
 Follow-up0.81 (0.66 to 1.00)*0.70 (0.55 to 0.88)**0.83 (0.69 to 1.00)*2.93 (2.30 to 3.73)***
UKn=1618n=1624n=1623n=1622
Survey wave
 Baseline1.001.001.001.00
 Follow-up1.30 (0.99 to 1.70)1.34 (1.14 to 1.58)***1.65 (1.25 to 2.16)***2.19 (1.72 to 2.80)***
Germanyn=1502n=1503n=1503n=1503
Survey wave
 Baseline1.001.001.001.00
 Follow-up0.62 (0.50 to 0.76)***0.83 (0.69 to 0.99)*0.71 (0.46 to 1.11)2.57 (1.57 to 4.20)***
The Netherlandsn=1638n=1641n=1631n=1640
Survey wave
 Baseline1.001.001.001.00
 Follow-up0.47 (0.38 to 0.58)***0.51 (0.44 to 0.61)***1.06 (0.75 to 1.49)1.28 (0.80 to 2.03)
  • *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

  • †All models were adjusted for gender, age group, educational level, tobacco type, HSI, intention to quit and time in sample. The pooled analyses were also adjusted for country. The interaction analyses were also adjusted for the education by wave interaction and the education by country interaction.

  • GEE, Generalised Estimating Equations; HSI, Heaviness of Smoking Index.