Perceived importance of cigarette sales: difference in mean importance scores according to seller characteristics (n=599)
| Characteristic | N (%) | Mean score | Difference in mean importance scores (95% CI) | |
| Unadjusted mean difference | Adjusted mean difference* | |||
| All known sellers with an importance score | 599 (100) | 3.92 | ||
| Outlet type | ||||
| Hotel | 252 (42.1) | 3.95 | Ref. | Ref. |
| Club | 155 (25.9) | 3.46 | −0.48 (−0.86 to 0.11) | −1.12 (−1.64 to –0.61) |
| Bottle-shop – corporate owned chain† | 79 (13.2) | 3.34 | −0.61 (−1.08 to 0.13) | −0.16 (−1.00 to 0.69) |
| Bottle-shop – independent/franchisee owned‡ | 59 (9.8) | 4.22 | 0.27 (−0.26 to 0.80) | 0.51 (−0.33 to 1.36) |
| Supermarket/general store – corporate owned chain§ | 1 (0.2) | 3.00 | n/a¶ | n/a¶ |
| Supermarket/general store – independent/franchisee owned** | 51 (8.5) | 5.67 | 1.72 (1.16 to 2.28) | 1.42 (0.58 to 2.27) |
| Other†† | 2 (0.3) | 5.50 | n/a¶ | n/a¶ |
| P value‡‡ | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Extended trading hours | ||||
| No | 424 (70.8) | 3.92 | Ref. | Ref. |
| Yes | 175 (29.2) | 3.92 | 0.01 (−0.34 to 0.35) | −0.13 (−0.53 to 0.26) |
| P value‡‡ | 0.975 | 0.507 | ||
| Number of gaming machines | ||||
| 0 | 222 (37.1) | 4.23 | Ref. | Ref. |
| 1–10 | 91 (15.2) | 3.65 | −0.58 (−1.06 to 0.10) | −0.19 (−0.97 to 0.60) |
| 11–20 | 123 (20.5) | 3.60 | −0.63 (−1.06, to 0.20) | 0.10 (−0.73 to 0.93) |
| 21+ | 163 (27.2) | 3.88 | −0.34 (−0.74 to 0.05) | 0.61 (−0.28 to 1.50) |
| P value‡‡ | 0.014 | 0.065 | ||
| P trend‡‡ | 0.045 | 0.027 | ||
| Remoteness | ||||
| Major cities | 317 (52.9) | 3.76 | Ref. | Ref. |
| Inner regional | 165 (27.5) | 4.10 | 0.35 (−0.02 to 0.72) | 0.13 (−0.24 to 0.51) |
| Outer regional, remote and very remote | 117 (19.5) | 4.11 | 0.36 (−0.05 to 0.78) | 0.26 (−0.20 to 0.71) |
| P value | 0.087 | 0.523 | ||
| Number of staff | ||||
| 1–4 | 97 (16.2) | 4.16 | Ref. | Ref. |
| 5–19 | 300 (50.1) | 3.74 | −0.40 (−0.85 to 0.05) | 0.05 (−0.41 to 0.52) |
| 20–99 | 177 (29.5) | 4.06 | −0.07 (−0.56 to 0.41) | 0.31 (−0.25 to 0.87) |
| 100+ | 25 (4.2) | 4.12 | 0.03 (−0.85 to 0.91) | 0.68 (−0.19 to 1.56) |
| P value‡‡ | 0.170 | 0.293 | ||
| P trend‡‡ | 0.344 | 0.082 | ||
| Distance to nearest cigarette retailer | ||||
| Less than 100 m | 248 (41.4) | 3.58 | Ref. | Ref. |
| 100–199 m | 47 (7.8) | 3.60 | 0.01 (−0.58 to 0.61) | 0.15 (−0.44 to 0.75) |
| 200–499 m | 102 (17.0) | 3.86 | 0.28 (−0.16 to 0.72) | 0.60 (0.14 to 1.05) |
| 500–999 m | 80 (13.4) | 4.28 | 0.66 (0.17 to 1.14) | 0.95 (0.45 to 1.45) |
| 1000 m (1 km) or more | 118 (19.7) | 4.64 | 1.06 (0.64 to 1.48) | 1.00 (0.53 to 1.46) |
| Don’t know/can’t say | 4 (0.7) | 1.75 | −1.83 (−3.72 to 0.06) | −0.83 (−2.68 to 1.02) |
| P value‡‡ | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| P trend‡‡ | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
*Adjusted for outlet type, extended trading hours, number of gaming machines, remoteness, number of staff and distance to nearest seller.
†Liquorland (n=32), First Choice Liquor (n=2), BWS (n=37), Vintage Cellars (n=6) and Woolworths Liquor (n=2).
‡Cellarbrations (n=3), Porter’s (n=3) and other independently owned bottle-shops (n=53).
§Supabarn (n=1).
¶Excluded from regression analyses due to insufficient data.
**IGA (n=16), Foodworks (n=1), Friendly Grocer (n=1) and other independently owned stores (n=33).
††Includes one self-classified ‘restaurant’ and one ‘tobacco retailer’.
‡‡Adjusted effect estimates and P values are for models with categorical variables only. ‘P trend’ shows that a continuous/ordinal relationship has been tested.
§ **Supermarkets/general stores include supermarkets, general stores, convenience stores and petrol stations that sell liquor and food/grocery items from a common sales counter.