Associations of self-reported smoking cessation assistance with sociodemographic factors and tobacco treatment policies in 27 EU MS among former smokers and current smokers who had tried to quit, 2012–2017 (n=19 410)
| Any assistance* aOR (95% CI) | Without assistance aOR (95% CI) | Pharmacotherapy aOR (95% CI) | Health services aOR (95% CI) | Electronic cigarettes aOR (95% CI) | |
| Year | |||||
| 2012 (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 2017 | 0.61 (0.52 to 0.71) | 1.72 (1.47 to 2.02) | 0.73 (0.58 to 0.93) | 0.53 (0.38 to 0.74) | 1.85 (1.31 to 2.61) |
| Tobacco Control Scale treatment score | |||||
| Low (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Medium | 1.20 (0.86 to 1.68) | 0.92 (0.68 to 1.26) | 1.59 (0.95 to 2.65) | 1.47 (0.93 to 2.31) | 1.19 (0.72 to 1.97) |
| High | 1.78 (1.15 to 2.76) | 0.57 (0.38 to 0.86) | 3.44 (1.78 to 6.66) | 2.27 (1.27 to 4.06) | 1.58 (0.83 to 3.01) |
| Year*Tobacco Control Scale treatment score | |||||
| 2017*Low (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 2017*Medium | 1.39 (1.17 to 1.66) | 0.64 (0.54 to 0.77) | 1.17 (0.90 to 1.51) | 1.22 (0.85 to 1.77) | 1.28 (0.87 to 1.89) |
| 2017*High | 1.43 (1.14 to 1.78) | 0.64 (0.51 to 0.80) | 0.69 (0.50 to 0.93) | 0.81 (0.51 to 1.28) | 2.42 (1.53 to 3.82) |
| Age (years) | |||||
| ≥55 (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 40–54 | 1.45 (1.34 to 1.58) | 0.73 (0.67 to 0.79) | 1.69 (1.52 to 1.88) | 0.91 (0.78 to 1.06) | 2.32 (1.94 to 2.77) |
| 25–39 | 1.32 (1.21 to 1.45) | 0.81 (0.73 to 0.88) | 1.33 (1.18 to 1.50) | 0.66 (0.55 to 0.79) | 2.89 (2.40 to 3.47) |
| 15–24 | 1.38 (1.20 to 1.60) | 0.80 (0.69 to 0.92) | 0.88 (0.71 to 1.10) | 0.54 (0.38 to 0.74) | 4.38 (3.43 to 5.60) |
| Sex | |||||
| Female (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Male | 0.98 (0.92 to 1.05) | 1.03 (0.96 to 1.10) | 0.89 (0.82 to 0.98) | 1.00 (0.88 to 1.13) | 1.06 (0.93 to 1.21) |
| Difficulties paying bills | |||||
| Never/almost never (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| From time to time/most of the time | 1.19 (1.10 to 1.28) | 0.84 (0.78 to 0.91) | 1.22 (1.11 to 1.35) | 1.29 (1.12 to 1.49) | 1.35 (1.17 to 1.57) |
| Age when stopped education (years) | |||||
| Up to 15 (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 16–19 | 1.18 (1.06 to 1.31) | 0.88 (0.79 to 0.98) | 1.33 (1.15 to 1.54) | 1.21 (1.00 to 1.46) | 1.30 (1.03 to 1.63) |
| ≥20 | 1.12 (1.01 to 1.25) | 0.93 (0.83 to 1.04) | 1.24 (1.06 to 1.44) | 1.26 (1.03 to 1.55) | 1.15 (0.90 to 1.46) |
| Area of residence | |||||
| Rural (ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Urban | 1.07 (1.00 to 1.15) | 0.94 (0.88 to 1.01) | 1.04 (0.95 to 1.15) | 1.12 (0.98 to 1.28) | 1.13 (0.97 to 1.31) |
↵*Includes pharmacotherapy, smoking cessation services, electronic cigarettes, oral or nasal tobacco and other.
aOR, adjusted OR; EU MS, EU Member States.