Predictors of awareness about health harms and tobacco control laws
| Predictors | Awareness about tobacco-related health harms | Awareness about ban on sale to/by minors | Awareness about pictorial health warning | Awareness about written health warning |
| aOR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | |
| Store type | ||||
| Specialty (ref) | – | – | – | – |
| General | 1.44 (0.74 to 2.80) | 1.26 (0.57 to 2.77) | 0.86 (0.40 to 1.85) | 1.06 (0.45 to 2.50) |
| Area type | ||||
| Urban (ref) | – | – | – | – |
| Rural | 0.43 (0.25 to 0.74)* | 0.53 (0.26 to 1.08) | 1.05 (0.53 to 2.11) | 0.62 (0.28 to 1.39) |
| Length of business | ||||
| Less than 5 years (ref) | – | – | – | – |
| 5 or more years | 1.19 (0.68 to 2.08) | 2.43 (1.31 to 4.49)* | 2.99 (1.55 to 5.77)* | 2.60 (1.29 to 5.23)* |
| Level of education | ||||
| No formal education (ref) | – | – | – | – |
| 1–10 years | 0.64 (0.33 to 1.24) | 3.91 (1.52 to 10.03)* | 3.34 (1.35 to 8.23)* | 3.28 (1.17 to 9.19)* |
| More than 10 years | 0.67 (0.31 to 1.42) | 4.33 (1.58 to 11.84)* | 2.10 (0.75 to 5.81) | 2.87 (0.93 to 8.80) |
The reference category for all dependent variables is not aware. aORs are adjusted for all the other independent variables in the respective model.
*Statistically significant.
aOR, adjusted OR; ref, reference.