Table 2

Independent associations (unweighted) between support for tobacco availability policies and sociodemographic and smoking status characteristics in Great Britain

Variable	Tobacco-free generation			Tobacco 21			Retail license			Reducing retailers			Restricting sale near schools
Variable	% Support	OR	95% CI	% Support	OR	95% CI	% Support	OR	95% CI	% Support	OR	95% CI^†	% Support	OR	95% CI
Age (10-year increments)		1.01	0.96 to 1.07		1.06*	1.01 to 1.12		0.86†	0.79 to 0.94		0.99	0.94 to 1.05		0.99	0.93 to 1.05
Sex
Other	34%	—	—	47%	—	—	88%	—	—	44%	—	—	68%	—	—
Women	34%	0.95	0.79 to 1.14	53%	1.25*	1.05 to 1.49	91%	1.25	0.94 to 1.67	51%	1.34†	1.12 to 1.60	72%	1.17	0.96 to 1.41
Social grade
ABC1	34%	—	—	49%	—	—	91%	—	—	49%	—	—	72%	—	—
C2DE	36%	1.21	1.00 to 1.47	51%	1.09	0.91 to 1.31	87%	0.79	0.59 to 1.07	45%	0.95	0.79 to 1.14	67%	0.87	0.71 to 1.06
Children in household
No	33%	—	—	51%	—	—	89%	—	—	47%	—	—	69%	—	—
Yes	37%	1.21	0.97 to 1.51	49%	1.02	0.83 to 1.26	91%	0.97	0.67 to 1.41	49%	1.04	0.84 to 1.29	72%	1.11	0.87 to 1.40
Urban/rural
Urban	34%	—	—	49%	—	—	90%	—	—	47%	—	—	69%	—	—
Rural	35%	1.04	0.84 to 1.28	53%	1.12	0.91 to 1.38	89%	1.00	0.72 to 1.40	49%	1.10	0.89 to 1.35	71%	1.06	0.85 to 1.33
Smoking status
Never smoker	39%	—	—	52%	—	—	91%	—	—	52%	—	—	74%	—	—
Ex-smoker	32%	0.74*	0.60 to 0.92	49%	0.87	0.71 to 1.06	90%	0.93	0.67 to 1.31	48%	0.84	0.69 to 1.03	69%	0.76*	0.61 to 0.95
Smoker	21%	0.42†	0.31 to 0.57	43%	0.70*	0.53 to 0.91	84%	0.51*	0.35 to 0.77	27%	0.31†	0.23 to 0.42	52%	0.38†	0.29 to 0.50

N = 2045.
*P value less than 0.05.
†P value less than 0.001.