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. 2007 Dec 4;1:13. doi: 10.1186/1752-1505-1-13

Table 4.

Associations of factors related to advertisements for smoking with current smoking among adolescents in Kurdistan, Iraq, 2006

Demographic factor OR (95% CI)
Frequency of seeing actors smoke when watching television, videos or movies
A lot 1.14 (1.11,1.17)
Sometimes 1.01 (0.98,1.04)
Never watched 1

Frequency of tobacco advertisements seen on billboards
A lot 0.80 (0.78,0.83)
A few 1.30 (1.27,1.34)
None of them 1

Frequency of advertisements or promotions for cigarettes seen in newspapers or magazines
A lot 0.90 (0.87, 0.93)
A few 1.01 (0.99,1.04)
None of them 1

Frequency of advertisements or promotions for cigarettes seen at recreational events
A lot 1.61 (1.57,1.66)
Sometimes 0.94 (0.91, 0.96)
Never watched 0.75 (0.73,0.78)
Never 1