TABLE 2—
Standardized Prevalence Rates and 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs) of Theoretical Mediators of Smoking, Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke, and Smoking Bans, Among Mexican Descendents (N = 1901), by City: San Diego, Calif; Tijuana, Mexico; and Guadalajara, Mexico, 2003–2004
| San Diego, % (95% CI) | Tijuana, % (95% CI) | Guadalajara, % (95% CI) | |
| Social criticism for smoking inside public places very likely | |||
| Workplace | 72.4 (69.8, 75.1) | 52.5 (47.6, 57.5) | 47.8 (42.8, 52.8) |
| Restaurants | 70.2 (67.5, 73.0) | 47.0 (42.0, 51.9) | 32.0 (27.3, 36.7) |
| Public transportation | 84.7 (82.6, 86.9) | 68.9 (64.3, 73.5) | 65.9 (61.2, 70.7) |
| Schools | 87.8 (85.8, 89.7) | 70.9 (66.3, 75.4) | 64.6 (59.8, 69.4) |
| Health centers and hospitals | 92.5 (91.0, 94.1) | 87.3 (84.0, 90.6) | 93.4 (90.9, 95.9) |
| Intolerance toward smoking from normative group | |||
| Spouse | 65.4 (61.9, 68.9) | 57.0 (51.0, 63.1) | 41.7 (35.6, 47.9) |
| Most family members | 34.3 (31.4, 37.2) | 22.7 (18.6, 26.9) | 18.7 (14.8, 22.6) |
| Most friends | 21.2 (18.7, 23.7) | 13.2 (9.84, 16.6) | 5.38 (3.11, 7.65) |
| Perceived access to nearest tobacco selling point > 1 minute away from home | 89.2 (87.3, 91.0) | 79.2 (75.1, 83.2) | 66.4 (61.7, 71.1) |
| Participation in tobacco prevention and awareness of free, local cessation programs | |||
| Education | 13.7 (11.6, 15.7) | 6.79 (4.29, 9.29) | 5.91 (3.56, 8.26) |
| Cessation | 76.4 (73.9, 79.0) | 59.3 (54.4, 64.2) | 58.0 (53.1, 62.9) |
| Reported density of smoke-free public places | |||
| All workplaces | 19.9 (17.5, 22.3) | 9.69 (6.71, 12.7) | 8.00 (5.29, 10.7) |
| All restaurants | 34.3 (31.5, 37.2) | 9.25 (6.34, 12.2) | 6.52 (4.04, 9.01) |
| All public transportation | 68.3 (65.4, 71.1) | 43.5 (38.5, 48.6) | 48.4 (43.3, 53.4) |
| All schools | 75.2 (72.6, 77.8) | 67.4 (62.7, 72.1) | 48.4 (43.3, 53.4) |
| All health centers and hospitals | 80.1 (77.7, 82.5) | 77.6 (73.4, 81.7) | 77.1 (72.9, 81.2) |
| Reported legislation banning smoking inside public places | |||
| Workplaces | 35.9 (32.9, 38.8) | 22.2 (18.0, 26.4) | 19.3 (15.4, 23.3) |
| Restaurants | 46.8 (43.7, 49.8) | 21.9 (17.8, 26.1) | 14.2 (10.7, 17.7) |
| Public transportation | 90.8 (89.1, 92.6) | 78.4 (74.2, 82.5) | 84.9 (81.3, 88.5) |
| Schools | 87.5 (85.5, 89.5) | 82.7 (78.9, 86.5) | 76.5 (72.2, 80.7) |
| Health centers and hospitals | 86.5 (84.4, 88.6) | 87.2 (83.8, 90.5) | 87.4 (84.1, 90.7) |
| High support for smoke-free legislation for public places | |||
| Workplaces | 88.7 (86.8, 90.6) | 85.5 (82.0, 89.0) | 79.2 (75.1, 83.2) |
| Restaurants | 90.1 (88.3, 91.9) | 79.3 (75.2, 83.3) | 65.9 (61.2, 70.6) |
| Public transportation | 93.0 (91.5, 94.5) | 90.6 (87.7, 93.5) | 88.5 (85.3, 91.7) |
| Schools | 95.2 (94.0, 96.5) | 93.7 (91.2, 96.1) | 88.4 (85.2, 91.6) |
| Health centers and hospitals | 95.8 (94.6, 97.0) | 95.6 (93.6, 97.6) | 95.6 (93.5, 97.6) |
| Average SOMERSTOL composite score | 69.1 (68.3, 69.9) | 58.2 (56.8, 59.6) | 53.7 (52.3, 55.0) |
Note. SOMERSTOL = Scale of Theoretical Mediators of Tobacco Control.