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. 2006 Jun;15(Suppl 3):iii34–iii41. doi: 10.1136/tc.2004.008748

Table 3 Logistic regression predicting support for total ban* in restaurants by reported venue restrictions (n = 7508).

Variables Attitudes to total ban (OR, 95% CI)
Total sample Where total bans in venue reported Where no total bans reported
n = 7508 n = 2133 n = 5375
Reported bans
 Total bans 4.19 (3.66 to 4.79)
 Other 1.00
Documented bans
 Extensive bans 2.26 (1.85 to 2.76) 1.55 (1.16 to 2.07) 2.73 (2.02 to 3.69)
 No/limited bans 1.00 1.00 1.00
Age (years)
 18–24 0.47 (0.38 to 0.57) 0.63 (0.43 to 0.92) 0.43 (0.34 to 0.54)
 25–39 0.63 (0.53 to 0.74) 0.84 (0.61 to 1.15) 0.57 (0.47 to 0.69)
 40–54 0.74 (0.62 to 0.87) 1.01 (0.74 to 1.38) 0.67 (0.55 to 0.81)
 55+ 1.00 1.00 1.00
Sex
 Male 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Female 0.76 (0.68 to 0.85) 0.93 (0.75 to 1.14) 0.70 (0.61 to 0.79)
Daily cigarette consumption† 0.81 (0.78 to 0.85) 0.82 (0.76 to 0.89) 0.81 (0.77 to 0.86)
Think about harm to others 1.20 (1.15 to 1.25) 1.13 (1.05 to 1.22) 1.23 (1.17 to 1.30)
Believe smoking causes lung cancer in non‐smokers 2.06 (1.77 to 2.40) 2.01 (1.58 to 2.57) 2.11 (1.74 to 2.57)
Country
 Canada 0.36 (0.29 to 0.45) 0.33 (0.24 to 0.45) 0.35 (0.25 to 0.48)
 USA 0.39 (0.31 to 0.49) 0.56 (0.41 to 0.75) 0.33 (0.24 to 0.47)
 UK 0.46 (0.36 to 0.59) 0.99 (0.57 to 1.73) 0.41 (0.29 to 0.59)
 Australia 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Nagelkerke's R2 0.34 0.13 0.18

*Limited to those who reported having attended restaurants in last 6 months.

†Based on normalised data using a square root transformation.

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.