Table 2 Perceived social unacceptability of smoking at follow‐up by strength of local restaurant smoking regulation and baseline attitudes among the Massachusetts adult smoker cohort.
| Baseline perceived social unacceptability of smoking | Strength of local regulation* | Unadjusted OR† (95% CI) | Adjusted OR‡ (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weak | Strong | |||
| (A) | % Socially unacceptable to smoke in town restaurants at follow‐up§ | |||
| Socially acceptable (n = 1117) | 23.9 | 27.6 | 1.21 (0.79 to 1.85) | 1.23 (0.77 to 1.97) |
| Socially unacceptable (n = 554) | 71.6 | 72.5 | 1.05 (0.50 to 2.23) | 1.10 (0.54 to 2.26) |
| (B) | % Socially unacceptable to smoke in town bars at follow‐up¶ | |||
| Socially acceptable (n = 1441) | 13.0 | 15.1 | 1.09 (0.64 to 1.84) | 1.07 (0.55 to 2.09) |
| Socially unacceptable (n = 145) | 49.9 | 70.6 | 2.42 (0.89 to 6.59) | 3.09 (0.78 to 12.21) |
*Strength of local restaurant smoking regulation was defined as strong if it banned smoking completely in all restaurants with no variances, and as weak if otherwise.
†Unadjusted odds ratio for perceived social unacceptability of smoking in restaurants and in bars. OR is derived from a random‐effects logistic regression model that accounts for clustering of responses within towns. Data are weighted to account for baseline probability of respondent selection.
‡ORs are adjusted for all individual‐level variables (age, sex, race/ethnicity, marital status, number of children, education of adult informant, household income, total smoking ban in workplace, smoking history) and town‐level variables (percentage of town “yes” vote on question 1, and percentage of town residents who are white).
§Personal attitude towards smoking in restaurants was defined as socially acceptable if a respondent indicated that smoking should be “allowed throughout the restaurant” or “only in special smoking areas”, and as socially unacceptable if the respondent indicated that smoking should be allowed “not at all” in restaurants.
¶Personal attitude towards smoking in bars or clubs in town was defined as socially acceptable if a respondent indicated that smoking should be “allowed throughout the bar or club” or “only in special smoking areas” and as socially unacceptable if the respondent indicated that smoking should be allowed “not at all” in bars or clubs.