Table 2.

Smoking behaviors and attitudes toward quitting among male smokers in Egypt

	Nondaily smokers					Light daily smokers					Heavy smokersa
	n	%	OR	95% CI		n	%	OR	95% CI		n	%
Plans to quit smoking
Yes	30	73.2	3.2	1.6	6.5	127	57.0	1.6	1.2	2.1	352	45.8
No	11	26.8	ref.			96	43.0	ref.			417	54.2
Total	41	100				223	100				769	100
Ability to quit smoking when they wish
Yes	37	97.4	7.9	1.1	57.9	185	93.4	3.0	1.7	5.5	550	82.5
No	1	2.6	ref.			13	6.6	ref.			117	17.5
Total	38	100				198	100				667	100
Ever smoked water pipe
Yes	21	50.0	1.1	0.6	2.0	85	38.1	0.7	0.5	0.9	370	48.2
No	21	50.0	ref.			138	61.9	ref.			398	51.8
Total	42	100				223	100				768	100
Currently smoking water pipe
Yes	6	28.6	2.2	0.8	5.9	15	17.6	1.2	0.6	2.2	57	15.4
No	15	71.4	ref.			70	82.4	ref.			313	84.6
Total	21					85					370
Smoking in presence of childrenb
Outside the house	8	30.8	ref.			30	17.3	ref.			45	7.5
Same room	6	23.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	50	28.9	0.2	0.1	0.4	311	51.5
Another room	12	46.2	0.3	0.1	0.7	93	53.8	0.6	0.3	1.0	248	41.1
Total	26	100				173	100				604	100
Smoking in presence of wifeb
Rarely/never	17	63.0	ref.			86	49.7	ref.			200	31.9
Always	6	22.2	0.3	0.1	0.8	38	22.0	0.4	0.3	0.6	235	37.5
Sometimes	4	14.8	0.3	0.1	0.8	49	28.3	0.6	0.4	0.9	191	30.5
Total	27	100				127	100				626	100
Smoking in transport during the past month
No	38	90.5	ref.			197	88.3	ref.			631	82.1
Yes	4	9.5	0.5	0.2	1.4	26	11.7	0.6	0.4	1.0	138	17.9
Total	42	100				223	100				769	100

Note. n, number of subjects and OR, odds ratio.

^aModerate-to-heavy daily smokers are the reference group.

^bSubset of males currently married and/or having children.