Table 2.
Changes in smoking prevalence (n = 107; self-reported and combined self report and cotinine) and cigarette consumption per day (n = 49) among Cork bar workers; pre- and post-ban comparisons
| Smoking prevalence |
Cigarette consumption |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Pre-ban | Post-ban | Difference | N | Pre-ban Mean | Post-ban | Within-subject | Between-subject | |
| N (%) | N (%) | from pre- to | (SD) | Mean (SD) | changes (pre- | differencesb | |||
| smokers | smokers | post-ban P-valuea | versus post-ban) Pb | P** | |||||
| Current smoker (self report) | 107 | 55 (51.4) | 52 (48.6) | 0.508 | 49 | 18.1 (11.8) | 13.9 (8.5) | <0.001 | – |
| Current smoker (combined self report and cotinine) | 107 | 60 (56.1) | 55 (51.4) | 0.125 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sexc | |||||||||
| Male | 76 | 39 (51.3) | 35 (46.1) | 0.22 | 32 | 18.2 (11.7) | 14.2 (8.2) | <0.001 | 0.823 |
| Female | 31 | 21 (67.7) | 20 (64.5) | 1.00 | 17 | 17.8 (12.4) | 13.3 (9.3) | ||
| Age groupc | |||||||||
| 18–28 years | 53 | 38 (72.0) | 35 (66.0) | 0.38 | 30 | 14.8 (6.9) | 12.5 (7.7) | 0.001 | 0.20 |
| 29–38 years | 24 | 12 (50.0) | 11 (45.8) | 1.00 | 10 | 23.6 (15.8) | 14.6 (10.2) | ||
| 39–48 years | 18 | 7 (38.9) | 7 (38.9) | 1.00 | 7 | 23.4 (18.5) | 18.4 (9.9) | ||
| 49–58 years | 7 | 2 (28.6) | 2 (28.6) | 1.00 | 2 | 20.0 (14.1) | 15.0 (7.0) | ||
| >59 years | 5 | 0 (00.0) | 0 (00.0) | – | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Occupational classc | |||||||||
| Manager (Bar owner/ bar manager) | 45 | 19 (42.2) | 18 (40.0) | 1.00 | 17 | 17.0 (13.0) | 13.0 (9.4) | <0.001 | 0.617 |
| Staff (permanent/ temp. bar workers) | 62 | 41 (66.1) | 37 (59.7) | 0.22 | 32 | 18.6 (11.3) | 14.3 (8.2) | ||
a: P-values for smoking prevalence were calculated using Mc Nemar chi-squared test
b: P-values for cigarette consumption were calculated using GLM
c: smoking prevalence by sex, age & occupation are for combined SR & cotinine