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. 2010 Feb 15;12(4):374–380. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntq008

Table 3.

Smoking behavior correlates of smoking in cars with nonsmokers (N = 6,755)a,b

Variable Sample characteristics
% Smoke in cars with nonsmokers OR 95% CI of OR p
n (%)
Intentions to quit
    In the next 30 days 758 (11) 29 1.00 1.00 Ref
    In the next 6 months 1,459 (22) 30 1.06 0.82–1.37 .67
    Sometime beyond 6 months 2,511 (37) 34 1.15 0.91–1.46 .23
    Not planning to quit 1,947 (29) 39 1.52 1.19–1.94 .0008
    Do not know 80 (1) 34 1.42 0.83–2.43 .21
Heaviness of Smoking Index
    0—low dependence 831 (12) 22 1.33 1.26–1.39 <.0001
    1 760 (11) 24
    2 1,285 (19) 29
    3 1,864 (28) 36
    4 1,241 (19) 43
    5 566 (8) 46
    6—high dependence 208 (3) 50

Note. OR = odds ratio.

a

All frequencies and data are weighted.

b

Adjusted for demographics in Table 1.