Table 4.
Variable | Sample characteristics |
% Smoke in cars with nonsmokers | OR | 95% CI of OR | p |
n (%) | |||||
Believe that cigarette smoke is dangerous to nonsmokers | |||||
Yes | 5,491 (81) | 32 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Ref |
No | 1,188 (18) | 42 | 1.61 | 1.35–1.92 | <.0001 |
Do not know | 76 (1) | 32 | 1.16 | 0.67–2.03 | .59 |
Smoking policy at home | |||||
Smoking never allowed anywhere | 2,558 (38) | 25 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Ref |
Smoking allowed anywhere | 1,963 (29) | 42 | 2.28 | 1.87–2.78 | <.0001 |
Something in-between | 2,234 (33) | 37 | 2.03 | 1.70–2.43 | <.0001 |
Live in state/province with comprehensive smoke-free law | |||||
Yes | 5,315 (79) | 31 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Ref |
No | 1,440 (21) | 44 | 1.24 | 1.00–1.53 | .05 |
Believe that secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in nonsmokers | |||||
Yes | 5,180 (77) | 33 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Ref |
No | 1,210 (18) | 40 | 1.39 | 1.16–1.67 | .0003 |
Do not know | 365 (5) | 31 | 1.02 | 0.77–1.35 | .91 |