Table 4.

Predictors of beliefs about tobacco alternatives (GEE analyses; data weighted)

	NRT is a lot less harmful than smoking cigarettes		SLT is less harmful than smoked tobacco*		SSM is not harmful to health		Nicotine does not cause most of the cancer
Number of observations	33, 534		27,149		50,004		50,147
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Survey wave (continuous)	1.06	1.04 - 1.08	1.05	1.03 - 1.07	1.04	1.02 - 1.05	1.00	0.99 - 1.01
Country
UK	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Canada	0.55	0.50 - 0.60	0.41	0.37 - 0.46	0.59	0.55 - 0.63	1.18	1.09 - 1.27
US	0.48	0.44 - 0.53	0.31	0.28 - 0.35	0.57	0.53 - 0.62	1.16	1.08 - 1.25
Australia	0.66	0.60 - 0.72	0.80	0.72 - 0.89	0.69	0.65 - 0.75	1.03	0.95 - 1.11
Gender
Female	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Male	1.13	1.06 - 1.21	1.17	1.08 - 1.27	1.06	1.01 - 1.12	1.31	1.24 - 1.38
Age
18 to 24	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
24 to 39	0.93	0.82 - 1.06	0.72	0.63 - 0.83	1.00	0.91 - 1.10	0.81	0.73 - 0.89
40 to 54	0.92	0.81 - 1.04	0.73	0.63 - 0.83	1.08	0.99 - 1.18	0.60	0.55 - 0.66
55+	0.67	0.59 - 0.76	0.63	0.54 - 0.74	0.91	0.83 - 1.01	0.49	0.44 - 0.54
SES
Low	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Moderate	1.38	1.28 - 1.49	1.15	1.04 - 1.28	1.12	1.06 - 1.19	1.40	1.31 - 1.49
High	2.01	1.83 - 2.20	1.34	1.19 - 1.51	1.11	1.03 - 1.19	2.38	2.21 - 2.58
HSI
Low	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Moderate	1.02	0.95 - 1.10	1.08	0.98 - 1.18	1.10	1.04 - 1.16	1.03	0.97 - 1.08
High	1.07	0.98 - 1.16	1.07	0.97 - 1.19	1.11	1.05 - 1.19	1.11	1.03 - 1.17
Used NRT in past year
No		1.00		1.00	1.00			1.00
Yes	1.26	1.10 - 1.46	1.03	0.85 - 1.24	1.13	1.00 - 1.27	0.97	0.87 - 1.09
Used SLT in past year
No		1.00		1.00	1.00			1.00
Yes	1.09	0.92 - 1.30	1.80	1.51 - 2.14	0.84	0.74 - 0.97	1.27	1.11 - 1.44
Used any SSM in past year
No		1.00		1.00	1.00			1.00
Yes	1.37	1.21 - 1.56	1.01	0.84 - 1.20	1.10	0.98 - 1.22	1.13	1.02 - 1.26

NB: Odds ratios are after controlling for all variables shown in the table, and survey wave

* Analysis includes only smokers aware of SLT. CI = confidence interval. Bold text indicates p < .005.