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. 2012 Jul 27;12:557. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-557

Table 2.

Logistic regression analyses examining characteristics associated with roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco ever use and current use among current smokers in grades 9 to 12, 2008-2009, Canada

Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)§
  Roll-your-own Tobacco Ever Usea Roll-your-own Tobacco Current Useb
Sex
Female
1.00
1.00
Male
1.39 (1.18, 1.62)***
1.27 (1.05, 1.53)*
Grade
9
1.00
1.00
10
0.80 (0.62, 1.03)
0.92 (0.69, 1.23)
11
1.02 (0.80, 1.31)
0.65 (0.48, 0.86)**
12
0.62 (0.48, 0.81)***
0.40 (0.29, 0.54)***
Smoking status
 
 
Current occasional smoker
1.00
1.00
Current daily smoker
2.35 (2.01, 2.74)***
1.75 (1.40, 2.19)***
Frequency of marijuana use
Never used marijuana
1.00
1.00
Has tried but does not use monthly
1.72 (1.23, 2.40)**
1.56 (0.95, 2.54)
Uses once a month or more
2.24 (1.67, 2.99)***
2.74 (1.79, 4.20)***
Weekly spending money
$0
1.00
1.00
$1 to $20
0.89 (0.65, 1.22)
0.67 (0.47, 0.96)*
$21 to $100
0.91 (0.67, 1.22)
0.44 (0.31, 0.61)***
More than $100
0.68 (0.50, 0.92)*
0.45 (0.31, 0.64)***
Average number of cigarettes per day
A few puffs or 1 cigarette
 
1.00
2 or 3 cigarettes
 
3.61 (2.10, 6.21)***
4 to 10 cigarettes
 
4.82 (2.82, 8.25)***
11 or more cigarettes
 
6.52 (3.72, 11.40)***
c statistic 0.681 0.727

Note: § Odds ratios adjusted for all other variables in the table and controlling for Region.

a 1 = Ever smoked RYO tobacco (n = 1,691), 0 = Never smoked RYO tobacco (n = 1,284).

b 1 = Currently smokes RYO tobacco (n = 936), 0 = Does not currently smoke RYO tobacco (n = 2,004).

*p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001.