Table III.
Binary logistic regression indicating factors associated with readiness to quit among current smokers in college
| Variable | OR | 95% CI | P |
| Sociodemographics | |||
| Age | 1.01 | 0.9–1.05 | 0.71 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | Ref | –– | –– |
| Female | 1.35 | 0.92–1.99 | 0.13 |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Non-hispanic white | Ref | –– | –– |
| Other | 0.79 | 0.44–1.42 | 0.42 |
| Type of college | |||
| Two years | Ref | –– | –– |
| Four years | 0.87 | 0.60–1.28 | 0.49 |
| Number of friends that smoke | 0.81 | 0.71–0.92 | 0.002 |
| Substance use variables | |||
| Days binge drinking in past 30 | 0.63 | 0.42–0.95 | 0.03 |
| Smoking-related variables | |||
| Social smoker | |||
| No | Ref | –– | –– |
| Yes | 2.25 | 1.48–3.43 | 0.001 |
| Motives—Self-confidence | 0.93 | 0.87–0.99 | 0.04 |
| Motives—Boredom | 1.09 | 1.01–1.18 | 0.03 |
| Days smoked in past 30 | |||
| 1–5 days | Ref | –– | –– |
| 6–29 days | 0.38 | 0.25–0.57 | <0.001 |
| 30 days | 0.11 | 0.06–0.20 | <0.001 |
Nagelkerke R2 = 0.309.