Table 2.

Associations between smoking in the presence of children at home and variables related to smoking habits, quitting smoking, and smoking bans in the home

Variables	Smoked in the presence of children		Did not smoke in the presence of children		OR	95% CI
	n	%	n	%
Daily smoker
No	30	50.85	29	49.15
Yes	173	69.76	75	30.24	2.23	1.25-3.97*
Cigarettes smoked per day (n)
<20	109	58.60	77	41.40
≥20	91	78.45	25	21.55	2.57	1.51-4.37*
Age at first cigarette smoked (y)
>18	62	59.62	42	40.38
≤18	139	69.85	60	30.15	1.57	0.96-2.58
Ever considered quitting
Yes, in coming year	40	56.34	31	43.66
Yes, but not in coming year	91	65.00	49	35.00	1.43	0.80-2.58
No	66	74.16	23	25.84	2.22	1.14-4.33*
Attempted to quit in preceding year
Yes	110	62.15	67	37.85
No	93	71.54	37	28.46	1.53	0.94-2.49
Advised to quit by health-care professional
Yes	77	65.25	41	34.75
No	70	69.31	31	30.69	1.20	0.68-2.12
No contact with health- care professionals	55	63.95	31	36.05	0.95	0.53-1.69
Agreed with home smoking bans
Yes	140	61.67	87	38.33
No	59	77.63	17	22.37	2.16	1.18-3.94*
Had smoking bans at home
Yes	51	49.04	53	50.96
No	149	76.41	46	23.59	3.37	2.03-5.59*
Enforcement of smoking bans at home
Consistent	21	39.62	32	60.38
Inconsistent	34	68.00	16	32.00	3.24	1.44-7.28*

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

*p < .05.