Table A1.

Odds Ratios From Logistic Regression Models Predicting Starting Smoking Among Former Smokers, Health and Retirement Study (1992-2010).

	Men and women: Multivariate interaction	Men and women: Multivariate Interaction Model
Sample	All former smokers Model N = 8,262	Recent smokers, those who report ever smoking during HRS study period (N = 1,814)
New chronic illness in the partnershipa (None)
Respondent only	0.55***	0.45***
Spouse only	1.11	0.92
Both respondent and partner	0.74	0.63
Control variables
Age	0.93***	0.91***
Education (less than high school)
High school degree/GED	0.80*	0.82
Some college	0.90	1.01
College degree	0.55***	0.82
Race/Ethnicity (NH White)
NH Black	1.23	1.12
Hispanic/Other	1.19	1.02
Number of previous chronic conditions	0.94	0.85***
Self-rated health	0.82***	0.95
Died during follow-up	1.55***	1.48***
Interaction variables
Female (male)	0.93	0.82*
New Illness × Female
Respondent only × Female	1.87**	2.01**
Partner only × Female	0.92	1.07
Both respondent and partner × Female	2.90*	2.51*

^aAny new chronic condition includes the following six conditions for which smoking cessation is part of treatment guidelines: hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, cancer, stroke.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.