Table 6.

Smoking-related knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and sociodemographic factors associated with quitting smoking idea Chongqing, China, 2011 (n = 536).

Predictors	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Demographic characteristics
Age
26–35 years vs. 18–25years	1.304 (0.798, 2.131)	1.309 (0.785, 2.184)
36–45 years vs. 18–25years	1.732 (1.050, 2.858) *	1.755 (1.016, 3.031) *
Education level
Secondary education vs. Basic education	---	1.077 (0.566, 2.046)
Higher education vs. Basic education	---	1.073 (0.520, 2.217)
Cognition knowledge of smoking-related hazards
Smoking causes serious harm to one’s health
Right vs. Wrong	0.580 (0.322, 1.046)	0.580 (0.321, 1.048)
Smoking causes harm to my health
Right vs. Wrong	0.582 (0.353, 0.960) *	0.579 (0.350, 0.958) *
Smoking cause lung disease
Right vs. Wrong	0.570 (0.227, 1.428)	0.563 (0.223, 1.421)
Smoking cause oral cancer
Right vs. Wrong	1.178 (0.725, 1.916)	1.172 (0.716, 1.917)
Smoking cause heart diseases
Right vs. Wrong	1.262 (0.734, 2.169)	1.261 (0.732, 2.173)
Smoking cause stroke
Right vs. Wrong	0.569 (0.292, 1.106)	0.566 (0.290, 1.105)
Smoking cause Impotence
Right vs. Wrong	1.817 (1.033, 3.196) *	1.812 (1.029, 3.191) *
Exposure to second-smoke cause Lung cancer in non-smokers
Right vs. Wrong	1.355 (0.779, 2.358)	1.358 (0.780, 2.362)
Exposure to second-smoke cause Lung disease in children
Right vs. Wrong	0.863 (0.479, 1.556)	0.860 (0.477, 1.552)
Exposure to second-smoke cause Heart disease
Right vs. Wrong	0.704 (0.404, 1.226)	0.707 (0.405, 1.235)
Birth of low-weight babies when the pregnant mother has been exposed to cigarette smoking
Right vs. Wrong	1.393 (0.838, 2.318)	1.388 (0.833, 2.313)
Smoking-related attitude
The people around me (including family members, friends, and colleagues) believe that I should not smoke
Disagree vs. Agree	0.567 (0.356, 0.904) *	0.568 (0.356, 0.905) *
Whether to support the provisions that establishment smoking bans in public places/workplace
Disagree vs. Agree	0.924 (0.442, 1.933)	0.923 (0.441, 1.933)
Exposure to smoke from another person’s cigarette causes harm to my health
Disagree vs. Agree	0.824 (0.500, 1.358)	0.825 (0.500, 1.360)
Quitting smoking would improve my health
Disagree vs. Agree	0.609 (0.372, 0.997) *	0.610 (0.372, 1.000)
Smoking-related behavior
The amount of smoking compared with the past 1 month
Smoke Same vs. Smoke Less	0.195 (0.085, 0.446) *	0.194 (0.085, 0.444) *
Smoke More vs. Smoke Less	0.411 (0.199, 0.847) *	0.410 (0.199, 0.845) *
Hard to say vs. Smoke Less	0.505 (0.217, 1.172)	0.501 (0.215, 1.167)
The people around me persuade me to quit smoking
No vs. Yes	0.483 (0.313, 0.744) *	0.482 (0.312, 0.743) *

Notes: (1) * There was statistically significant (p < 0.05); (2) Crude OR was unadjusted for education level; (3) Adjusted OR was adjusted for education level and all the variables in the table; (4) Abbreviation: CI: confidence intervals, OR: odds ratio.