Table 3.
The Associations between tobacco control policies and quit attempts by country, gender, and weight control belief.
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| All | Male | Female | All | Male | Female | All | Male | Female | All | Male | Female | |
| Prices | 0.14** (0.07) [0.30] | 0.03 (0.10) [0.07] | 0.27*** (0.09) [0.58] | 0.02 (0.05) [0.05] | 0.01 (0.07) [0.02] | 0.02 (0.07) [0.06] | 0.10 (0.22) [0.46] | 0.22 (0.31) [1.04] | −0.05 (0.29) [−0.23] | −0.10 (0.21) [−0.35] | −0.34 (0.30) [−1.22] | 0.19 (0.29) [0.65] |
| Price/Belief Interaction | −0.15 (0.11) [−0.10] | −0.10 (0.19) [−0.06] | −0.25* (0.14) [−0.20] | −0.00 (0.08) [−0.00] | −0.06 0.04 [−0.05] | 0.02 (0.10) [0.02] | −0.89*** (0.33) [−1.43] | −2.08*** (0.56) [−3.06] | −0.06 (0.40) [−0.11] | −0.06 (0.31) [−0.06] | −0.19 (0.49) [−0.19] | 0.06 (0.41) [0.07] |
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| Worksite Bans | 0.34 (0.39) [0.52] | 0.57 (0.59) [0.90] | 0.22 (0.49) [0.32] | −0.32 (0.22) [−0.46] | −0.75** (0.34) [−1.08] | 0.10 (0.29) [0.15] | 0.63 (0.45) [0.89] | 0.49 (0.68) [0.70] | 0.73 (0.62) [1.01] | −0.12 (0.32) [−0.18] | −0.68 (0.50) [−1.02] | 0.49 (0.41) [0.71] |
| Worksite Bans/Belief Interaction | −0.66 (0.48) [−0.30] | −0.49 (0.82) [−0.19] | −0.82 (0.58) [−0.45] | −0.05 (0.33) [−0.02] | 0.15 (0.54) [0.05] | −0.23 (0.41) [−0.13] | −0.68* (0.39) [−0.34] | −1.31* (0.70) [−0.60] | −0.25 (0.48) [−0.13] | 0.14 (0.39) [0.06] | 0.30 (0.64) [0.12] | −0.22 (0.48) [−0.10] |
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| Bar Bans | 0.08 (0.20) [0.10] | 0.13 (0.29) [0.16] | 0.08 (0.26) [0.10] | −0.17 (0.14) [−0.22] | −0.28 (0.19) [−0.37] | −0.01 (0.18) [−0.01] | −0.26 (0.36) [−0.28] | −0.31 (0.52) [−0.33] | −0.23 (0.48) [−0.24] | 0.19 (0.25) [0.23] | 0.51 (0.37) [0.64] | −0.13 (0.32) [−0.16] |
| Bar Bans/Belief Interaction | −0.29 (0.24) [−0.11] | 0.10 (0.39) [0.03] | −0.69** (0.29) [−0.31] | −0.01 (0.18) [−0.00] | 0.18 (0.29) [0.06] | −0.14 (0.22) [−0.07] | −0.52 (0.38) [−0.20] | −1.26 (0.97) [−0.43] | −0.12 (0.44) [−0.05] | 0.06 (0.34) [0.02] | 0.59 (0.55) [0.20] | −0.42 (0.42) [−0.17] |
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| Restaurant Bans | 0.30 (0.20) [0.45] | 0.47 (0.29) [0.72] | 0.16 (0.27) [0.23] | 0.17 (0.24) [0.25] | 0.37 (0.36) [0.55] | 0.02 (0.32) [0.03] | 0.10 (0.48) [0.14] | 0.43 (0.71) [0.57] | −0.27 (0.65) [−0.35] | 0.05 (0.45) [0.07] | −0.33 (0.66) [−0.53] | 0.56 (0.61) [0.87] |
| Restaurant Bans/Belief Interaction | −0.27 (0.28) [−0.12] | 0.15 (0.45) [0.06] | −0.67* (0.34) [−0.36] | −0.07 (0.23) [−0.03] | 0.13 (0.37) [0.04] | −0.16 (0.28) [−0.09] | −0.41 (0.46) [−0.19] | −1.41 (1.12) [−0.60] | 0.24 (0.55) [0.12] | 0.00 0.59 [0.00] | 0.62 (0.97) [0.27] | −0.82 (0.75) [−0.41] |
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| Anti-smoking Messaging | 0.11 (0.21) [0.28] | −0.16 (0.30) [−0.44] | 0.49* (0.28) [1.23] | 0.38** (0.19) [1.02] | 0.44 (0.28) [1.17] | 0.36 (0.26) [0.97] | 0.50** (0.24) [1.33] | 0.38 (0.35) [1.04] | 0.57* (0.32) [1.49] | 0.29** (0.15) [0.82] | 0.60*** (0.22) [1.67] | −0.06 (0.20) [−0.17] |
| Anti-smoking Messaging/Belief Interaction | −0.56** (0.28) [−0.45] | −0.29 (0.47) [−0.19] | −0.98*** (0.35) [−0.93] | −0.11 (0.26) [−0.09] | 0.18 (0.42) [0.11] | −0.33 (0.33) [−0.34] | −0.66*** (0.20) [−0.62] | −1.24*** (0.34) [−1.06] | −0.24 (0.26) [−0.25] | −0.05 (0.18) [−0.04] | 0.21 (0.29) [0.16] | −0.27 (0.23) [−0.23] |
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| N | 4266 | 1786 | 2480 | 5060 | 2216 | 2844 | 4999 | 2194 | 2805 | 5451 | 2453 | 2998 |
Note: marginal estimates (β) are reported. Robust Standard errors are in parentheses. Elasticity estimates are in square brackets. Regressions were conducted separately for each tobacco control policy.
0.05 < p ≤ 0.1,
0.01 < p ≤ 0.05,
p ≤ 0.01.