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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 23.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2010 Sep 18;19(6):444–450. doi: 10.1136/tc.2009.034256

Table 4.

Correlates of beliefs that light cigarettes have some health benefits

Believing Lights are easier to quit
Believing Lights are less harmful
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N[1303
N[1260
Correlates Beta t p Value Beta t p Value Beta t p Value Beta t p Value
Age (years) 0.00 0.18 0.860 0.01 2.70 0.012 −0.00 −0.21 0.839 0.01 4.55 <0.001
Selangor/Bangkok (vs other) −0.05 −0.49 0.628 L0.31 −2.42 0.023 −0.18 −1.02 0.323 −0.26 −2.73 0.011
Education −0.08 −1.31 0.280 −0.12 −2.06 0.049 −0.15 −3.02 0.008 −0.19 −3.81 0.001
Factory-made vs mixed −0.14 −0.93 0.365 −0.13 −1.69 0.103 0.09 1.00 0.333 −0.23 −3.57 0.001
Light cigarette use
 Current vs never 0.25 2.74 0.014 0.06 0.63 0.531 0.30 2.57 0.021 0.04 0.40 0.695
 Past vs never 0.05 0.37 0.714 −0.04 −0.43 0.674 −0.13 −1.15 0.269 −0.02 −0.13 0.897
Believing light is smoother 0.47 8.01 <0.001 0.58 16.12 <0.001 0.39 8.33 0.001 0.52 22.68 0.001
R2 0.29 0.34 0.26 0.31

Numbers in bold are statistically significant.