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. 2016 Jun 23;18(6):e104. doi: 10.2196/jmir.5595

Table 3.

Proportions of youth (unadjusted) with exposure to Internet-based tobacco advertising and branding, and results from logistic regression analyses predicting exposure (results from landline sample).

Characteristic Exposeda to tobacco advertising/promotion
(n=7856)
Exposeda to tobacco company branding
(n=7858)
%b ORc,d 95% CI P %b ORc 95% CI P
Year

2010 21 0.66 0.57 0.77 <.001 20 0.71 0.61 0.83 <.001

2011 24 0.81 0.70 0.94 .006 22 0.82 0.70 0.95 .010

2012 27 0.92 0.80 1.07 .284 26 0.98 0.84 1.14 .780

2013 29 (refe)


26 (ref)


Age, years

12-15 33 2.12 1.81 2.49 <.001 32 2.58 2.18 3.04 <.001

16-19 27 1.61 1.40 1.86 <.001 25 1.79 1.54 2.08 <.001

20+ 17 (ref)


15 (ref)


Sex

Female 29 (ref)


26 (ref)



Male 22 0.71 0.64 0.79 <.001 21 0.77 0.69 0.86 <.001
State

NSWf 26 (ref)


23 (ref)



QLDg 25 0.96 0.87 1.07 .499 24 1.05 0.94 1.18 .348
SESh,j Low 28 (ref)


27




Moderate-high 24 0.83 0.74 0.94 .003 22 0.81 0.72 0.92 <.001
Smoking

Never-smoker 30 (ref)


27 (ref)



Experimenter 22 0.81 0.70 0.94 .006 21 0.87 0.74 1.01 .065

Current or ex-smoker 12 0.37 0.29 0.47 <.001 13 0.44 0.35 0.57 <.001
Friends who smoke N/Ai 1.08 1.03 1.13 .001 N/A 1.10 1.05 1.15 <.001
Household members who smoke N/A 1.08 1.01 1.15 .030 N/A 1.12 1.05 1.20 .001
Internet, hours N/A 1.04 1.02 1.06 <.001 N/A 1.04 1.02 1.06 <.001

aExposure=sometimes or often exposed versus never or rarely.

bPercentages are weighted.

cOdd ratios are from multivariable analyses.

dOR: odds ratio.

eref: reference category.

fNSW: New South Wales.

gQLD: Queensland.

hSES: socioeconomic status.

iN/A: not applicable.

jBased on postal code.