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. 2016 May 2;31(12):1517–1526. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2015.1089456

Table 2.

Predictors of adult smokers’ responses to health warning labels (HLWs) on cigarette packages, Canada and Australia, 2012–2013.

 
  Think about health risks due to HWLs
Forwent cigarette due to HWLs
Avoidance of HWLs
  Bivariate
Adjusted model
Bivariate
Adjusted model
Bivariate
Adjusted model
Independent variables B (95% CI) B (95% CI) OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Country                        
 Australia REF   REF   REF   REF   REF   REF  
 Canada 0.24a [0.02–0.45] 0.07 [−0.14–0.27] 0.91 [0.73–1.13] 0.81 [0.64–1.02] 0.96 [0.88–1.14] 0.96 [0.79–1.16]
Heaviness of smoking −0.15c [−0.21- −0.09] −0.02 [−0.08–0.05] 0.83c [0.78–0.89] 0.97 [0.89–1.04] 0.99 [0.94–1.05] 1.03 [0.97–1.1]
Recent quit attempt                        
 No REF   REF   REF   REF   REF   REF  
 Yes 0.74c [0.58–0.9] 0.43c [0.25–0.61] 2.66c [2.19–3.24] 2.45c [1.94–3.09] 1.49c [1.28–1.74] 1.40c [1.17–1.7]
Quit intentions                        
 No REF   REF   REF   REF   REF   REF  
 Yes 0.89c [0.73–1.06] 0.40c [0.22–0.58] 1.87c [1.57–2.24] 1.39b [1.12–1.73] 1.44c [1.23–1.67] 1.16 [0.96–1.4]
Self-efficacy 0.38c [0.3–0.46] 0.25c [0.17–0.33] 1.24c [1.15–1.34] 1.19c [1.09–1.3] 1.00 [0.94–1.07] 0.98 [0.91–1.06]
Response efficacy                        
 Low REF   REF   REF   REF   REF   REF  
 Middle 0.75c [0.58–0.92] 0.66c [0.49–0.84] 0.87 [0.7–1.09] 0.71b [0.56–0.9] 1.25c [1.02–1.52] 1.15 [0.93–1.48]
 High 1.42c [1.22–1.61] 1.26c [1.06–1.46] 0.94 [0.76–1.18] 0.73a [0.57–0.94] 1.56c [1.29–1.9] 1.38b [1.12–1.72]
Reactance −0.41c [−0.59- −0.24] −0.38c [−0.54- −0.22] 0.86 [0.73–1.02] 0.82a [0.69–0.98] 1.12 [0.98–1.28] 1.06 [0.92–1.21]

Note. Adjusted models adjust for all the independent variables listed in the table, as well as for age, gender, education, income, survey wave, and time in sample. Bivariate models: a, p < .05; b, p < .01; c, p < .001. Adjusted models: d, p < .05; e, p < .01; f, p < .001. n smokers = 1,838 providing n observations = 7,120 (in CA n smokers = 917 providing n observations = 3,266 and in AU n smokers = 923 providing n observations = 3,854).