Table 3.

HINTS-FDA 2015 demographic characteristics and smoking status as predictors of nicotine cancer belief.

		Incorrect OR (95% CI)	Unsure OR (95% CI)
Sex	Female	Referent	Referent
	Male	0.86 (0.62, 1.20)	0.93 (0.66, 1.32)
Race/ethnicity	White	Referent	Referent
	Black	3.36 (1.79, 6.31)	3.55 (1.63, 7.73)^*
	Hispanic	1.98 (1.07, 3.65)	1.64 (0.79, 3.39)
	Other	1.96 (1.27, 3.04)	1.46 (0.68, 3.14)
Age	18–24 years	Referent	Referent
	25–44 years	0.58 (0.27, 1.23)	0.59 (0.26, 1.35)
	45–64 years	1.37 (0.64, 2.96)	1.07 (0.46, 2.47)
	65+ years	2.38 (1.14, 4.99)	1.82 (0.77, 4.32)
Education	High school or less	Referent	Referent
	Some college	0.67 (0.49, 1.08)	0.85 (0.49, 1.47)
	College graduate	0.45 (0.29, 0.71)	0.51 (0.30, 0.89)
	Postgraduate	0.37 (0.23, 0.60)	0.35 (0.18, 0.67)
Sexual orientation	Heterosexual	Referent	Referent
	Lesbian, gay, bisexual	0.43 (0.16, 1.14)	0.68 (0.20, 2.26)
Smoking status	Never smoker	Referent	Referent
	Smoker^a, intends to quit	0.61 (0.36, 1.04)	0.41 (0.17, 1.01)
	Smoker^a, not quitting	0.46 (0.23, 0.94)	0.59 (0.26, 1.35)
	Recent quitter	1.09 (0.19, 6.33)	0.23 (0.08, 0.69)
	Established quitter	0.64 (0.46, 0.89)	0.64 (0.41, 0.99)

Note. Sample size is small for recent quitters (n = 49) and statistics should be interpreted with caution. “Referent” indicates the group to which the other groups are compared.

p < 0.05.

Current smokers who smoked at least 100 lifetime cigarettes and were currently smoking every day or some days.