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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 13.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Regul Sci. 2017 Oct 1;3(4):504–515. doi: 10.18001/TRS.3.4.10

Table 2.

Correlates of Favorable Attitudes Toward FDA Regulation of Newly Deemed Tobacco Products, N = 1,520

Characteristic Number
supporting FDA
regulations/total
number in each
category (%)
Unadjusted
models
OR (95% CI)
Adjusted model
aOR (95% CI)
Trial arm
  Text-only warnings 352/768 (45.8) REF
  Pictorial warnings 344/752 (45.7) 1.00 (0.81, 1.22)
Study site
  California 391/822 (47.6) REF
  North Carolina 305/698 (43.7) 0.86 (0.70, 1.05)
Age, years
  18–24 98/215 (45.6) REF
  25–39 263/573 (45.9) 1.01 (0.74, 1.39)
  40–54 213/464 (45.9) 1.01 (0.73, 1.40)
  ≥55 122/268 (45.5) 1.00 (0.70, 1.43)
Gender
  Male 328/721 (45.5) REF
  Female 355/773 (45.9) 1.02 (0.83, 1.25)
  Transgender 13/26 (50.0) 1.20 (0.55, 2.62)
Sexual orientation
  Straight or heterosexual 564/1260 (44.8) REF REF
  Gay, lesbian, or bisexual 132/260 (50.8) 1.27 (0.97, 1.66) 1.17 (0.88, 1.55)
Hispanic ethnicity
  No 646/1413 (45.7) REF
  Yes 50/107 (46.7) 1.04 (0.70, 1.54)
Race
  White 299/578 (51.7) REF REF
  Black or African American 266/683 (39.0) 0.60 (0.48, 0.75)* 0.89 (0.68, 1.16)
  Other 131/259 (50.6) 1.00 (0.71, 1.28) 1.15 (0.85, 1.58)
Education   
  High school degree or less 142/432 (32.9) REF REF
  Some college 347/747 (46.5) 1.77 (1.38, 2.27)* 1.48 (1.14, 1.93)*
  College graduate 144/248 (58.1) 2.83 (2.05, 3.90)* 2.07 (1.45, 2.96)*
  Graduate degree 63/93 (67.7) 4.29 (2.66, 6.92)* 2.94 (1.75, 4.93)*
Low income, <150% of federal poverty level
  No 386/717 (53.8) REF REF
  Yes 310/803 (38.6) 0.54 (0.44, 0.66)* 0.73 (0.58, 0.91)*
Smoking frequency
  Daily 122/288 (42.4) REF
  Non-daily 574/1232 (46.6) 1.19 (0.92, 1.54)
Quit intentions 1.26 (1.12, 1.43)* 1.17 (1.02, 1.33)*
Tobacco prevention media campaign exposure
  Not exposed 239/488 (49.0) REF REF
  Exposed 457/1032 (44.3) 0.83 (0.67, 1.03) 0.93 (0.73, 1.17)
E-cigarette advertising exposure in the past 30 days
  Not exposed 233/580 (40.2) REF REF
  Exposed 463/940 (49.3) 1.45 (1.17, 1.78)* 1.43 (1.14, 1.78)*
Positive e-cigarette user prototype 0.83 (0.74, 0.92)* 0.89 (0.78, 1.01)
Negative e-cigarette user prototype 1.02 (0.91, 1.15)
Positive smoker prototype 0.87 (0.77, 0.97)* 0.94 (0.82, 1.09)
Negative smoker prototype 1.14 (1.02, 1.27)* 1.18 (1.05, 1.33)*
E-cigarette use
  Never used 244/579 (41.1) REF REF
  Ever used 350/721 (48.5) 1.30 (1.04, 1.62)* 1.08 (0.84, 1.39)
  Used in past week 102/220 (46.4) 1.19 (0.87, 1.62) 1.13 (0.77, 1.60)
Cigar use
  Never used 282/608 (46.4) REF REF
  Ever used 294/597 (49.3) 1.12 (0.90, 1.41) 0.96 (0.74, 1.24)
  Used in past week 120/315 (38.1) 0.71 (0.54, 0.94)* 0.83 (0.61, 1.13)
Hookah use
  Never used 425/971 (43.8) REF REF
  Ever used 239/464 (51.5) 1.37 (1.09, 1.70)* 1.08 (0.82, 1.42)
  Used in past week 32/85 (37.7) 0.78 (0.49, 1.23) 0.91 (0.54, 1.53)
Trait reactance 0.89 (0.77, 1.03)

Note. The multivariable regression model included variables with p values <.10 in bivariate analyses.

CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; aOR = adjusted odds ratio; REF= reference category.

*

p ≤ .05