Table 3.
Predictors of Cigarette Abstinence at Wave 2 Among Smokers Who Tried to Quit (n=3,108)a
| Variables | AOR (95% CI) |
|---|---|
| Financial strain at baseline | 0.86 (0.70, 1.05) |
| Age, years | |
| 18–24 | 1.02 (0.63, 1.66) |
| 25–34 | 1.00 (0.64, 1.54) |
| 35–44 | 0.80 (0.51, 1.25) |
| 45–54 | 0.78 (0.47, 1.28) |
| ≥55 | ref |
| Female sex | 1.07 (0.82, 1.40) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic white | ref |
| Hispanic | 1.03 (0.73, 1.45) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 0.70 (0.51, 0.98)* |
| Non-Hispanic other | 0.86 (0.51, 1.45) |
| Education | |
| Less than HS | 0.81 (0.53, 1.23) |
| HS/GED | 1.05 (0.80, 1.36) |
| Some college or more | ref |
| Employment status | |
| Employed | ref |
| Not in the labor force | 0.89 (0.66, 1.21) |
| Unemployed | 0.73 (0.51, 1.06) |
| Region | |
| Northeast | ref |
| Midwest | 1.21 (0.87, 1.69) |
| South | 1.50 (1.09, 2.06)* |
| West | 1.14 (0.78, 1.66) |
| Uninsured | 0.92 (0.68, 1.26) |
| Medical comorbidities | |
| 0 | ref |
| 1 | 0.89 (0.67, 1.17) |
| ≥2 | 0.84 (0.63, 1.12) |
| Federal poverty level | |
| <100% | 0.66 (0.50, 0.87)** |
| 100%–199% | 0.64 (0.48, 0.85)** |
| ≥200% | ref |
| Cigarettes per day | 0.96 (0.95, 0.98)*** |
| Electronic cigarette use | 1.00 (0.77, 1.30) |
| Other tobacco product use | 1.08 (0.83, 1.41) |
| Time to first cigarette ≤30 minutes | 0.81 (0.64, 1.03) |
| Smoking ban in the home | 1.23 (0.97, 1.54) |
| Perceived harm of cigarettesb | 0.94 (0.82, 1.08) |
| Self-perceived mental healthc | 1.11 (1.04, 1.24)* |
| Past-year drug use | 1.03 (0.81, 1.30) |
| Alcoholic drinks per day | 0.98 (0.91, 1.05) |
Notes: Boldface indicates statistical significance
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01;
***
p<0.001.
a
Data on cigarette abstinence at Wave 2 missing for 1 participant.
b
5-point scale from not at all harmful (1) to extremely harmful (5).
c
5-point scale from poor (1) to excellent (5).
HS, high school; GED, General Education Development test.