. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 2.

Published in final edited form as: Salud Publica Mex. 2018 Jul-Aug;60(4):423–431. doi: 10.21149/9193

Table 2.

Smoking initiation and current smoking at follow up among never smokers at baseline in Argentina^a (A) and Mexico^b (B)

A	ARGENTINA
	Smoking initiation 16.3% N=1541				Current smokers 9.4% N=1700
	OR	AOR	AOR	AOR	OR	AOR	AOR	AOR
Think will smoke next year	2.49^*** (1.81–3.43)	1.95^*** (1.38–2.75)			4.07^*** (2.88–5.77)	3.23^*** (2.20–4.72)
Think will smoke if friend offers cigarette	3.06^*** (2.19–4.28)		2.50^*** (1.75–3.59)		3.67^*** (2.54–5.28)		2.73^*** (1.83–4.08)
Smoking Susceptibility	2.84^*** (2.12–3.80)			2.28^*** (1.66–3.14)	4.47^*** (3.18–6.29)			3.61^*** (2.48–5.24)
B	MEXICO
	Smoking initiation 19.9% N=4597				Current smokers 5.1% N=4877
	OR	AOR	AOR	AOR	OR	AOR	AOR	AOR
Think will smoke next year	2.73^*** (2.29–3.25)	2.15^*** (1.79–2.59)			2.11^*** (2.88–5.77)	1.58^** (2.20–4.72)
Think will smoke if friend offers cigarette	2.73^*** (2.28–3.27)		2.11^*** (1.74–2.569)		2.30^*** (2.54–5.28)		1.70^*** (1.26–2.29)
Smoking Susceptibility	2.61^*** (2.23–3.07)			2.07^*** (1.74–2.45)	2.23^*** (3.18–6.29)			1.69^*** (1.29–2.22)

Surveys in Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Tucuman. October- November, 2015

p<0.05;

^**

p<0.01;

^***

p<0.001

Survey in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey. October- November 2016.

The model was adjusted by age, sex, type of school, parental education, sensation seeking index, poor school performance, parenting style, network exposure to tobacco and POS exposure.