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. 2018 Dec 4;8(12):e025370. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025370

Table 3.

Factors contributing to most recent quit attempt among smokers who had tried to quit in the last 12 months*

% of RYO cigarette smokers
(n=4891)
% of manufactured cigarette smokers
(n=7682)
OR (95% CI)† P values
A decision that smoking was too expensive 16.0 22.0 0.68 (0.61 to 0.74) <0.001
Seeing a health warning on a cigarette packet 2.9 3.2 0.84 (0.68 to 1.04) 0.111
Health problems I had at the time 18.0 13.9 1.44 (1.30 to 1.59) <0.001
A concern about future health problems 28.3 24.9 1.15 (1.06 to 1.25) 0.001

ORs reflect the odds of reporting each motive for quitting in the RYO cigarette smoker group relative to the manufactured cigarette smoker group (reference category).

*Subgroup analyses conducted in participants from May 2009 onwards (items not included in previous waves of data collection).

†Adjusted for age, sex, social grade and region.

RYO, roll-your-own.