Table 2.

Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for the association between PAS and each level of motivation to stop smoking, compared with no motivation (“I don't want to stop smoking”).

	“I think I should stop smoking but don't really want to”		“I want to stop smoking but haven't thought about when”		“I REALLY want to stop smoking but I don't know when I will”		“I want to stop smoking and hope to soon”		“I REALLY want to stop smoking and intend to in <3 months”		“I REALLY want to stop smoking and intend to in <1 month”
	OR (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p
Perceived addiction to smoking
No	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
Yes	1.88 (1.64–2.15)	<0.001	1.94 (1.68–2.25)	<0.001	2.61 (2.32–2.93)	<0.001	1.66 (1.45–1.91)	<0.001	2.06 (1.80–2.37)	<0.001	1.84 (1.59–2.12)	<0.001
	ORadj (95% CI)	p	ORadj (95% CI)	p	ORadj (95% CI)	p	ORadj (95% CI)	p	ORadj (95% CI)	p	ORadj (95% CI)	p
Perceived addiction to smoking
No	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–	1.00	–
Yes	1.97 (1.71–2.26)	<0.001	2.30 (1.98–2.69)	<0.001	2.96 (2.62–3.33)	<0.001	2.07 (1.79–2.39)	<0.001	2.47 (2.14–2.85)	<0.001	2.31 (1.99–2.69)	<0.001
Sex (reference: female)	1.36 (1.20–1.55)	<0.001	1.11 (0.96–1.28)	0.15	1.32 (1.18–1.47)	<0.001	1.18 (1.03–1.34)	<0.05	1.24 (1.08–1.41)	<0.01	1.20 (1.05–1.38)	<0.01
Age (reference: 16–24 years)	0.90 (0.86–0.93)	<0.001	0.77 (0.74–0.81)	<0.001	0.82 (0.79–0.85)	<0.001	0.77 (0.74–0.80)	<0.001	0.78 (0.75–0.81)	<0.001	0.77 (0.74–0.81)	<0.001
Social grade (reference: AB)	0.86 (0.82–0.91)	<0.001	0.92 (0.87–0.97)	<0.01	1.00 (0.96–1.04)	0.84	0.92 (0.88–0.97)	<0.01	0.95 (0.90–0.99)	<0.05	0.92 (0.87–0.97)	<0.01
Cigarettes per day	0.99 (0.99–1.00)	<0.05	0.97 (0.96–0.98)	<0.001	0.98 (0.97–0.98)	<0.001	0.96 (0.95–0.97)	<0.001	0.97 (0.96–0.97)	<0.001	0.95 (0.95–0.96)	<0.001

Note. OR_adj = ORs are adjusted for sex, age, social grade and cigarettes per day.