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. 2015 Sep 16;18(5):1357–1362. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntv181

Table 2.

Regression of Urge to Buy Cigarettes on Point-of-Sale (POS) Marketing for One’s Regular Band and any Brand of Cigarettes and Other Covariates ( n = 944)

POS marketing for regular brand POS marketing for any brand
Unadjusted Adjusted a Unadjusted Adjusted a
β^
P
β^
P
β^
P
β^
P
POS marketing 0.13 <.001 0.09 <.001 0.14 <.001 0.09 <.001
HSI 0.10 .039 0.11 .009 0.10 .039 0.11 .011
Sex .923 .923
 Male −0.01 −0.01
 Female 0 0
Age <.001 .046 <.001 .0623
 18–24 0 0 0 0
 25–39 −0.26 −0.13 −0.26 −0.16
 40–54 −0.37 −0.10 −0.37 −0.11
 ≥55 −0.86 −0.34 −0.86 −0.33
Race/ethnicity <.001 .450 <.001 .151
 Non-Hispanic white 0 0 0 0
 Non-Hispanic black 0.49 0.06 0.49 0.13
 Hispanic 0.83 0.34 0.83 0.44
 Other 0.34 0.13 0.34 0.18
Income ($1000) −0.01 <.001 −0.01 <.001 −0.01 <.001 −0.01 <.001
Education <.001 .770 <.001 .568
 Less than high school 0 0 0 0
 High school graduate −0.24 −0.03 −0.24 −0.09
 Some college −0.45 −0.11 −0.45 −0.18
 College graduate −0.77 −0.08 −0.77 −0.11
Frequency of visits to stores <.001 .002 <.001 .003
 Sometimes 0 0 0 0
 Frequently 0.51 0.28 0.51 0.26
 Always 0.77 0.44 0.77 0.42
Method recruitment <.001 .012 <.001 .009
 Random digit dialing −0.72 −0.22 −0.72 −0.24
 Other 0 0 0 0
R¯2
0.18 0.19

HSI = Heaviness of Smoking Index.

a Adjusted for all covariates and method of recruitment in the study.