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

Table 3.

Regression of Impulse Purchase of 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 0.11 <.001 0.03 .01 0.11 <.001 0.03 .013
Urge to buy cigarettes 0.46 <.001 0.37 <.001 0.46 <.001 0.37 <.001
HSI 0.03 .458 0.03 .458
Sex .849 .849
 Male 0.02 0.02
 Female 0 0
Age <.001 .077 <.001 .09
 18–24 0 0 0 0
 25–39 −0.11 0.02 −0.11 0.00
 40–54 −0.36 −0.09 −0.36 −0.1
 ≥55 −0.82 −0.22 −0.82 −0.23
Race/ethnicity <.001 .123 <.001 .056
 Non-Hispanic white 0 0 0 0
 Non-Hispanic black 0.56 0.2 0.56 0.22
 Hispanic 0.77 0.2 0.77 0.23
 Other 0.28 0.04 0.28 0.06
Income ($1000) −0.01 <.001 0.00 .394 −0.01 <.001 0.00 .304
Education <.001 .028 <.001 .021
 Less than high school 0 0 0 0
 High school graduate −0.45 −0.28 −0.45 −0.30
 Some college −0.54 −0.26 −0.54 −0.28
 College graduate −0.95 −0.43 −0.95 −0.44
Frequency of visits to stores <.001 .169 <.001 .180
 Sometimes 0 0 0 0
 Frequently 0.46 0.11 0.46 0.11
 Always 0.67 0.19 0.67 0.19
Method of recruitment <.001 <.001 <.001
 Random digit dialing −0.75 −0.28 −0.75 −0.28 <.001
 Other 0 0 0 0
R¯2
0.30 0.30

HSI = Heaviness of Smoking Index.

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