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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2019 Mar 16;56(5):655–663. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.12.004

Table 4.

Odds of Stopping Cigarette Smoking in Last 12 Months Among Young Adult Lifetime Smokers

Characteristic Total sample
(N=4,147)
Ages 18–25 years
(N=1,395)
Ages 26–35 years
(N=2,752)

OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Past year, e-cigarette use
 Yes 0.15 (0.09, 0.26) 0.17 (0.05, 0.53) 0.14 (0.08, 0.24)
 No 1.00 1.00 1.00
Age, years (at interview)
 18–25 0.48 (0.36, 0.65) N/A N/A
 26–35 1.00 N/A N/A
Sex
 Male 0.75 (0.61, 0.91) 1.14 (0.74, 1.75) 0.66 (0.52, 0.84)
 Female 1.00 1.00 1.00
Race/Ethnicity
 White 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Black 0.48 (0.33, 0.70) 0.63 (0.31, 1.27) 0.45 (0.29, 0.68)
 Hispanic 1.23 (0.96, 1.59) 0.85 (0.47, 1.54) 1.41 (1.04, 1.89)
 Other 0.72 (0.45, 1.15) 1.59 (0.58, 4.35) 0.60 (0.35, 1.02)
Education (at interview)
 Less than high school 0.36 (0.26, 0.49) 0.38 (0.20, 0.75) 0.33 (0.23, 0.48)
 High school 0.67 (0.52, 0.86) 0.65 (0.35, 1.18) 0.68 (0.50, 0.93)
 At least some college 1.00 1.00 1.00
Personal income
 $0–$19,999 0.52 (0.39, 0.70) 1.75 (0.51, 6.25) 0.49 (0.36, 0.67)
 $20,000–$39,999 0.53 (0.40, 0.69) 2.08 (0.60, 7.14) 0.47 (0.35, 0.63)
 ≥$40,000 1.00 1.00 1.00
Marital status
 Married or cohabiting 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Widowed, separated, divorced 0.34 (0.24, 0.49) 0.78 (0.24, 2.56) 0.31 (0.21, 0.45)
 Never married 0.47 (0.37, 0.59) 0.45 (0.26, 0.76) 0.41 (0.36, 0.62)
Behavioral health disorders
 Drug use disorder, lifetime 1.05 (0.80, 1.37) 1.15 (0.61, 2.17) 1.02 (0.76, 1.37)
 Alcohol use disorder, lifetime 0.83 (0.68, 1.02) 0.53 (0.32, 0.91) 0.94 (0.74, 1.22)
 Depressive disorder, lifetime 1.00 (0.77, 1.31) 1.54 (0.85, 2.78) 0.88 (0.67, 1.18)
 Anxiety disorder, lifetime 0.90 (0.67, 1.20) 0.75 (0.40, 1.39) 0.95 (0.68, 1.32)
Age started daily cigarette smoking 1.00 1.00 1.00

Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05). Data from NESARC-III. All regressions are controlled for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, personal income, marital status, behavioral health disorders, and age started cigarette smoking.

NESARC-III, National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III; N/A, not applicable.