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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Promot. 2019 Feb 12;33(6):876–885. doi: 10.1177/0890117119829676

Table 2:

Factors Associated With Intention to Quit and Attempt to Quit Among all Study Participants.

Variable Intention to Quit
AOR (95% CI)
Attempt to Quit
AOR (95% CI)

Anti-tobacco industry attitudes 1.37*** (1.24–1.52) 1.14* (1.03–1.27)
Peer crowd groups
   Young Professional Ref Ref
   Homebody 1.39 (0.91–2.12) 1.11 (0.75–1.67)
   Country 1.25 (0.82–1.90) 0.96 (0.65–1.43)
   Partier 0.92 (0.64–1.33) 1.03 (0.73–1.44)
   Hipster 1.14 (0.82–1.59) 1.20 (0.89–1.61)
   Hip Hop 1.45* (1.00–2.10) 1.00 (0.71–1.41)
Demographic factors
Age 1.03 (0.99–1.07) 0.99 (0.95–1.03)
Gender (female vs male) 1.19 (0.98–1.46) 1.24* (1.03–1.49)
Race (other vs non-Hispanic white) 1.00 (0.82–1.22) 0.92 (0.76–1.11)
Education (in/graduated from college vs No college) 0.94 (0.76–1.16) 0.86 (0.70–1.06)
Location
   Albuquerque Ref Ref
   Los Angeles 0.76 (0.51–1.13) 0.97 (0.66–1.43)
   Nashville 0.77 (0.50–1.20) 0.99 (0.65–1.50)
   Oklahoma 0.7 (0.47–1.06) 1.1 (0.74–1.64)
   San Diego 0.77 (0.51–1.18) 0.71 (0.48–1.07)
   San Francisco 0.55** (0.36–0.84) 0.83 (0.56–1.23)
   Tucson 0.78 (0.49–1.24) 0.8 (0.51–1.26)
Smoking-related factors
Attempt to quit in the last year 6.58*** (5.40–8.01) Not Applicable
Intention to quit in the next 6 months Not Applicable 6.56*** (5.38–7.99)
Smoke within 30 minutes of waking 1.1 (0.85–1.42) 0.70** (0.55–0.89)
Average cigarette smoked per day 0.99 (0.97–1.00) 1.02* (1.00–1.03)
Binge drinking in the last 30 days 1.02 (0.76–1.36) 0.73* (0.56–0.95)

Notes: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; 95%CI = 95% confidence interval;

*

P < 0.05

**

P < 0.01

***

P < 0.001