Table 1.

Socio-demographic determinants of current smoking among the study participants (n=261)

Socio-demographic variable	n	Current Smokers n (%)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	Sig
Gender				0.001
Male	152	36 (23.7)	1
Female	109	6 (5.5)	0.201 (0.07-0.52)
Age group				0.428
20-30 years	57	14 (24.6)	1	0.428
31-40 years	110	15 (13.6)	3.924 (0.74-20.54)	0.106
41-50 years	69	8 (11.6)	3.03 (0.68-13.40)	0.142
≥51 years	25	5 (20.0)	2.70 (0.63-11.65)	0.183
Work Experience				0.041
<5 years	92	25 (27.2)	1
6-10 years	80	7 (8.8)	0.06 (0.01-0.79)	0.032
11-15 years	46	6 (13)	0.22 (0.02-2.91)	0.253
16-20 years	28	3 (10.7)	0.21 (0.02-2.559)	0.219
≥21 years	15	1 (6.7)	0.37 (0.03-4.87)	0.446
Specialization				0.018
Family Medicine	97	5 (5.2)	1
General Practice	151	34 (22.5)	3.05 (0.56-16.50)	0.19
Others	13	3 (23.1)	0.65 (0.15-2.85)	0.57