Table 2.

Association of practice of smoking cessation advice with physicians’ characteristics (n=261)

Variable	n	Always Advise for smoking cessation	Adjusted Odd's ratio (95% CI)	Sig.
Current Smoking
Smokers	42	12 (28.6%)	1
Non-smoker	219	110 (50.2%)	2.97 (1.34-6.54)	0.007
Gender
Male	109	75 (61.5%)	1
Female	152	47 (38.5%)	0.63 (0.37-1.08)	0.095
Age group				0.131
20-30 years	57	19 (15.6%)	1
31-40 years	110	58 (47.5%)	1.83 (0.52-6.40)	0.342
41-50 years	69	35 (28.7%)	0.72 (0.24-2.15)	0.564
≥51 years	25	10 (8.2%)	0.74 (0.26-2.10)	0.574
Work Experience				0.760
<5 years	92	41 (33.6%)	1
6-10 years	80	39 (32.0%)	0.49 (0.12-2.00)	0.327
11-15 years	46	23 (18.9%)	0.73 (0.19-2.79)	0.648
16-20 years	28	13 (10.7%)	0.76 (0.19-2.97)	0.694
≥21 years	15	6 (4.9%)	0.87 (0.22-3.48)	0.853
Specialty				0.966
Family Medicine	97	50 (51.5%)	1
General Practice	151	66 (43.7%)	0.85 (0.24-3.01)	0.811
Others	13	6 (46.2%)	0.90 (0.26-3.09)	0.867