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. 2020 Sep 22:1–7. doi: 10.1159/000510822

Table 3.

Logistic regression regarding nicotine use

OR 95% CI for OR
p value
lower upper
Age, years 0.988 0.978 0.999 0.027
Current living situation <0.001
 Living with partner and/or child Ref.
 Living alone 2.159 1.587 2.938 <0.001
 Living with others 1.081 0.739 1.580 0.690
Educational background 0.015
 Higher education Ref.
 Primary education 1.114 0.258 4.817 0.885
 Vocational education 2.085 1.025 4.240 0.042
 Secondary education 1.312 0.944 1.823 0.106
 Doctorate 0.245 0.077 0.777 0.017
Do you work more at home now? 0.018
 Yes, with tele-work Ref.
 Yes, due to technical unemployment 1.638 1.125 2.386 0.010
 Yes, due to illness 1.431 0.758 2.702 0.269
 Yes, due to illness related to COVID-19 1.069 0.413 2.766 0.890
 No 0.820 0.598 1.123 0.260

Logistic regression explaining relationships to why respondents smoke more cigarettes during the lockdown compared to before. In total, 264 respondents out of 3,632 (7.3%) noted they smoked more during the lockdown compared to before.