Table 4.
Factors associated with quitting during the COVID-19 restrictions.
| Variable | Quit during COVID-19 Restrictions n (%) |
Crude | Adjusted * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
p-Value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
p-Value | ||
| Education level | |||||
| 12 years or less | 26 (7.5%) | Ref ^ | Ref | ||
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 20 (15.2%) | 2.19 (1.1, 4.0) | 0.013 | 1.97 (1.0, 3.8) | 0.048 |
| Another smoker living at home | |||||
| Yes | 13 (6%) | Ref | Ref | ||
| No | 33 (12.7%) | 2.28 (1.1, 4.4) | 0.016 | 2.18 (1.0, 4.4) | 0.032 |
| Underlying chronic illness | |||||
| No | 29 (7.8%) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Yes | 17 (15.5%) | 2.15 (1.1, 4.0) | 0.019 | 2.32 (1.1, 4.6) | 0.017 |
| Perception of smokers’ risk for severe Sars-CoV-2 infection | |||||
| Same or lower risk | 4 (3.9%) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Higher risk | 42 (11.1%) | 3.1 (1.0. 8.8) | 0.035 | 2.78 (0.9, 8.0) | 0.06 |
* adjusted for all other variables, including age and sex; ^ ref- reference group.