Table 4. Model 1: Regression analyses examining thoughts about quitting smoking because of COVID-19.
| Outcome 1: Because of COVID-19, I’m thinking of quitting smoking: yes, somewhat/very much | Yes* weighted % | OR | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower CI | Upper CI | ||||
| Modifying Factors | |||||
| Age | 18–39 | 46.9% | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| 40+ | 43.4% | Reference | |||
| Sex | Male | 43.3% | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Female | 47.1% | Reference | |||
| Education | Low | 42.4% | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Moderate | 45.4% | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | |
| High | 47.9% | Reference | |||
| Income | Low | 43.9% | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Moderate | 45.4% | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | |
| High | 45.7% | Reference | |||
| Ethnicity | Ethnic majority | 43.9% | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Ethnic minority | 49.7% | Reference | |||
| Financial stress | Yes | 50.0% | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| No | 43.7% | Reference | |||
| Smoking status | Daily | 43.8% | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Non-daily | 51.4% | Reference | |||
| CPD | 0–10 | 51.1% | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 11–20 | 37.3% | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | |
| 21+ | 35.3% | Reference | |||
| Vaping status | Current vaper | 53.6% | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| Does not currently vape | 43.9% | Reference | |||
| Depressive symptoms | Yes | 43.9% | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| No/don’t know | 46.2% | Reference | |||
| Personal Threat Variables | |||||
| Susceptibility | |||||
| Has smoking cigarettes damaged your health? | |||||
| A great deal/a fair amount | 48.3% | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | |
| Just a little | 44.6% | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | |
| Not at all//don’t know | 40.9% | Reference | |||
| Worried smoking will damage your health in the future | |||||
| Very worried | 52.1% | 2.1 | 1.6 | 3.0 | |
| Moderately/a little worried | 43.9% | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.1 | |
| Not at all worried/don’t know | 33.6% | Reference | |||
| Worried that you already have had, or that you will get the coronavirus | |||||
| Extremely/very worried | 63.0% | 4.4 | 3.4 | 5.6 | |
| Somewhat/a little worried | 47.1% | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.8 | |
| Not at all worried/don’t know | 27.9% | Reference | |||
| Suspected having had COVID-19 | Yes | 53.6% | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| No/don’t know | 43.9% | Reference | |||
| Severity | |||||
| If you got the coronavirus, how severe do you think the illness would be for you, compared to others your age who got it? | |||||
| A lot more severe | 55.7% | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | |
| Somewhat/a little more severe | 43.9% | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | |
| No difference/less severe/don’t know | 37.9% | Reference | |||
| Severity of COVID-19 for smokers vs. non-smokers | |||||
| A lot more severe | 55.7% | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | |
| Somewhat/a little more severe | 43.9% | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | |
| No difference/less severe/don’t know | 37.9% | Reference | |||
N = 6635 had complete data for all variables; Data are weighted
*’Yes’ is the main outcome presented in this table (yes: very much/somewhat = 3399 vs. otherwise (not at all/don’t know) = 3236); CPD: Cigarettes smoked per day; CI: Confidence interval. Bolded data indicated statistical significant at the p<0.05 level.
Wald: 15.7, p<0.0001; Country: p = 0.20; Respondent type p = 0.47; Survey date: p = 0.001.