Correlates of Cessation Success among Romanian Adults
Table 2
Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for successful smoking cessation to selected sociodemographic and other characteristics in men—Global Adult Tobacco Survey Romania 2011.
Variable
Total
Former smoker
Current smoker
Univariable logistic regression
Multivariable logistic regressiona
%
%
95% CI
%
95% CI
OR
95% CI
OR
95% CI
Age (years)
<25
65 (6.4)
4
6.2
0.4–12.1
61
93.8
87.9–99.6
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
25–29
68 (6.8)
7
10.3
3.1–17.5
61
89.7
82.5–96.9
1.75
0.49–6.29
1.79
0.45–7.18
30–39
168 (16.9)
28
16.7
11.1–22.3
140
83.3
77.6–88.9
3.05*
1.02–9.08
3.02
0.92–9.95
40–49
205 (20.6)
46
22.4
16.7–28.1
159
77.6
71.9–83.3
4.41**
1.52–12.80
4.34*
1.35–13.89
50–59
208 (20.9)
68
32.7
26.3–39.1
140
67.3
60.9–73.7
7.41***
2.58–21.24
5.30**
1.68–16.78
≥60
279 (28.1)
183
65.6
60.0–71.2
96
34.4
28.8–40.0
29.07***
10.25–82.48
15.60***
4.71–51.67
Age at smoking onset
≤17
415 (41.9)
131
31.6
27.1–36.1
284
68.4
63.9–72.9
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
18–20
397 (40.1)
131
33.0
28.4–37.6
266
67.0
62.4–71.6
1.07
0.79–1.43
1.01
0.67–1.52
≥21
179 (18.1)
73
40.8
33.6–48.0
106
59.2
52.0–66.4
1.49*
1.04–2.15
1.05
0.63–1.76
Education
Primary or less
73 (7.4)
34
46.6
35.2–58.0
39
53.4
42.0–64.8
1.65
0.92–2.95
Secondary
780 (78.8)
253
32.4
29.1–35.7
527
67.6
64.3–70.9
0.91
0.62–1.34
High
136 (13.8)
47
34.6
26.6–42.6
89
65.4
47.4–73.4
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
Occupational classification
Economically not active
347 (35.1)
200
57.6
52.4–62.8
147
42.4
37.2–47.6
10.88***
6.10–19.41
3.66***
1.71–7.86
Employed
507 (51.3)
118
23.3
19.6–27.0
389
76.7
73.0–80.4
2.43**
1.36–4.32
2.59**
1.32–5.09
Unemployed
135 (13.6)
15
11.1
5.8–16.4
120
88.9
83.6–94.2
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
Place of residence
Rural
426 (42.9)
144
33.8
29.3–38.3
282
66.2
61.7–70.7
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
Urban
567 (57.1)
192
33.9
30.0–37.8
375
66.1
62.2–70.0
1.02
0.77–1.31
Asset Index
High
512 (52.2)
177
34.6
30.5–38.7
335
65.4
61.3–69.5
1.44
0.76–2.73
Middle
340 (34.7)
118
34.7
29.6–39.8
222
65.3
60.2–70.4
1.39
0.71–2.70
Low
129 (13.2)
35
27.1
19.4–34.8
94
72.9
65.2–80.6
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
Awareness of smoking health consequences
Yes
940 (95.2)
328
34.9
31.9–37.9
612
65.1
62.1–68.1
4.50**
1.76–11.51
3.14*
1.03–9.62
No
47 (4.8)
5
10.6
1.8–19.4
42
89.4
80.6–98.2
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
Awareness of smoking ETS consequences
Yes
905 (92.7)
314
34.7
31.6–37.8
591
65.3
62.2–68.4
1.83*
1.03–3.24
1.81
0.81–4.01
No
71 (7.3)
16
22.5
12.8–32.2
55
77.5
67.8–87.2
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
Cohabitation with a smoker
Yes
569 (57.4)
58
10.2
7.7–12.7
511
89.8
87.3–92.3
1.00
Reference
1.00
Reference
No
422 (42.6)
276
65.4
60.9–69.9
146
34.6
30.1–39.1
16.66***
11.87–23.37
13.78***
ETS: environmental tobacco smoke.
aFully adjusted model including all statistically significant variables. . . .