The Effects of Educational Campaigns and Smoking Bans in Public Places on Smokers’ Intention to Quit Smoking: Findings from 17 Cities in China

Table 3

Results of logistic regression examining factors associated with any intention to quit smoking.

	Percentage intending to quit	OR	95% CI	value
Gender
Female	13.5	Reference
Male	9.1	0.74	0.57–0.97	0.029
Age
15–29	10.4	Reference
30–49	9.3	1.05	0.91–1.21	0.524
50+	8.2	1.02	0.86–1.22	0.792
Education
Primary school	7.9	Reference
Secondary school	10	1.15	1.00–1.32	0.045
High school or higher	13.9	1.50	1.28–1.76	0.000
Locality type
Rural	8	Reference
Urban	9.1	1.24	1.10–1.39	0.000
Household income (¥)
30000	9.1	Reference
30000	9.2	0.82	0.72–0.94	0.003
Cannot say	9.5	0.90	0.74–1.10	0.311
Number of cigarettes smoked per day
1–10	11.7	Reference
11–20	8.1	0.80	0.70–0.90	0.000
21+	8.2	0.91	0.77–1.07	0.235
Educational campaigns
No	5	Reference
Yes	13.5	2.58	2.27–2.94	0.000
Smoking bans
No	5.8	Reference
Yes	10.9	1.31	1.14–1.51	0.000

Bold values indicate a significant difference at .