Awareness and Perceptions on Health Warning Labels on Cigarette Packs among Smokers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Crude and adjusted odds ratios for intention to quit among smokers with their perceptions of health warning labels on cigarette packs ().

Perception and opinion	Frequency (%)	OR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)
Improve health knowledge
Not at all	41 (19.8)	Reference
A little	114 (51.3)	3.9 (0.3-47.1)	1.3 (0.2-9.6)
Somewhat	52 (21.9)	8.1 (1.2-56.9)	1.4 (0.2-13.8)
A lot	18 (7.0)	11.2 (0.5-239.8)	2.7 (0.03-202.6)
Thinking about health risks of smoking
Not at all	48 (22.4)	Reference
A little	84 (38.3)	3.5 (1.7-7.5)	1.4 (0.5-4.4)
Somewhat	64 (28.0)	9.6 (0.5-199.0)	2.4 (0.5-4.4)
A lot	29 (11.3)	5.7 (0.2-139.0)	0.5 (0.01-21.3)
Arousal of fear of smoking
Not at all	70 (33.1)	Reference
A little	83 (36.6)	3.8 (0.9-16.2)	1.2 (0.2-7.7)
Somewhat	50 (20.5)	5.8 (1.1-30.0)	1.7 (0.2-17.4)
A lot	22 (9.7)	14.6 (0.2-114.8)	4.2 (0.2-96.0)
Desire to reduce the number of cigarettes per day
Not at all	55 (25.7)	Reference
A little	108 (49.1)	9.3 (3.2-27.0)	7.6 (1.6-35.9)
Somewhat	41 (16.9)	9.6 (1.0-87.6)	4.5 (0.7-26.7)
A lot	21 (8.3)	50.5 (1.0-248.5)	19.6 (13.0-294.7)
Effectiveness of HWLs on young people
Ineffective	55 (24.4)	Reference
Effective	125 (55.6)	2.2 (0.5-9.3)	1.0 (0.2-4.0)
Very effective	45 (20.0)	3.3 (0.4-29.5)	1.3 (0.1-26.1)
Effectiveness of HWLs on illiterate people
Ineffective	24 (10.7)	Reference
Effective	135 (60.0)	3.3 (1.1-10.4)	2.2 (0.2-21.0)
Very effective	66 (29.3)	5.6 (1.1-28.5)	2.3 (0.1-41.1)
Support of HWLs
Somewhat oppose	18 (8.0)	Reference
Somewhat support	100 (44.4)	2.0 (0.3-12.2)	1.6 (0.06-45.5)
Strongly support	107 (47.6)	3.9 (0.4-39.1)	1.7 (0.03-106.3)