Profile of Problems and Risk Factors Associated with Tobacco Consumption among Professional Drivers in Nigeria

Table 2

Multivariate associations with current prevalence of any tobacco dependence.

	CI	OR	Sig.
Age
<25	(3.1, 11.4)	5.3	0.01
25–34	(1.7, 5.3)	2.9	0.03
35–44	(1.2, 5.1)	2.4	0.03
45–54	(0.9, 2.6)	1.4
55–64	(0.6, 1.7)	0.9
>64		1
Race/ethnicity
Yoruba (ref.)	(0.9, 2.4)	1.2	NS
Igbo	(0.7, 2.3)	1.2	NS
Hausa	(1.4, 3.7)	2.2	0.04
Others		1
Marital status
Not married	(1.5,6.5)	2.4	0.03
Married		1
Age of smoking initiation
<15	(4.5, 19.1)	9.2	<0.01
15–20	(3.4, 10.2)	6.1	0.01
>20		1
Introduction to smoking
Parent	(2.1, 8.3)	3.1	<0.03
Sibling	(1.1, 4.2)	1.6	0.05
Motor park operative	(1.8, 6.3)	2.9	0.04
Commercial drivers/peer	(1.2, 4.3)	2.1	0.04
Nobody		1
Tobacco type
Cigarette	(3.3, 10.2)	5.5	0.01
Cigarette/other tobacco type	(3.4, 12.9)	5.8	0.01
Any tobacco combination but no cigarette		1

CI: confidence interval.