Exploring the Next Frontier for Tobacco Control: Nondaily Smoking among New York City Adults

Table 3

Multivariable logistic analyses predicting Nondaily smoking versus daily smoking among current smokers, aged 18 years and over—New York City, 2010.

	Main effects model		Interaction effects model
	Adjusted odds ratio	(95% CI) LCI, UCI	Adjusted Odds Ratio	(95% CI) LCI, UCI
Age Group
18–44	0.83	(0.49, 1.40)	0.87	(0.51, 1.50)
45+	Ref.		Ref.
Borough of Residence
Brooklyn	1.10	(0.55, 2.22)	1.06	(0.52, 2.19)
Manhattan	0.66	(0.30, 1.48)	0.63	(0.27, 1.47)
Queens	1.03	(0.48, 2.22)	1.00	(0.45,2.20)
Staten Island	1.17	(0.42, 3.23)	1.02	(0.32, 3.20)
Bronx	Ref.		Ref.
Time to first cigarette of the day
More than 1 hour after waking up	8.32*	(2.05, 13.70)	8.76*	(5.38, 14.27)
Within 60 minutes of waking up	Ref.		Ref.
Last cigarette purchased
Carton	0.39*	(0.17, 0.91)	0.41*	(0.19, 0.90)
Single/loosie/bummed/rolled-your-own	3.61*	(1.79, 7.28)	3.49*	(1.72, 7.08)
Pack	Ref.		Ref.
Cessation attempts in the past year
Tried to quit smoking	2.15*	(1.28, 3.60)	2.32*	(1.36, 3.96)
Did not try to quit smoking	Ref.		Ref.
Sex
Male	0.87	(0.53, 1.40)	0.51	(0.22, 1.16)
Female	Ref.		Ref.
Race/ethnicity
All other races	1.11	(0.64, 1.91)	0.66	(0.3, 1.24)
White	Ref.		Ref.
Rules about smoking in home
Smoking is not allowed	1.10	(0.68, 1.79)	0.74	(0.43, 1.28)
Smoking is allowed in some or all areas	Ref.		Ref.
Education (among adults aged 18+)
Some college or more	1.75*	(1.06, 2.91)	1.03	(0.80, 1.35)
High school grad or less	Ref.		Ref.
Last cigarette purchased
Outside NYC/tax-avoidant	1.51	(0.80, 2.84)	0.54	(0.20, 1.41)
In New York City/nontax-avoidant	Ref.		Ref.
Binge drinker
Yes	1.06	(0.60, 1.88)	0.45*	(0.20, 1.01)
No	Ref.		Ref.
Smoking not allowed in the home X tax-avoidant	—	—	6.57*	(1.96, 22.01)
All other race X binge drinker	—	—	4.62*	(1.59, 13.48)
Sex X some college or more education	—	—	2.49^†	(0.91, 6.82)

^†𝑃<.10, ^∗𝑃<.05.