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Table 6 Logistic regression analyses predicting perceptions of acceptability of e-cigarette use in various locations

From: Associations of attitudes towards electronic cigarettes with advertisement exposure and social determinants: a cross sectional study

  

Acceptable to use in bar (n = 4793)

 

Acceptable to use in store (n = 4784)

Acceptable to use at work (n = 4792)

Acceptable to use in class (n = 4792)

Acceptable to use in dorm (n = 4799)

  

AOR (Wald’s CI)

Logit

AOR (Wald’s CI)

Logit

AOR (Wald’s CI)

Logit

AOR (Wald’s CI)

Logit

AOR (Wald’s CI)

Logit

Race

Non-White

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

ref

 

White

0.89 (0.75–1.04)

−0.1227

1.02 (0.86–1.22)

0.0222

0.95 (0.80–1.12)

−0.0563

1.44 (1.18–1.77)

0.3675*

1.11 (0.94–1.32)

0.1056

Gender

Female

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

Male

1.58 (1.38–1.81)

0.4573**

1.66 (1.44–1.90)

0.5046**

1.75 (1.53–2.01)

0.5608**

1.56 (1.34–1.81)

0.4443**

1.61 (1.40–1.85)

0.4763**

E-Cigarette

Non-User

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

User

5.00 (4.22–5.92)

1.6099**

4.45 (3.80–5.21)

1.4920**

4.33 (3.70–5.06)

1.4643**

4.27 (3.62–5.02)

1.4504**

5.94 (5.02–7.02)

1.7810**

Smoking History

           

Individual

No

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

Yes

2.59 (2.13–3.16)

0.9510**

2.64 (2.21–3.16)

0.9718**

2.47 (2.06–2.95)

0.9023**

2.59 (2.17–3.09)

0.9509**

2.81 (2.31–3.40)

1.0315**

Mother

No

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

Yes

1.39 (1.21–1.59)

0.3256**

1.44 (1.24–1.66)

0.3612**

1.45 (1.26–1.67)

0.3735**

1.28 (1.10–1.49))

0.2456*

1.44 (1.25–1.66)

0.3658**

Advertising seen on

           

Internet

No

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

Yes

1.33 (1.16–1.53)

0.2863**

1.20 (1.04–1.39)

0.1856*

1.16 (1.00–1.33)

0.1439*

1.25 (1.07–1.46)

0.2254*

1.35 (1.17–1.55)

0.2961**

TV

No

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

Yes

1.37 (1.20–1.57)

0.3180**

1.33 (1.15–1.53)

0.2843**

1.23 (1.07–1.41)

0.2078*

1.25 (1.07–1.45)

0.2210*

1.33 (1.15–1.52)

0.2817**

Magazine

No

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

1

Ref

 

Yes

1.05 (0.91–1.21)

0.0462

0.99 (0.85–1.15)

−0.0126

1.06 (0.92–1023)

0.0620

0.96 (0.82–1.13)

−0.0383

1.06 (0.91–1.22)

0.0538

  1. Acceptability to use in a location was coded 1 = yes, 0 = no; Race was coded 1 = White, 0 = Non-White; Gender was coded 1 = Male, 0 = Female; E-Cigarette User was coded 1 = User, 0 = Non-User; Individual smoking history was coded 1 = Yes, 0 = No; Mother’s smoking history was coded 1 = Yes, 0 = No; Internet advertising was coded 1 = Yes, 0 = No; TV advertising was coded 1 = Yes, 0 = No; Magazine Advertising was coded 1 = Yes, 0 = No
  2. Higher aOR represent increased perceptions of acceptability of use relative to reference group
  3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001
  4. p-values are within model
  5. Abbreviations: AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval