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Table 3 Smoking behaviours associated with intentions to quit among all tobacco smokers (weighted, n = 2884)

From: Determinants of intentions to quit smoking among adult smokers in Bangladesh: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Bangladesh wave 2 survey

 

Unwtd. Freq.

% (95 % CI)

Rao-Scott ChiSq Test

χ 2

DF

p

Number of friends/acquaintances who smoke

 No/only 1 friend smokes

(21/53)

34.6 (13.8, 63.8)

19.32

4

<0.001

 2 friends smoke

(90/195)

52.1 (42.3, 61.8)

   

 3 friends smoke

(187/521)

37.4 (29.8, 45.7)

   

 4 friends smoke

(213/751)

28.6 (23.4, 34.4)

   

 5 friends smoke

(379/1242)

31.4 (25.5, 37.9)

   

Amount smoked/day

 < = 10 sticks/day

(605/1784)

36.0 (28.9, 43.7)

6.64

2

0.036

 11–20 sticks/day

(220/804)

28.8 (22.7, 35.6)

   

 21+ sticks/day

(59/224)

25.4 (19.3, 32.6)

   

Made a quit attempt in past year

 No attempts in past year

(573/2296)

26.4 (21.0, 32.5)

29.14

1

<0.001

 At least one attempt in past year

(322/528)

60.1 (47.8, 71.3)

   

Longest duration smoke-free

 Never quit

(380/1664)

24.1 (18.7, 30.5)

82.61

4

<0.001

 < 1 month

(297/685)

44.8 (38.6, 51.1)

   

 1 to 6 months

(178/340)

53.2 (41.5, 64.6)

   

 > 6 months

(11/38)

21.0 (9.7, 39.7)

   

 Don’t know

(28/97)

27.5 (16.9, 41.4)

   

Enjoy smoking

 Ambivalent

(24/373)

6.3 (3.3, 11.7)

213.28

3

<0.001

 Agree/strongly agree

(570/1744)

33.1 (27.9, 38.7)

   

 Neither

(45/176)

28.4 (20.4, 38.0)

   

 Disagree/strongly disagree

(262/591)

46.6 (39.9, 53.4)

   

Bad opinion of cigarette smoking

 Positive/neutral

(5/36)

10.2 (2.9, 30.0)

4.96

1

0.026

 Bad/very bad

(895/2824)

32.8 (27.3, 38.8)

   

Bad opinion of bidi smoking

 Positive/neutral

(6/38)

10.0 (2.6, 31.3)

4.50

1

0.034

 Bad/very bad

(894/2828)

32.8 (27.3, 38.8)

   

Bad opinion of hookah smoking

 Positive/neutral

(24/109)

24.9 (15.5, 37.5)

1.29

1

0.255

 Bad/very bad

(859/2688)

33.1 (27.2, 39.5)

   

Health benefits if quit smoking

 Ambivalent

(6/111)

2.3 (0.4, 7.1)

258.33

3

<0.001

 Little benefit

(275/1226)

23.9 (18.3, 30.4)

   

 Moderate benefit

(37/272)

16.9 (10.8, 25.4)

   

 Great benefit

(582/1263)

45.5 (40.2, 50.9)

   

Worry about future health

 Ambivalent

(9/184)

5.1 (2.3, 11.2)

111.32

4

<0.001

 Not at all worried

(20/170)

11.1 (6.3, 19.0)

   

 A little worried

(260/898)

30.3 (25.8, 35.3)

   

 Moderately worried

(432/1231)

35.2 (28.1, 43.1)

   

 Very worried

(178/389)

50.2 (41.7, 58.6)

   

Noticed warning labels

 Unaware of labels

(79/424)

21.3 (16.1, 27.5)

16.57

2

<0.001

 Never/once in a while

(325/937)

36.6 (30.0, 43.8)

   

 Often/whenever smoke

(488/1439)

34.2 (27.8, 41.1)

   

Workplace smoking policy

 Employed, policy not reported

(57/159)

38.9 (26.5, 52.9)

32.13

4

<0.001

 Not employed outside home

(440/1148)

39.8 (33.5, 46.4)

   

 Employed, does not work indoors

(255/1112)

24.5 (19.2, 30.8)

   

 No/partial restrictions only

(71/244)

30.9 (22.8, 40.3)

   

 Smoking not allowed indoors

(77/211)

31.6 (21.7, 43.7)

   

Received advice from doctor to quit smoking

 Did not visit doctor

(627/2128)

30.1 (25.0, 35.9)

33.74

2

<0.001

 Visited, no advice to quit

(90/392)

24.8 (17.9, 33.2)

   

 Visited & advised to quit

(183/363)

51.4 (40.6, 62.0)

   

Knowledge of smoking harmsa

 Low

(135/821)

20.5 (11.7, 33.4)

28.26

2

<0.001

 Moderate

(177/619)

31.0 (25.9, 36.7)

   

 High

(589/1443)

48.3 (43.8, 52.8)

   

Knowledge of effects of SHSa

 Low

(155/869)

19.0 (11.5, 29.9)

38.29

2

<0.001

 Moderate

(124/432)

36.0 (28.0, 44.8)

   

 High

(900/2870)

48.5 (44.5, 52.5)

   
  1. aKnowledge indices were ranked into approximate tertiles to explore the relationship between knowledge and quit intentions