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Table 3 Smoking status proportions and logistic regression results for stopping smoking

From: A reduced exposure heated tobacco product was introduced then abruptly taken off United States shelves: results from a tobacco harm reduction natural experiment

 

Adults who formerly smoked

Adults who currently smoked

Chi-Sq p value

Unadjusted odds ratio (OR)

Adjusted OR (aOR)

HTP current use at the time of the survey

 Yes

43 (11.3%)

57 (15.0%)

0.012

1.83 (1.14, 2.94)

1.86 (1.11, 3.11)

 No

82 (21.5%)

199 (52.2%)

Ref

Ref

Current ENDS use at the time of the survey

 Yes

75 (19.7%)

85 (22.3%)

 < 0.0001

3.02 (1.94, 4.70)

3.41 (2.13, 5.46)

 No

50 (13.1%)

171 (44.9%)

Ref

Ref

Current other non-combustible tobacco use at the time of the survey

 Yes

13 (3.4%)

20 (5.3%)

0.4007

1.37 (0.66, 2.85)

1.38 (0.62, 3.09)

 No

112 (29.4%)

236 (61.9%)

Ref

Ref

Gender

 Male

72 (18.9%)

127 (33.3%)

0.1426

1.38 (0.90, 2.12)

1.25 (0.78, 2.02)

 Female

53 (13.9%)

129 (33.9%)

Ref

Ref

Age group

 21–34

32 (8.4%)

43 (11.0%)

0.1181

1.97 (1.12, 3.46)

1.86 (1.01, 3.41)

 35–49

51 (13.4%)

132 (34.7%)

Ref

Ref

 50–64

34 (8.9%)

69 (18.1%)

1.28 (0.76, 2.15)

1.63 (0.93, 2.86)

 65+

8 (2.1%)

13 (3.4%)

1.59 (0.62, 4.07)

2.10 (0.77, 5.72)

Race/ethnicity

 White

88 (23.1%)

199 (52.2%)

0.1977

Ref

Ref

 Black/African American

9 (2.4%)

22 (5.8%)

0.93 (0.41, 2.09)

1.08 (0.45, 2.56)

 Asian, Indian, PI

13 (3.4%)

15 (3.9%)

1.96 (0.90, 4.29)

1.67 (0.70, 3.96)

 Multiracial/Hisp/Other

15 (3.9%)

20 (5.3%)

1.70 (0.83, 3.47)

2.07 (0.94, 4.56)

  1. Other non-combustible tobacco use included smokeless tobacco pouches and nicotine pouches. Smoking status, whether current or former smoker, was defined based on participant’s smoking status at the time of the survey. Bold font signifies a statistically significant difference (p value < 0.05) between the groups being compared