Table 3 Determinants of tobacco use among university personnel in the tobacco-free campus (n = 1,177)
Characteristics | Ever-smoker | Current smoker | User of other tobacco products | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unadjusted OR (95 % CI) | AOR (95 % CI) | P value | Unadjusted OR (95 % CI) | AOR (95 % CI) | P value | Unadjusted OR (95 % CI) | AOR (95 % CI) | P value | |
Agea (years) | |||||||||
30–39 | 0.93 (0.55–1.58) | 0.93 (0.53–1.62) | 0.79 | 4.11 (1.13–8.96)* | 5.64 (1.31–9.26)* | 0.02* | 0.37 (0.14–0.92)* | 0.21 (0.07–0.70)* | 0.01* |
40–49 | 0.67 (0.41–1.12) | 0.61 (0.35–1.06) | 0.08 | 2.76 (0.75–10.16) | 1.76 (0.39–8.04) | 0.47 | 0.71 (0.31–1.64) | 0.34 (0.11–1.06) | 0.06 |
50–59 | 0.68 (0.42–1.11) | 0.71 (0.42–1.19) | 0.19 | 1.68 (0.46–6.17) | 2.51 (0.56–11.25) | 0.23 | 0.72 (0.33–1.58) | 0.39 (0.14–1.12) | 0.08 |
>60 | 0.90 (0.52–1.57) | 1.04 (0.57–1.90) | 0.89 | 0.73 (0.14–3.80) | 0.83 (0.12–5.77) | 0.85 | 0.81 (0.33–1.97) | 0.28 (0.08–0.94)* | 0.04* |
20–29 (referent) | |||||||||
Gender | |||||||||
Female | 0.93 (0.69–1.24) | 1.02 (0.72–1.44) | 0.91 | 0.86 (0.46–1.60) | 1.76 (0.67–4.61) | 0.25 | 0.06 (0.04–0.11)* | 0.05 (0.03–0.10)* | <0.0001* |
Male (referent) | |||||||||
Race | |||||||||
Non-Caucasians | 1.06 (0.65–1.75) | 1.10 (0.65–1.87) | 0.72 | 0.42 (0.10–1.80) | 0.32 (0.06–1.87) | 0.21 | 0.72 (0.28–1.83) | 0.50 (0.15–1.72) | 0.27 |
Caucasians (referent) | |||||||||
Employment status | |||||||||
Administrator/professional | 0.87 (0.62–1.24) | 0.92 (0.64–1.33) | 0.66 | 0.57 (0.27–1.22) | 0.71 (0.28–1.81) | 0.47 | 1.83 (0.94–3.54) | 1.14 (0.48–2.70) | 0.76 |
Faculty | 0.64 (0.46–0.89)* | 0.60 (0.40–0.90)* | 0.01* | 0.66 (0.32–1.34) | 0.76 (0.25–2.28) | 0.63 | 3.01 (1.63–5.56) | 1.12 (0.46–2.75) | 0.80 |
Others | 0.62 (0.30–1.31) | 0.52 (0.23–1.15) | 0.11 | 2.32 (0.64–8.39) | 1.71 (0.28–10.26) | 0.56 | 1.75 (0.43–4.08) | 1.21 (0.22–6.56) | 0.82 |
Clerical/support staff (referent) | |||||||||
Professional affiliation | |||||||||
College of Arts and Sciences | 0.99 (0.54–1.82) | 1.19 (0.62–2.29) | 0.60 | 1.54 (0.46–5.16) | 4.06 (0.85–9.46) | 0.08 | 1.33 (0.48–3.64) | 3.69 (1.04–3.00) | 0.04 |
College of Education | 0.94 (0.48–1.85) | 1.14 (0.55–2.37) | 0.72 | 0.46 (0.09–2.24) | 0.45 (0.06–3.60) | 0.45 | 0.81 (0.25–2.58) | 6.57 (1.51–8.64)* | 0.01* |
College of Medicine | 0.89 (0.49–1.62) | 1.01 (0.52–1.97) | 0.98 | 0.56 (0.15–2.10) | 1.63 (0.29–9.16) | 0.58 | 0.78 (0.28–2.20) | 3.54 (0.94–6.36) | 0.06 |
College of Nursing | 0.88 (0.43–1.79) | 1.03 (0.47–2.26) | 0.95 | 0.42 (0.07–2.52) | 1.08 (0.10–6.48) | 0.95 | 0.10 (0.01–0.90)* | 0.64 (0.05–8.44) | 0.74 |
College of Pharmacy | 0.76 (0.28–2.06) | 0.76 (0.26–2.23) | 0.61 | 0.71 (0.07–7.52) | 0.71 (0.03–6.26) | 0.83 | 0.81 (0.13–5.03) | 1.99 (0.22, 8.33) | 0.54 |
College of Public Health | 0.79 (0.3–2.00) | 1.00 (0.37–2.69) | 1.00 | a | a | a | 1.62 (0.35–7.56) | 3.55 (0.49–5.80) | 0.21 |
School of Continuing Studies and Academic Outreach | 1.04 (0.41–2.65) | 0.91 (0.33–2.54) | 0.86 | 2.50 (0.50–12.51) | 4.66 (0.58–7.34) | 0.15 | a | a | a |
College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences | 1.04 (0.41–2.65) | 1.58 (0.59–4.27) | 0.36 | a | a | a | 0.54 (0.09–3.16) | 2.48 (0.29–7.52) | 0.41 |
Others | 1.21 (0.68–2.18) | 1.11 (0.57–2.16) | 0.77 | 0.94 (0.28–3.12) | 1.79 (0.35–9.10) | 0.48 | 0.84 (0.31–2.26) | 4.30 (1.13–7.37)* | 0.03* |
College of Business and Technology (referent) | |||||||||
Knowledge about secondhand smoke is harmful | |||||||||
SHS is harmful (vs. SHS is not harmful) | 0.13 (0.05–0.32)* | 0.25 (0.09–0.68)* | 0.01* | 0.09 (0.04–0.20)* | 0.22 (0.07–0.70)* | 0.01* | 0.21 (0.10–0.47)* | 0.25 (0.07–0.90)* | 0.03* |
Attitudes toward tobacco-free campus policy | |||||||||
Favor (vs. oppose) (referent) | 0.24 (0.15–0.40)* | 0.35 (0.20–0.63)* | 0.001* | 0.08 (0.04–0.15)* | 0.11 (0.04–0.27)* | <0.0001* | 0.48 (0.27–0.87)* | 1.37 (0.48, 3.90) | 0.55 |