Percentage (and number), crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR), and 98% confidence intervals (CI) of students daily smoking and heavy smoking in relation to perceived exposure to teachers smoking outdoors on school grounds and inside school building, sex, perceived exposure to students smoking outdoors on school premises, proportion of smokers in the class, parental smoking, and best friends smoking behaviour
Variable | Daily smokers (% (No.)) | Crude OR† (98% CI) | Adjusted OR† (98% CI) | Heavy smokers (% (No.)) | Crude OR‡ (98% CI) | Adjusted OR‡ (98% CI) |
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*Reference category. | ||||||
†Dependent variable: daily smoking versus no smoking daily | ||||||
‡Dependent variable: smoking >20 cigarettes a week versus smoking <21 cigarettes a week. | ||||||
Exposed to teachers smoking outdoors | ||||||
No | 12% (61) | 1* | 1* | 10% (50) | 1* | 1* |
Yes | 22% (173) | 2.1 (1.4 to 3.0) | 1.8 (1.2 to 2.8) | 19% (155) | 2.3 (1.5 to 3.4) | 2.0 (1.2 to 3.1) |
Exposed to teachers smoking inside school building | ||||||
No | 17% (29) | 1* | 1* | 14% (24) | 1* | 1* |
Yes | 18% (205) | 1.1 (0.6 to 1.8 ) | 0.9 (0.5 to 1.6) | 16% (181) | 1.1 (0.7 to 2.0) | 0.9 (0.5 to 1.7) |
Sex | ||||||
Boy | 14% (89) | 1* | 1* | 12% (78) | 1* | 1* |
Girl | 21% (145) | 1.6 (1.1 to 2.3) | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.9) | 18% (127) | 1.6 (1.1 to 2.3) | 1.3 (0.9 to 2.0) |
Exposed to pupils smoking outdoors | ||||||
No | 6% (6) | 1* | 1* | 5% (5) | 1* | 1* |
Yes | 19% (228) | 3.7 (1.4 to 9.9) | 1.5 (0.5 to 4.4) | 16% (200) | 3.9 (1.3 to 11.5) | 1.6 (0.5 to 5.0 ) |
Proportion of smokers in the class | ||||||
<20% smokers | 9% (66) | 1* | 1* | 8% (58) | 1* | 1* |
>20% smokers | 30% (168) | 4.4 (3.1 to 6.4) | 3.7 (2.5 to 5.5) | 26% (147) | 4.2 (2.9 to 6.3) | 3.3 (2.2 to 5.1) |
Parents’ smoking behaviour Father | ||||||
Non-smoker | 11% (77) | 1* | 1* | 11% (77) | 1* | 1* |
Smoker | 25% (157) | 2.6 (1.8 to 3.8) | 1.9 (1.3 to 3.0) | 20% (128) | 2.0 (1.4 to 2.9 ) | 1.4 (0.9 to 2.2) |
Mother | ||||||
Non-smoker | 12% (96) | 1* | 1* | 11% (89) | 1* | 1* |
Smoker | 26% (138) | 2.6 (1.8 to 3.6) | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.6) | 22% (116) | 2.2 (1.6 to 3.2 ) | 1.6 (1.0 to 2.4 ) |
Best friends’ smoking behaviour | ||||||
Non-smoker | 4% (29) | 1* | 1* | 3% (24) | 1* | 1* |
Smoker | 34% (205) | 11.9 (7.3 to 19.3) | 9.1 (5.5 to 15.1) | 30%(181) | 12.2 (7.2 to 20.6) | 9.2 (5.4 to 15.7 ) |