Factors associated with support for restrictions on access to tobacco products/alternative nicotine products
| Factor | Raise legal age for cigarette purchase to ≥ 21 yr* n = 3017 | Restrict places where cigarettes/tobacco can be purchased* n = 3015 | Require retail locations to sell alternative nicotine products such as e-cigarettes* n = 3018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % support | OR (95% CI) | % support | OR (95% CI) | % support | OR (95% CI) | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 71.1 | 1.00 | 45.1 | 1.00 | 69.5 | 1.00 |
| Male | 68.9 | 0.83 (0.69–1.01) | 45.2 | 0.95 (0.80–1.13) | 63.4 | 0.71 (0.59–0.85) |
| Age group, yr | ||||||
| 18–24 | 58.4 | 1.00 | 47.0 | 1.00 | 70.9 | 1.00 |
| 25–39 | 72.8 | 2.00 (1.52–2.65) | 50.2 | 1.25 (0.96–1.64) | 68.9 | 0.96 (0.71–1.28) |
| 40–54 | 74.3 | 2.43 (1.82–3.24) | 46.0 | 1.32 (1.00–1.73) | 66.4 | 0.88 (0.66–1.17) |
| ≥ 55 | 66.6 | 1.84 (1.36–2.50) | 38.1 | 1.17 (0.87–1.58) | 59.6 | 0.69 (0.51–0.94) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 69.2 | 1.00 | 44.1 | 1.00 | 64.8 | 1.00 |
| Other | 72.6 | 1.22 (0.91–1.62) | 51.1 | 1.06 (0.81–1.39) | 71.3 | 1.42 (1.07–1.90) |
| Household income | ||||||
| Low | 64.2 | 1.00 | 39.0 | 1.00 | 62.3 | 1.00 |
| Moderate | 72.6 | 1.29 (0.98–1.68) | 44.5 | 1.15 (0.88–1.49) | 69.5 | 1.48 (1.13–1.94) |
| High | 71.0 | 1.07 (0.83–1.38) | 49.6 | 1.20 (0.93–1.54) | 66.7 | 1.35 (1.04–1.76) |
| No answer | 65.6 | 0.90 (0.61–1.34) | 35.6 | 0.81 (0.54–1.21) | 53.6 | 0.69 (0.47–1.01) |
| Education level | ||||||
| Low | 65.6 | 1.00 | 37.9 | 1.00 | 65.6 | 1.00 |
| Moderate | 69.7 | 1.02 (0.82–1.28) | 43.8 | 1.03 (0.83–1.28) | 65.0 | 0.93 (0.74–1.16) |
| High | 74.1 | 1.22 (0.93–1.62) | 55.0 | 1.43 (1.10–1.85) | 67.4 | 1.04 (0.74–1.37) |
| Province/region | ||||||
| Quebec | 69.0 | 1.00 | 44.8 | 1.00 | 69.3 | 1.00 |
| Atlantic | 75.1 | 1.31 (0.88–1.96) | 50.1 | 1.34 (0.92–1.95) | 71.6 | 1.13 (0.77–1.66) |
| Ontario | 70.0 | 1.00 (0.78–1.28) | 43.5 | 0.90 (0.71–1.14) | 66.3 | 0.87 (0.68–1.11) |
| Prairie | 70.5 | 1.09 (0.72–1.65) | 51.5 | 1.39 (0.94–2.05) | 57.9 | 0.60 (0.41–0.88) |
| Alberta | 66.9 | 0.83 (0.58–1.17) | 40.4 | 0.74 (0.53–1.04) | 59.9 | 0.65 (0.46–0.91) |
| British Columbia | 69.2 | 0.88 (0.63–1.22) | 48.4 | 1.04 (0.76–1.43) | 65.0 | 0.73 (0.52–1.01) |
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Less than daily smoker | 73.2 | 1.00 | 62.6 | 1.00 | 63.8 | 1.00 |
| Daily smoker | 68.4 | 0.75 (0.58–0.97) | 38.4 | 0.44 (0.34–0.56) | 66.6 | 1.05 (0.82–1.35) |
| E-cigarette use status | ||||||
| Never tried | 70.2 | 1.00 | 43.8 | 1.00 | 58.5 | 1.00 |
| Tried but does not currently use | 65.6 | 0.87 (0.66–1.15) | 38.5 | 0.90 (0.69–1.18) | 65.5 | 1.32 (1.01–1.73) |
| Less than weekly user | 71.4 | 1.15 (0.90–1.47) | 48.9 | 1.16 (0.92–1.47) | 71.2 | 1.70 (1.35–2.15) |
| Weekly user | 71.4 | 1.15 (0.83–1.59) | 49.8 | 1.31 (0.97–1.76) | 76.6 | 2.20 (1.58–3.08) |
| Daily user | 69.5 | 1.03 (0.71–1.50) | 50.3 | 1.32 (0.91–1.93) | 74.6 | 1.90 (1.29–2.78) |
| No. of cigarettes per day | ||||||
| ≤ 10 | 71.4 | 1.00 | 54.1 | 1.00 | 64.6 | 1.00 |
| 11–20 | 70.1 | 1.00 (0.78–1.29) | 38.7 | 0.79 (0.62–1.00) | 66.6 | 1.23 (0.96–1.57) |
| 21–30 | 62.0 | 0.71 (0.50–0.99) | 24.9 | 0.43 (0.30–0.60) | 67.4 | 1.32 (0.95–1.85) |
| > 30 | 64.1 | 0.85 (0.45–1.61) | 28.3 | 0.57 (0.28–1.14) | 76.6 | 2.22 (1.05–4.66) |
| Plans to quit in next 6 mo | ||||||
| No | 61.8 | 1.00 | 37.3 | 1.00 | 58.8 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 72.7 | 1.72 (1.39–2.13) | 48.1 | 1.95 (1.57–2.43) | 68.4 | 1.36 (1.10–1.67) |
Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio.
↵* Logistic regression models controlled for sex, age group, ethnicity, household income, education level, province/region, smoking status, e-cigarette use status, number of cigarettes smoked per day, plans to quit in next 6 months, perception of societal attitudes toward smoking and belief that smokers are increasingly marginalized.