Associations between awareness of e-cigarette industry practices with anti-e-cigarette attitudes (n=1232)
Independent variable | Outcome variables | |||||||
Anti-e-cigarette attitudes | ||||||||
Express independence by not using e-cigarettes | Stand against e-cigarette use | Involvement to get rid of e-cigarettes | Support for e-cigarette companies to go out of business | |||||
B | 95% CI | B | 95% CI | B | 95% CI | B | 95% CI | |
Awareness of e-cigarette industry practices | ||||||||
0 practices | REF | – | REF | – | REF | – | REF | – |
1–4 practices | 0.24 | 0.07 to 0.40 | 0.18 | 0.01 to 0.35 | 0.19 | 0.02 to 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.09 to 0.43 |
5–8 practices | 0.39 | 0.22 to 0.57 | 0.47 | 0.30 to 0.65 | 0.47 | 0.29 to 0.65 | 0.46 | 0.28 to 0.64 |
9–12 practices | 0.30 | 0.07 to 0.52 | 0.40 | 0.17 to 0.62 | 0.45 | 0.22 to 0.69 | 0.37 | 0.14 to 0.60 |
Multivariable linear regression models adjusted for age, race and ethnicity, gender, education, annual household income, sexual orientation, and awareness of cigarette industry practices; B indicates unstandardised beta coefficient; bold values indicate statistical significance p<0.05.