Table 2

Attitude toward cigarette taxation and perceived effective amount of tax

Attitude toward cigarette taxation


Percentage of support
 Multi-logit regression


All adults
(n = 3279)
 All adults
(n = 3279)
 Male smokers
(n = 803)
 Male non-smokers (n = 833)
 Female non-smokers (n = 1575)

Characteristics
 % Support
 Favor
OR
 Oppose
OR
 Favor
OR
 Oppose
OR
 Favor
OR
 Oppose
OR
 Favor
OR
 Oppose
OR
Smoking status








     Current smokers
 27.4
 0.34*
 3.57*





     Former smokers
 58.1
 0.68*
 1.33





     Ref: Never-smokers
 63.1
 1.00
 1.00





Female
 60.4
 1.09
 0.89





     Ref: Male
 46.1
 1.00
 1.00





Age








     25–34
 53.4
 0.76
 1.31
 0.99
 1.18
 0.58
 2.10
 0.73
 1.01
     35–44
 56.8
 1.07
 1.22
 1.16
 1.13
 0.83
 3.73*
 1.06
 0.60
     45–54
 52.3
 0.96
 1.00
 0.94
 0.73
 0.45*
 1.37
 1.30
 0.78
     ≧ 55
 43.2
 0.97
 0.85
 1.64
 0.89
 0.64
 2.93
 1.96
 0.48
     Ref: 18–24
 57.3
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
Education








     Junior high school
 41.4
 1.47*
 1.02
 1.07
 0.85
 2.23*
 1.73
 1.31
 0.87
     Higher school
 52.7
 2.02*
 0.94
 1.32
 0.98
 2.54*
 1.11
 2.17 *
 0.73
     Undergraduate or graduate
 71.6
 3.51*
 0.84
 1.77
 0.77
 4.82*
 1.42
 4.34 *
 0.62
     Ref: Preliminary school or lower
 38.9
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
Living area








     Central and eastern area
 49.6
 0.64*
 0.65*
 0.73
 0.64*
 0.49*
 0.70
 0.65 *
 0.61 *
     Southern area
 48.8
 0.88
 1.14
 1.30
 1.32
 0.71
 0.84
 0.85
 1.09
     Ref: Northern area
 58.8
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
Married
 53.5
 1.32*
 1.20
 1.30
 1.03
 1.57
 0.87
 1.50 *
 2.26 *
     Ref: Unmarried
 52.9
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
Employed
 54.7
 0.88
 1.05
 1.59
 1.45
 0.90
 2.27
 0.78
 0.92
     Ref: Unemployed
 50.0
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
Monthly income








     NT $10,000–19,999
 48.2
 1.29
 1.24
 0.53
 1.05
 1.03
 0.15*
 1.64 *
 1.73
     NT $20,000–29,999
 51.8
 1.81*
 1.40
 0.66
 0.87
 2.53
 0.84
 2.06 *
 1.70
     NT $30,000–39,999
 56.3
 2.13*
 1.04
 0.66
 0.57
 2.38
 0.43
 2.94 *
 1.95
     ≧ NT $40,000
 64.1
 2.49*
 0.99
 1.00
 0.61
 2.32
 0.40
 4.00 *
 2.86 *
     Ref: <NT $10,000
 47.0
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
 1.00
Monthly expenditure on smoking #








     NT $500-999
 26.6

0.92
 1.53



     NT $1,000–1,999
 22.2

0.74
 1.72*



     ≧ NT $2,000
 27.9

1.59
 3.35*



     Ref: < NT $500
 33.5

1.00
 1.00



*p < .05, two-tailed test. # the monthly expenditure on smoking was only assessed among smokers.

Tsai et al. BMC Public Health 2003 3:42   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-3-42