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Factors associated with current smoking status among school going adolescents in Punjab, India. |
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| Factor |
*Adjusted OR (95% confidence intervals) |
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| Received pocket money in a usual month |
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| No |
1 |
| Yes |
1.25 (1.23–1.26) |
| Parents use tobacco |
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| No |
1 |
| Yes |
1.35 (1.32–1.37) |
| Felt boys who used tobacco had more friends |
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| No difference between smokers and non-smokers |
1 |
| Have fewer friends |
0.84 (0.81–0.86) |
| Have more friends |
2.74 (2.67–2.82) |
| Felt girls who used tobacco had more friends |
|
| No difference between smokers and non-smokers |
1 |
| Have fewer friends |
0.43 (0.42–0.44) |
| Have more friends |
1.34 (1.31–1.38) |
| Perception on attractiveness of boys who smoked |
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| No difference between smokers and non-smokers |
1 |
| Less attractive |
1.15 (1.13–1.17) |
| Perception on attractiveness of girls who smoked |
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| No difference between smokers and non-smokers |
1 |
| Less attractive |
0.87 (0.86–0.89) |
| Perception that smoking makes one lose or gain weight |
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| Lose weight |
1 |
| No difference between smokers and non-smokers |
1.19 (1.16–1.22) |
| Gain weight |
1.47 (1.44–1.51) |
| Closest friends smoke |
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| None of them smokes |
1 |
| Some of them |
0.73 (0.72–0.75) |
| Most or all of them smoke |
3.83 (3.72–3.95 |
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*weighted analysis adjusted for age and sex | |
Siziya et al. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008 8:1 doi:10.1186/1472-698X-8-1 |
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