Social Determinants of Successful Smoking Cessation: An Eight-Year Analysis of Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Data

Table 2.

Predictors of successful quit in currentsmokers at baseline (over 8 years of follow up)

Odds Ratio Linearized SE 95% CI p

Census Region          

    Northeast Ref        

    Midwest 1.15 0.13 0.91 1.44 0.238

    South 1.14 0.13 0.90 1.43 0.272

    West 1.27 0.16 0.98 1.63 0.067

Age          

    18 to 24 years old          

    25 to 34 years old 0.72 0.06 0.61 0.86 < 0.001

    35 to 44 years old 0.55 0.06 0.45 0.68 < 0.001

    45 to 54 years old 0.43 0.05 0.34 0.54 < 0.001

    55 to 64 years old 0.46 0.06 0.35 0.59 < 0.001

    65 to 74 years old 0.40 0.09 0.26 0.62 < 0.001

    75 years old or older 0.22 0.17 0.05 0.97 0.046

Sex (Male) 0.81 0.07 0.68 0.96 0.018

Race          

    White Ref        

    Black 1.23 0.11 1.03 1.47 0.020

    Other 1.00 0.14 0.76 1.31 0.987

Latino 1.66 0.17 1.35 2.03 < 0.001

Education          

     Less than high school Ref        

    GED 0.94 0.13 0.72 1.24 0.669

    High school graduate 1.12 0.13 0.89 1.39 0.330

    Some college (no degree) or associate 1.22 0.13 0.98 1.51 0.081

    Bachelor's degree or 1.82 0.27 1.35 2.44 0.000

    Advanced degree 1.71 0.38 1.10 2.66 0.018

    Advanced degree          

Poverty 0.84 0.06 0.73 0.97 0.020

Health Insurance          

    Some private insurance Ref        

    Private insurance, some Medicare 0.87 0.13 0.65 1.18 0.375

    Private insurance or Medicare 0.84 0.09 0.67 1.04 0.109

    Other insurance only 1.01 0.20 0.68 1.51 0.966

    No insurance 0.88 0.07 0.75 1.04 0.124

Intercept 0.14 0.02 0.10 0.19 < 0.001