Adolescent perceptions of dissuasive sticks: a web survey among 16–20 year olds in Norway

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Correlates of preferring to try a standard or a dissuasive design (ref = no preference) N = 278

	Prefer standard vs no preference (58.3%)			Prefer dissuasive vs no preference (13.7%)
	AOR	95% CI for AOR		AOR	95% CI for AOR
Intercept
Age	1.06	0.81	−1.39	1.14	0.78	−1.67
Female	1.93	0.87	−4.27	0.37	0.13	−1.03
Low dissuasive appeal	0.71	0.31	−1.62	0.46	0.14	−1.45
Low standard appeal	0.32**	0.13	−0.79	0.40	0.12	−1.34
Taste difference (ref = no difference between designs)
Dissuasive best taste	4.11	0.29	−59.23	54.10***	3.77	− 775.59
Standard best taste	9.01***	4.08	−19.94	3.34*	1.14	−9.83
Harm difference (ref = no difference between designs)
Dissuasive most harmful	5.81***	1.97	−17.10	16.71**	1.76	− 158.70
Standard most harmful	3.60	0.21	−62.61	129.49***	4.54	− 3690.86
Smoking status (ref = non-susceptible non-smoker)
Smoker	3.54	0.72	−17.39	2.38	0.36	−15.65
Susceptible	2.21	0.96	−5.08	1.25	0.38	−4.08
Snus user	0.61	0.22	−1.67	2.19	0.62	−7.74

All independent variables entered simultaneously
AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI Confidence interval, *: p < .05; **: p < .01; ***: p < .001

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