Tompkins County Tobacco Use Survey, June 2004
Relationship data combined across specified populations

The following tables show tobacco use attitudes and behavior data for which there is a statistically significant difference within a specified population or demographic characteristic. The data have been pulled from the "Selected Relational Investigations" section (Tables 7A–G) of the complete final report prepared by Joel LaLone.

The introduction to the Relational section states, "The focus will be the identification of factors that may or may not be related to attitudes and behaviors regarding tobacco issues among Tompkins County adults. For example, the question of whether smoking and gender are related..."

Accordingly, using Table 7A (page 14) in the report you can predict that a Tompkins County adult who uses tobacco is more likely to be male, age 25–34, have some college (but not a degree,) be employed, and not have health insurance coverage. On the other hand, race is not a good predictor of tobacco use among Tompkins County adults, nor is presence of children living in the household or type of health insurance coverage.

The tables shown below, rather than profiling within tobacco use factors (survey questions,) profile use factors (survey answers) for specific demographic groups; males vs. females, no college vs. college grad, and tobacco user vs. non-user. Only highly significant (**p<0.05) statistical correlations are listed. See the full report for additional significant (*p<0.10) relations and factors for which relationships are not statistically significant.
 

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Tobacco use attitudes and behaviors X tobacco use

	Specified Population
Percent of specified population who:	Tobacco Users	Do not use any tobacco
Have heard of the Quitline	50.9%	28.2%
Read a Pennysaver at least once in the last 30 days	76.9%	62.7%
Agree that advertising for tobacco products should be allowed	78.4%	57.3%
Allow smoking at least some places in their home	76.8%	9.8%
Allow smoking at least sometimes in their vehicle	75.4%	8.2%
Favor or strongly favor the 2003 NYS CIAA	35.7%	80.6%
Agree that movies with a lot of smoking should be rated "R"	24.5%	40.3%
Agree that breathing secondhand smoke is very harmful or somewhat harmful	77.1%	96.4%
Yes, is bothered by secondhand smoke	28.2%	84.6%
View as a bar graph	(p<0.05 for all relationships listed)

Tobacco use attitudes and behaviors X gender

Tobacco use attitudes and behaviors X education level