Table 3

Social factors associated with current smoking among adolescents in Kurdistan, Iraq, 2006

Demographic factor
OR (95% CI)

Parents smoke

Father only
1.14 (1.10,1.18)
Mother only
1.65 (1.55,1.77)
None of them
1

Closest friends smoke

All of them
3.83 (3.66,4.00)
Most of them
2.37 (2.29,2.45)
Some of them
0.64 (0.63,0.66)
None of them
1

Boys who smoke have more or less friends

More friends
1.32 (1.28,1.35)
Less friends
0.88 (0.86,0.90)
No difference from smokers
1

Girls who smoke have more or less friends

More friends
0.60 (0.58,0.62)
Less friends
0.82 (0.80, 0.85)
No difference from smokers
1

Smoking cigarettes makes boys look more or less attractive

More attractive
1.15 (1.12, 1.18)
Less attractive
0.69 (0.67,0.71)
No difference from non-smokers
1

smoking cigarettes makes girls look more or less attractive

More attractive
1.26 (1.22,1.30)
Less attractive
1.09 (1.06, 1.12)
No difference
1

Siziya et al. Conflict and Health 2007 1:13   doi:10.1186/1752-1505-1-13