Explanation of odds ratio in study of smoking

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Those who have quit smoking often return to the habit. The authors of a paper concluded that forbidding smoking in the smoker's residence was a significant predictor of the ability to abstain from smoking. They collected data, calculated statistics, and presented the following as support for their conclusion:

OR=1.95
C.I. : (1.05, 3.6)
P < 0.01

Based on these statistics, describe how the authors reached their decision. Is the conclusion they reached statistically significant? If the data had shown p<0.05 rather than p<0.01, would this have been stronger or weaker support for their conclusion?

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