Table 2.

Comparison of Smoking Behaviors and Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Before and After the Enactment of Wisconsin Act 12, Survey of the Health of Wisconsin, 2008–2010^a

	Total (n)	Before Banb	After Banb	P Value
Smoking status
Never smokers	906	52% (271)	52% (200)	0.8
Former smokers		30.1% (157)	28.8% (111)
Current smokers		17.9% (93)	19.2% (74)
Exposed to smoke outside home	826	55.5% (264)	32.3% (113)	<0.0001
Mean number of cigarettes smoked among current smokers	162	15.2 (93)	14.2 (69)	0.6
Exposed to smoke at work	849	12.2% (59)	9% (33)	0.1
Exposed to smoke at home	894	13% (67)	6.6% (25)	0.002
Current smokers who want to completely quit	160	87.5% (77)	83.3% (60)	0.5
Current smokers who Seriously considered quitting within next 6 months	151	80.7% (67)	77.9% (53)	0.7
Had strict smoking policy in household	993	74% (416)	79.6% (343)	0.04

^aParticipants that were exposed to a local smoking ban before 2010 were excluded.

^bNumbers given in parenthesis correspond to the n values of each category.