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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Scand J Public Health. 2012 Nov 16;41(2):126–133. doi: 10.1177/1403494812465029

Table 2. Attitudes toward smoking laws by country (weighted).

Overall
(N=5000)
France
(N=1000)
Ireland
(N=1000)
Italy
(N=1000)
Czech Republic
(N=1000)
Sweden
(N=1000)
% % % % % % df§ p value*
Q1. Should smoking be allowed in the hospitals? 4 <.0001
Not at all 85.3 91.4 83.0 94.7 85.6 71.8
Some areas 14.0 5.8 16.7 5.4 14.2 28.2
In all areas 0.7 2.8 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.1
Q2. Should smoking be allowed in offices/other indoor workplaces? 4 <.0001
Not at all 84.1 82.2 88.3 84.5 77.1 88.3
Some areas 14.6 13.6 11.3 14.9 22.1 11.3
In all areas 1.3 4.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.5
Q3. Should smoking be allowed in public buses? 4 <.0001
Not at all 98.3 95.2 98.4 99.1 99.7 99.1
Some areas 0.8 1.3 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.6
In all areas 0.9 3.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.4
Q4. Should smoking be allowed in train stations? 4 <.0001
Not at all 68.4 60.7 80.9 61.1 61.2 78.2
Some areas 28.8 32.0 17.9 37.2 37.1 19.7
In all areas 2.8 7.3 1.3 1.7 1.7 2.1
Q5. Should smoking be allowed in enclosed shopping centers? 4 <.0001
Not at all 88.7 83.8 92.8 84.8 88.5 93.8
Some areas 9.8 10.9 6.7 14.5 11.4 5.5
In all areas 1.5 5.2 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.7
Q6. Should smoking be allowed in the restaurants and cafes? 4 <.0001
Not at all 69.7 60.6 89.7 80.9 32.4 84.7
Some areas 26.6 28.9 9.9 18.4 61.4 14.7
In all areas 3.7 10.5 0.4 0.7 6.2 0.7
Q7. Should smoking be allowed in the drinking establishments (Bars/pubs)? 4 <.0001
Not at all 63.8 54.8 82.2 81.3 22.8 77.7
Some areas 27.1 27.1 16.0 17.7 56.2 18.7
In all areas 9.1 18.1 1.8 1.0 21.0 3.6
Q8. Will new tobacco control laws prompt smokers to quit? 10 <.0001
Totally agree 31.4 30.5 46.8 20.9 15.1 43.6
Somewhat agree 25.8 27.1 22.8 33.8 18.9 26.2
Somewhat disagree 14.0 17.3 7.5 17.9 22.0 5.1
Totally disagree 24.2 23.2 18.7 21.8 39.5 17.9
Don't know 4.7 1.9 4.2 5.6 4.5 7.2
Refused to answer 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
*

Chi-square test

§

degree of freedom