Table 3. Attitudes toward smoking laws by smoking status in European countries (France, Italy, Ireland, Czech Republic, Sweden)(weighted).

	Current smokers (N=993)		Former smoker (N=1072)		Never smoker (N=2935)		df§	p value*
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Should smoking be allowed in the hospitals?							4	<.0001
Not at all	755	76.1	903	84.2	2606	88.8
Some areas	228	23.0	162	15.1	311	10.6
In all areas	10	1.0	8	0.7	18	0.6
Should smoking be allowed in offices/other indoor workplaces?							4	<.0001
Not at all	757	76.2	910	84.8	2537	86.4
Some areas	213	21.4	152	14.1	367	12.5
In all areas	23	2.3	11	1.0	31	1.1
Should smoking be allowed in public buses?							4	0.008
Not at all	964	97.1	1060	98.9	2890	98.5
Some areas	17	1.7	5	0.4	19	0.7
In all areas	12	1.2	8	0.7	25	0.9
Should smoking be allowed in train stations?							4	<.0001
Not at all	571	57.6	732	68.2	2118	72.2
Some areas	376	37.8	313	29.2	749	25.5
In all areas	46	4.6	27	2.5	67	2.3
Should smoking be allowed in enclosed shopping centers?							4	<.0001
Not at all	830	83.6	949	88.5	2657	90.5
Some areas	139	14.1	113	10.5	239	8.1
In all areas	23	2.3	11	1.0	39	1.3
Should smoking be allowed in the restaurants and cafes?							4	<.0001
Not at all	546	55.0	782	72.9	2155	73.4
Some areas	359	36.2	264	24.6	709	24.2
In all areas	87	8.8	27	2.5	71	2.4
Should smoking be allowed in the drinking establishments (Bars/pubs)?							4	<.0001
Not at all	487	49.1	722	67.3	1979	67.4
Some areas	334	33.6	279	26.0	744	25.4
In all areas	172	17.3	71	6.7	212	7.2
Will new tobacco control laws prompt smokers to quit?							10	<.0001
Totally agree	283	28.5	367	34.2	919	31.3
Somewhat agree	216	21.8	305	28.4	767	26.1
Somewhat disagree	110	11.1	139	12.9	449	15.3
Totally disagree	357	36.0	222	20.7	631	21.5
Don't know	26	2.6	40	3.8	168	5.7
Refused to answer	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.0

^*Chi-square test

^§degree of freedom