Table 3.

Comparison of Attitudes Toward SHS and No-Smoking Policies Between Smokers and Nonsmokers^†

Attitude/Belief	Percent Who Agreed			χ2
	Overall Sample (N = 409)	Nonsmokers (n = 375)	Smokers (n = 34)
SHS is harmful	98	98	97	5.02
SHS can drift from one apartment to another	86	86	79	1.97
SHS can drift from outside an apartment building into an apartment	82	83	76	2.86
Have experienced SHS drifting into your apartment	63	64	53	1.79
There is need for laws to protect nonsmokers in apartments from SHS	82	85	56	21.69***
Strongly favor law limiting smoking in outdoor common areas of apartment buildings	78	79	68	5.56
Favor a complete smoking ban in all indoor and outdoor areas	35	37	18	4.89*
Favor separate smoking and nonsmoking areas	60	58	79	5.74*
Favor law requiring all apartment buildings to offer sections that are completely nonsmoking	86	86	85	3.64
Tenants should be evicted for repeat violations of no-smoking policies	76	78	52	9.10**

^†SHS indicates secondhand smoke; Smoker, smoked in the past week; and nonsmoker, did not smoke in the past week.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.005.

^***p < 0.0005.