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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 3.
Published before final editing as: Prev Med. 2020 Feb 3;133:106008. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106008

Table 3.

Policy Opinion Poll Survey Responses by Participant Characteristics (N=2218)

Favor Abstained Oppose
% (n) % (n) % (n)
Overall 63% (1396) 21% (465) 16% (357)
Affiliation
 Undergraduate student 49% (188) 30% (117) 21% (83)
 Graduate student 56% (294) 24% (124) 20% (106)
 Postdoctoral Scholar 66% (373) 21% (117) 13% (76)
 Staff 73% (427) 15% (87) 12% (72)
 Faculty 74% (114) 13% (20) 13% (20)
Age (years)
 18–27 56% (464) 26% (215) 18% (148)
 28–37 65% (640) 19% (192) 16% (159)
 38–57 75% (226) 14% (41) 11% (33)
 58+ 66% (65) 16% (16) 17% (17)
Gender
 Male 59% (646) 21% (228) 20% (221)
 Female 67% (743) 21% (229) 12% (132)
 Transgender/Genderqueer/Different Identity 35% (6) 41% (7) 24% (4)
Race
 African-American/Black 57% (40) 23% (16) 20% (14)
 Asian 71% (511) 19% (139) 9% (67)
 Caucasian/White 60% (646) 22% (238) 19% (200)
 Multiracial 62% (71) 22% (25) 16% (18)
 Other/Unknown 58% (72) 17% (21) 26% (32)
Hispanic/Latinx 58% (118) 23% (48) 19% (39)
Current smoking status
 Smokes every day / some days 19% (21) 11% (12) 70% (78)
 None 65% (1375) 22% (452) 13% (279)
Episode of asthma in last year
 Yes 74% (97) 18% (24) 8% (11)
 No 62% (1299) 21% (440) 17% (346)
Problem of cigarette litter on campus?
 No Problem / No Opinion 54% (570) 24% (253) 22% (227)
 Minor 68% (661) 20% (194) 13% (122)
 Moderate / Serious / Severe 86% (165) 9% (18) 4% (8)
Exposure to others’ tobacco smoke on campus
 Never 58% (315) 22% (120) 19% (105)
 Rarely 63% (825) 22% (291) 15% (197)
 Sometimes / Often 70% (256) 15% (54) 15% (55)
Exposure to e-cigarette / vape pen on campus
 Never 66% (432) 19% (124) 15% (101)
 Rarely 64% (664) 21% (218) 15% (155)
 Sometimes / Often 57% (300) 24% (123) 19% (101)
Lives on campus
 Yes 55% (407) 26% (191) 19% (141)
 No 67% (989) 19% (274) 15% (216)