Table 1

Percentage of adult respondents reporting that smoking should not be allowed at all in each venue for California and the rest of the USA in each survey period

N†RestaurantsHospitalsIndoor work areasBarsIndoor sports venuesIndoor shopping malls
Table entries are weighted percentages (95% confidence intervals).
*USA refers to survey respondents in parts of the USA other than California.
†N is the unweighted sample size for the combined dataset for each period.
California
    1992–931677255.4 (54.4 to 56.3)83.9 (83.1 to 84.6)70.1 (69.2 to 71.0)26.9 (26.0 to 27.7)70.5 (69.7 to 71.4)62.6 (61.8 to 63.5)
    1995–961348966.1 (64.9 to 67.2)87.8 (87.1 to 88.6)77.0 (76.0 to 78.0)32.7 (31.7 to 33.8)76.5 (75.6 to 77.4)75.1 (74.1 to 76.1)
    1998–991356371.3 (70.3 to 72.3)88.5 (87.7 to 89.2)80.3 (79.3 to 81.3)43.2 (42.2 to 44.2)79.5 (78.5 to 80.5)79.5 (78.6 to 80.3)
% Change 1992–93 to 1998–9928.75.514.660.612.827.0
Rest of USA*
    1992–9321153643.4 (43.0 to 43.8)73.0 (72.6 to 73.3)55.6 (55.3 to 56.0)23.4 (23.1 to 23.7)65.7 (65.3 to 66.1)53.0 (52.6 to 53.4)
    1995–9617322445.7 (45.4 to 46.1)76.3 (76.0 to 76.6)59.6 (59.3 to 60.0)25.0 (24.7 to 25.3)66.1 (65.7 to 66.6)59.7 (59.3 to 60.1)
    1998–9916233748.3 (47.9 to 48.7)80.9 (80.6 to 81.3)65.1 (64.7 to 65.5)26.8 (26.5 to 27.1)68.9 (68.5 to 69.3)66.7 (66.3 to 67.1)
% Change 1992–93 to 1998–9911.310.517.114.54.925.8