Table 2

Attitudes towards smoke-free policy among survey participants (% (n))

StatementSAANDSD
Indoor smoking should be banned in all health, educational and cultural institutions78.6 (191)16.9 (41)1.2 (3)2.9 (7)0.4 (1)
Indoor smoking should be banned in all state and private institutions60.5 (147)20.2 (49)8.3 (20)9.1 (22)1.7 (4)
Smoking should be allowed only outdoors36.6 (89)32.9 (80)9.9 (24)18.9 (46)1.6 (4)
Smoking areas should be designated at all worksites52.3 (127)35.4 (86)3.3 (8)6.2 (15)2.9 (7)
Smoking areas should have a separate ventilation system58.0 (141)37.0 (90)0.8 (2)4.1 (10)
Supports indoor smoking bans in all (state and private) institutions*
Non-smokers (n=157)65.6 (103)23.6 (37)4.5 (7)4.5 (7)1.9 (3)
Daily smokers (n=85)51.8 (44)14.1 (12)15.3 (13)17.6 (22)1.7 (4)
Supports fines and other punitive measures to enforce smoking bans*
Non-smokers (n=157)21.3 (33)34.8 (54)7.1 (11)27.7 (43)9.0 (14)
Daily smokers (n=85)16.5 (14)16.5 (14)5.9 (5)36.5 (31)24.7 (21)
  • * Difference between smokers and non-smokers is significant, p<0.001.

  • SA, strongly agree; A, agree; N, neither agree nor disagree; D, disagree; SD, strongly disagree.