Results from the 1989 Philip Morris survey: public sentiment about secondhand smoke and desire for public smoking restrictions in Germany as compared to the United States106
| Item | Germany | United States | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-smokers | Smokers | Non-smokers | Smokers | |
| Consideration of ETS as health hazard | 95% | 87% | 62% | 32% |
| Non-smokers finding cigarette smoke annoying | 76% | – | 71% | – |
| Would like policy to be smoking not allowed in restaurants | 10% | 4% | 22% | 7% |
| Would like policy to be separate facilities in restaurants | 62% | 43% | 75% | 87% |
| Would like policy to be smoking not allowed in the office | 45% | 25% | 31% | 15% |
| Would like policy to be separate facilities in the office | 30% | 38% | 59% | 67% |
| Would like policy to be smoking not allowed in waiting room/lobbies | 27% | 12% | 45% | 25% |
| Would like policy to be separate facilities in waiting rooms/lobbies | 40% | 35% | 37% | 42% |
| Believe government should pass laws restricting cigarette smoking in public places | 49% | 47% | ||
| Agree strongly that making smoking socially unacceptable should be major goal of government health policy | 25% | 30% | ||
| Agree strongly that when smokers and non-smokers use some courtesy there is no need for government rules | 69% | 37% | ||
| Agree employers should improve office ventilation rather than ban smoking | 74% | 64% | ||