Table 1

Victorian adults’ support for phasing out cigarette sales in the future

	Victorian adult		Current Victorian smoker
	%	n	%	n
Some people think that there will come a day when cigarettes will no longer be available for sale from retail outlets in Australia. Do you think this would be…*
A good thing	71.6	3224	57.0	492
A bad thing	8.9	399	19.7	170
Neither a good or a bad thing	17.4	785	20.9	181
Don't know/can't say	2.1	94	2.4	20
Some people believe that there may come a time when it will no longer be legal to sell cigarettes in retail outlets in Australia. What timeframe do you think is fair in relation to the proposed phasing out of the sale of cigarettes from retail outlets? Would you say…†
Within the next 5 years	31.4	1413	27.0	205
Within the next 10 years	21.4	962	15.2	116
Within the next 20 years	12.2	549	9.7	73
Yes, but not within the next 20 years	5.9	263	6.5	50
No, not ever	25.6	1150	37.8	287
Don't know/can't say	3.6	162	3.8	29