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Which of the following best describes your place of work's official smoking policy for indoor public or common areas, such as lobbies, rest rooms, and lunch rooms?*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	No public areas   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Some public areas   N       %   C.I.(95%)	All public areas   N       %   C.I.(95%)	No offical policy   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	1439	1091  75.1  (72.5-77.6)	246  17.8  (15.6-20.2)	56   4.0  ( 3.0- 5.3)	46   3.1  ( 2.2- 4.3)
GENDER
Male	526	380  72.0  (67.5-76.0)	96  18.6  (15.2-22.7)	28   5.2  ( 3.5- 7.7)	22   4.2  ( 2.7- 6.6)
Female	913	711  77.8  (74.6-80.7)	150  17.1  (14.5-20.1)	28   2.9  ( 1.9- 4.4)	24   2.2  ( 1.4- 3.5)
RACE
White	1075	829  76.8  (73.9-79.5)	161  15.1  (12.9-17.6)	45   4.5  ( 3.3- 6.2)	40   3.6  ( 2.5- 5.1)
African American	311	228  71.8  (65.3-77.5)	67  23.9  (18.5-30.3)	11   2.9  ( 1.4- 5.8)	5   1.4  ( 0.5- 3.9)
AGE
18-24	130	93  73.0  (63.5-80.7)	29  19.7  (13.4-28.1)	5   4.4  ( 1.6-11.2)	3   2.9  ( 0.8- 9.9)
25-34	357	268  75.2  (69.9-79.9)	64  17.6  (13.6-22.4)	11   3.2  ( 1.7- 6.1)	14   4.0  ( 2.2- 7.0)
35-44	421	322  76.0  (71.2-80.3)	70  17.2  (13.5-21.6)	20   4.7  ( 2.9- 7.4)	9   2.1  ( 1.0- 4.2)
45-54	338	260  75.9  (70.0-80.9)	53  17.3  (12.8-22.8)	12   3.5  ( 1.8- 6.6)	13   3.4  ( 1.8- 6.2)
55-64	160	120  72.1  (63.4-79.4)	28  20.8  (14.2-29.3)	7   4.1  ( 1.8- 8.8)	5   3.1  ( 1.2- 7.6)
65+	25	21  80.5  (57.1-92.7)	1   6.9  ( 1.0-35.4)	1   5.2  ( 0.7-29.0)	2   7.5  ( 1.7-27.6)
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	107	74  66.6  (55.5-76.1)	25  24.8  (16.6-35.3)	5   5.1  ( 2.0-12.4)	3   3.5  ( 1.0-11.2)
H.S. or G.E.D.	448	315  69.9  (64.9-74.5)	101  22.2  (18.2-26.8)	24   5.9  ( 3.8- 9.1)	8   2.0  ( 0.9- 4.6)
Some Post-H.S.	405	295  71.6  (66.1-76.5)	71  19.3  (15.0-24.5)	17   4.0  ( 2.3- 6.6)	22   5.2  ( 3.3- 8.1)
College Graduate	478	406  85.8  (82.0-88.9)	49  10.3  ( 7.6-13.7)	10   1.7  ( 0.8- 3.3)	13   2.3  ( 1.3- 4.3)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	56	35  57.8  (42.5-71.7)	13  26.3  (15.0-41.9)	7  15.0  ( 6.8-29.7)	1   1.0  ( 0.1- 6.6)
$15,000- 24,999	251	167  66.0  (59.0-72.3)	62  25.8  (20.1-32.5)	18   7.0  ( 4.3-11.2)	4   1.2  ( 0.4- 3.2)
$25,000- 34,999	228	172  73.2  (65.8-79.4)	41  19.5  (14.1-26.3)	7   2.7  ( 1.2- 5.9)	8   4.6  ( 2.1-10.1)
$35,000- 49,999	268	201  74.9  (68.5-80.4)	52  18.9  (14.3-24.7)	5   2.5  ( 0.8- 7.1)	10   3.7  ( 1.8- 7.5)
$50,000+	493	397  79.8  (75.4-83.6)	64  13.7  (10.5-17.7)	14   3.0  ( 1.7- 5.2)	18   3.5  ( 2.1- 5.7)

*This question was asked only to those respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.