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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide +

Tobacco Indicators

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

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  Total
Respond.#
Not allowed Allowed in some areas Allowed in all areas No official policy
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 50,602 38,959 74.3 73.6-74.9 7,884 17.8 17.2-18.4 1,282 2.5 2.3- 2.8 2,477 5.4 5.1- 5.8
Alaska 1,524 1,309 86.6 83.8-88.9 134 9.1 7.0-11.7 19 1.2 0.7- 2.2 62 3.2 2.2- 4.4
Arizona 1,313 1,040 78.5 74.8-81.9 157 12.9 10.2-16.2 44 2.8 1.9- 4.2 72 5.8 4.0- 8.3
Arkansas 1,344 911 66.1 63.1-68.9 328 25.6 23.0-28.4 34 2.3 1.6- 3.4 71 6.0 4.6- 7.8
Connecticut 4,137 3,453 82.5 81.0-83.9 436 11.7 10.5-13.0 69 1.7 1.3- 2.3 179 4.1 3.4- 4.9
Delaware 1,804 1,460 79.7 77.1-82.0 227 14.2 12.2-16.5 44 2.4 1.6- 3.5 73 3.8 2.8- 5.1
Indiana 2,057 1,397 66.8 64.5-69.0 469 23.7 21.7-25.9 61 3.0 2.3- 3.9 130 6.5 5.4- 7.8
Kentucky 2,971 1,804 61.1 58.6-63.5 795 26.8 24.6-29.2 152 5.1 4.2- 6.3 220 6.9 5.8- 8.3
Louisiana 2,047 1,510 71.9 69.6-74.1 380 19.6 17.7-21.7 84 4.8 3.8- 6.0 73 3.7 2.8- 4.7
Maine 1,172 1,009 84.7 82.2-87.0 98 9.4 7.7-11.6 12 1.1 0.6- 2.0 53 4.8 3.5- 6.4
Mississippi 1,304 916 69.4 66.5-72.2 267 21.7 19.2-24.4 50 3.6 2.6- 4.9 71 5.4 4.2- 6.8
Missouri 2,003 1,445 70.7 67.9-73.4 399 22.1 19.5-24.8 66 3.3 2.4- 4.4 93 3.9 3.0- 5.1
Montana 1,436 1,158 82.3 79.5-84.7 128 8.6 6.8-10.7 62 3.7 2.6- 5.1 88 5.5 4.1- 7.2
Nebraska 1,751 1,415 81.1 78.8-83.2 228 13.2 11.3-15.2 55 2.8 2.1- 3.7 53 2.9 2.2- 4.0
New Hampshire 2,255 1,881 81.9 80.0-83.8 262 12.9 11.3-14.7 17 0.8 0.5- 1.3 95 4.4 3.5- 5.4
New Jersey 3,006 2,433 79.0 76.9-81.0 359 12.7 11.1-14.5 63 2.3 1.7- 3.1 151 6.0 4.9- 7.4
North Carolina 1,535 1,233 76.2 72.5-79.5 200 14.8 12.2-17.7 43 3.4 2.1- 5.4 59 5.7 3.9- 8.2
Oklahoma 1,963 1,429 71.9 69.2-74.5 375 20.0 17.7-22.5 38 1.7 1.1- 2.6 121 6.4 5.0- 8.0
Pennsylvania 1,766 1,341 74.9 72.5-77.2 294 17.0 15.1-19.1 28 1.8 1.2- 2.7 103 6.3 5.1- 7.8
Rhode Island 2,125 1,763 81.3 79.2-83.3 236 11.7 10.1-13.4 32 1.6 1.1- 2.4 94 5.4 4.2- 6.9
South Carolina 1,534 1,128 70.4 67.4-73.2 281 19.7 17.4-22.2 31 2.7 1.7- 4.2 94 7.2 5.5- 9.5
South Dakota 2,572 2,077 79.1 77.2-81.0 316 13.2 11.7-15.0 68 2.9 2.2- 3.8 111 4.7 3.9- 5.8
Texas 2,842 2,160 73.8 71.8-75.7 480 18.5 16.8-20.3 48 1.7 1.2- 2.3 154 6.1 5.1- 7.2
Virginia 1,620 1,252 76.0 73.4-78.3 266 17.4 15.3-19.7 17 1.1 0.7- 1.9 85 5.6 4.4- 6.9
West Virginia 1,219 980 79.4 76.7-81.9 162 14.8 12.6-17.2 25 1.9 1.2- 2.9 52 3.9 2.9- 5.3
Wisconsin 1,866 1,344 71.1 68.5-73.6 419 22.9 20.7-25.2 92 5.3 4.0- 7.1 11 0.7 0.3- 1.3
Wyoming 1,436 1,111 76.4 73.8-78.9 188 13.1 11.3-15.1 28 2.1 1.4- 3.1 109 8.4 6.7-10.5

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of 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.

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