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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 work areas?*

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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 50,644 42,746 82.1 81.6-82.7 4,596 10.9 10.4-11.4 1,179 2.2 2.0- 2.5 2,123 4.7 4.4- 5.1
Alaska 1,523 1,341 90.0 87.8-91.8 117 6.6 5.1- 8.5 20 1.3 0.7- 2.2 45 2.2 1.5- 3.2
Arizona 1,317 1,092 83.2 80.0-86.0 129 9.9 7.6-12.7 22 1.7 0.9- 3.0 74 5.3 3.8- 7.3
Arkansas 1,349 1,061 77.0 74.3-79.5 191 15.2 13.1-17.5 36 2.7 1.9- 3.8 61 5.1 3.8- 6.8
Connecticut 4,134 3,669 88.6 87.4-89.7 251 6.5 5.6- 7.5 71 1.8 1.4- 2.4 143 3.1 2.5- 3.7
Delaware 1,804 1,597 88.2 86.0-90.0 101 6.3 5.0- 8.0 45 2.2 1.5- 3.2 61 3.3 2.3- 4.8
Indiana 2,059 1,600 76.2 74.0-78.3 285 15.1 13.4-17.0 60 2.9 2.2- 3.8 114 5.7 4.7- 7.0
Kentucky 2,976 2,353 79.9 77.9-81.9 272 9.0 7.6-10.6 146 4.6 3.7- 5.6 205 6.5 5.4- 7.9
Louisiana 2,048 1,663 80.1 78.0-82.0 250 12.4 10.8-14.1 67 4.2 3.2- 5.4 68 3.4 2.6- 4.3
Maine 1,179 1,050 87.7 85.4-89.8 73 7.0 5.5- 8.9 13 1.4 0.8- 2.6 43 3.8 2.7- 5.3
Mississippi 1,307 1,031 78.5 75.9-80.9 171 13.4 11.4-15.7 44 3.4 2.5- 4.7 61 4.6 3.5- 6.0
Missouri 2,004 1,672 83.0 80.5-85.2 192 11.3 9.3-13.5 63 3.0 2.1- 4.3 77 2.7 2.1- 3.6
Montana 1,436 1,210 85.6 83.0-87.8 88 6.0 4.5- 7.8 56 3.3 2.3- 4.7 82 5.1 3.9- 6.8
Nebraska 1,753 1,516 86.4 84.3-88.3 133 7.9 6.4- 9.7 56 3.0 2.2- 4.1 48 2.7 1.9- 3.7
New Hampshire 2,266 2,022 88.7 87.1-90.2 141 6.6 5.5- 8.0 17 0.8 0.5- 1.4 86 3.8 3.0- 4.8
New Jersey 3,010 2,611 84.9 82.9-86.7 228 8.5 7.1-10.1 48 1.6 1.1- 2.2 123 5.1 4.1- 6.3
North Carolina 1,534 1,366 86.7 83.6-89.3 86 6.1 4.4- 8.2 34 2.5 1.4- 4.3 48 4.7 3.1- 7.0
Oklahoma 1,964 1,604 81.0 78.5-83.2 212 11.5 9.6-13.6 45 2.2 1.6- 3.2 103 5.3 4.1- 6.8
Pennsylvania 1,768 1,455 81.0 78.7-83.0 192 11.9 10.2-13.9 34 2.1 1.5- 3.0 87 5.0 3.9- 6.3
Rhode Island 2,118 1,871 87.5 85.7-89.1 142 6.7 5.6- 8.1 26 1.2 0.8- 1.9 79 4.5 3.5- 6.0
South Carolina 1,533 1,266 80.1 77.3-82.6 166 12.0 10.2-14.1 28 2.0 1.3- 3.1 73 5.9 4.2- 8.1
South Dakota 2,571 2,265 87.1 85.5-88.7 155 6.5 5.3- 7.8 60 2.5 1.9- 3.3 91 3.9 3.1- 4.8
Texas 2,844 2,346 79.7 77.8-81.5 319 12.8 11.4-14.3 30 1.3 0.9- 1.8 149 6.2 5.1- 7.6
Virginia 1,629 1,387 83.7 81.5-85.7 159 10.6 9.0-12.5 19 1.0 0.6- 1.7 64 4.6 3.5- 6.1
West Virginia 1,220 1,067 86.3 83.9-88.4 80 8.0 6.3-10.0 37 3.1 2.2- 4.3 36 2.7 1.8- 3.8
Wisconsin 1,862 1,511 80.3 77.9-82.6 265 14.6 12.8-16.7 80 4.6 3.3- 6.3 6 0.4 0.2- 1.0
Wyoming 1,436 1,120 77.3 74.9-79.6 198 14.3 12.5-16.5 22 1.5 1.0- 2.4 96 6.8 5.5- 8.3

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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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