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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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 47,358 36,750 75.0 74.3-75.6 7,280 17.2 16.6-17.7 1,012 2.4 2.1- 2.7 2,316 5.5 5.1- 5.8
Alabama 1,303 1,012 74.8 71.8-77.6 231 19.7 17.2-22.4 20 2.3 1.3- 3.8 40 3.2 2.3- 4.6
Arizona 1,244 983 78.7 75.2-81.9 154 14.0 11.4-17.2 17 1.5 0.7- 3.2 90 5.8 4.4- 7.6
Arkansas 1,640 1,146 67.7 64.9-70.4 354 23.3 20.9-25.9 29 1.8 1.2- 2.8 111 7.1 5.7- 8.9
Colorado 2,099 1,711 80.3 78.2-82.2 263 13.2 11.6-14.9 25 1.4 0.9- 2.1 100 5.2 4.2- 6.4
Delaware 1,847 1,586 86.0 83.6-88.1 182 9.7 7.9-11.9 32 2.0 1.3- 3.2 47 2.2 1.5- 3.2
Florida 2,507 1,968 76.4 74.2-78.4 370 16.7 14.9-18.7 32 1.1 0.8- 1.6 137 5.8 4.8- 7.0
Indiana 2,782 1,916 67.5 65.5-69.5 611 22.9 21.2-24.8 90 3.3 2.6- 4.1 165 6.3 5.3- 7.4
Iowa 1,831 1,479 79.7 77.4-81.7 223 13.6 11.8-15.7 44 2.5 1.9- 3.5 85 4.2 3.3- 5.3
Louisiana 1,958 1,525 76.1 73.7-78.3 284 15.7 13.9-17.8 58 3.2 2.4- 4.3 91 5.0 3.9- 6.3
Maine 1,151 978 83.7 81.0-86.1 114 10.8 8.8-13.2 11 1.0 0.5- 2.0 48 4.4 3.2- 6.0
Nebraska 2,116 1,773 82.3 80.2-84.3 233 12.0 10.3-13.8 60 3.5 2.5- 4.8 50 2.2 1.6- 3.1
New Jersey 3,095 2,557 78.7 75.4-81.7 338 12.8 10.5-15.6 59 3.2 1.9- 5.1 141 5.3 3.9- 7.3
North Carolina 3,095 2,397 72.1 69.2-74.8 511 20.2 17.9-22.7 87 3.9 2.5- 6.1 100 3.8 2.7- 5.2
North Dakota 1,461 1,161 78.7 76.2-81.0 169 11.6 9.9-13.6 40 2.9 2.0- 4.2 91 6.8 5.4- 8.5
Ohio 2,034 1,472 70.9 68.5-73.2 387 20.1 18.0-22.3 46 2.7 2.0- 3.8 129 6.3 5.2- 7.6
Oklahoma 2,808 2,043 70.8 68.7-72.9 576 22.7 20.8-24.8 42 1.6 1.1- 2.4 147 4.8 4.0- 5.8
Rhode Island 1,853 1,513 81.1 78.8-83.2 236 12.9 11.1-14.8 30 1.8 1.2- 2.8 74 4.2 3.2- 5.5
South Carolina 1,892 1,386 72.7 69.8-75.5 370 19.3 17.0-21.9 32 1.9 1.2- 2.9 104 6.1 4.5- 8.1
Texas 2,707 2,083 74.7 72.6-76.6 429 16.7 15.1-18.5 28 1.5 0.9- 2.3 167 7.2 6.0- 8.6
Virginia 2,035 1,553 76.1 73.2-78.9 310 14.5 12.6-16.6 39 2.6 1.4- 4.8 133 6.8 5.1- 9.0
West Virginia 1,241 990 77.5 74.6-80.1 161 14.5 12.3-17.0 49 4.3 3.1- 5.8 41 3.8 2.7- 5.3
Wisconsin 2,096 1,581 74.1 71.7-76.3 412 20.3 18.3-22.5 82 4.6 3.6- 6.0 21 1.0 0.6- 1.8
Wyoming 1,598 1,249 76.9 74.5-79.2 201 13.8 11.9-15.9 33 2.0 1.3- 2.9 115 7.3 6.0- 8.9
Virgin Islands 965 688 68.2 64.1-72.0 161 18.3 15.2-22.0 27 3.7 2.2- 6.1 89 9.8 7.6-12.5

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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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