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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Tobacco Indicators

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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 47,452 40,236 82.5 82.0-83.1 4,321 10.7 10.2-11.1 949 2.2 2.0- 2.5 1,946 4.6 4.3- 4.9
Alabama 1,299 1,090 81.0 78.2-83.6 152 13.6 11.4-16.2 26 2.4 1.5- 3.9 31 2.9 1.9- 4.4
Arizona 1,250 1,060 86.2 83.2-88.7 110 7.7 5.9- 9.9 13 1.7 0.7- 4.0 67 4.4 3.2- 6.2
Arkansas 1,642 1,290 76.6 74.0-79.1 230 16.1 13.9-18.6 27 1.7 1.1- 2.7 95 5.5 4.4- 6.9
Colorado 2,098 1,860 87.2 85.5-88.8 135 7.4 6.2- 8.9 22 1.3 0.8- 2.0 81 4.0 3.2- 5.1
Delaware 1,846 1,706 91.2 88.9-93.0 79 5.3 3.8- 7.3 32 2.0 1.2- 3.1 29 1.6 1.0- 2.5
Florida 2,521 2,150 83.8 82.0-85.6 225 9.9 8.6-11.5 27 0.9 0.6- 1.4 119 5.3 4.2- 6.6
Indiana 2,799 2,196 76.9 75.0-78.7 364 14.1 12.7-15.8 94 3.4 2.7- 4.2 145 5.6 4.7- 6.7
Iowa 1,830 1,605 87.6 85.8-89.2 109 6.1 4.9- 7.5 41 2.4 1.7- 3.3 75 4.0 3.1- 5.1
Louisiana 1,963 1,640 81.9 79.8-83.9 195 11.4 9.7-13.2 54 2.9 2.2- 3.9 74 3.8 2.9- 4.9
Maine 1,150 1,020 86.9 84.3-89.1 73 8.1 6.3-10.5 12 0.9 0.5- 1.8 45 4.1 3.0- 5.6
Nebraska 2,117 1,909 89.0 87.0-90.7 112 6.1 4.8- 7.7 46 2.7 1.8- 3.9 50 2.2 1.6- 3.1
New Jersey 3,109 2,741 83.8 80.8-86.5 216 9.8 7.7-12.3 34 2.1 1.1- 4.0 118 4.3 3.0- 6.0
North Carolina 3,095 2,743 85.6 83.0-87.9 189 7.5 5.9- 9.4 76 3.3 2.0- 5.3 87 3.6 2.5- 5.1
North Dakota 1,470 1,209 80.7 78.2-83.0 142 10.4 8.7-12.4 33 2.5 1.7- 3.6 86 6.4 5.1- 8.1
Ohio 2,024 1,617 79.3 77.1-81.3 251 13.1 11.5-15.0 43 2.4 1.8- 3.4 113 5.2 4.2- 6.4
Oklahoma 2,810 2,451 87.1 85.6-88.5 200 7.8 6.6- 9.1 45 1.5 1.0- 2.0 114 3.6 2.9- 4.5
Rhode Island 1,858 1,634 88.7 87.0-90.2 140 6.9 5.7- 8.3 30 1.5 1.0- 2.2 54 2.9 2.1- 3.9
South Carolina 1,892 1,532 80.5 77.8-82.9 230 12.1 10.2-14.3 37 2.3 1.5- 3.6 93 5.1 3.8- 6.9
Texas 2,719 2,256 80.8 78.9-82.5 301 12.2 10.8-13.7 32 1.9 1.2- 2.9 130 5.2 4.3- 6.3
Virginia 2,041 1,691 81.8 79.0-84.3 195 9.0 7.4-10.9 39 2.0 1.4- 3.0 116 7.2 5.3- 9.7
West Virginia 1,244 1,048 82.1 79.4-84.6 96 9.1 7.3-11.3 61 5.1 3.9- 6.7 39 3.6 2.5- 5.1
Wisconsin 2,094 1,704 80.4 78.2-82.4 293 14.7 13.0-16.7 79 4.2 3.2- 5.4 18 0.7 0.4- 1.2
Wyoming 1,603 1,315 81.2 79.0-83.3 167 10.9 9.2-12.7 30 2.1 1.4- 3.1 91 5.8 4.7- 7.3
Virgin Islands 978 769 76.3 72.5-79.8 117 14.4 11.5-18.0 16 1.3 0.7- 2.4 76 7.9 6.0-10.3

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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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