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2003 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 IN ANY PUBLIC AREAS ALLOWED IN SOME PUBLIC AREAS ALLOWED IN ALL PUBLIC AREAS NO OFFICIAL POLICY
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 44,099 34,966 77.2 76.5-77.9 5,912 15.1 14.5-15.7 883 2.1 1.9- 2.3 2,338 5.6 5.2- 6.1
Arkansas 1,755 1,278 70.4 67.8-72.9 325 20.2 18.0-22.5 38 2.3 1.6- 3.3 114 7.1 5.8- 8.7
Colorado 2,060 1,674 78.8 76.6-80.9 243 13.6 11.9-15.5 38 2.2 1.6- 3.2 105 5.3 4.3- 6.6
Connecticut 2,690 2,264 83.2 81.4-84.9 249 10.0 8.7-11.5 30 1.1 0.7- 1.6 147 5.7 4.7- 6.8
Iowa 2,458 1,955 77.2 75.1-79.2 332 15.1 13.4-16.9 63 3.0 2.2- 4.1 108 4.7 3.8- 5.8
Kentucky 2,624 1,729 64.6 61.6-67.5 585 23.5 21.0-26.2 130 5.8 4.4- 7.7 180 6.1 4.9- 7.6
Louisiana 1,969 1,516 75.1 72.7-77.3 303 17.0 15.1-19.1 51 2.9 2.1- 4.0 99 5.0 3.9- 6.3
Montana 1,621 1,296 81.7 79.1-84.0 158 9.8 8.0-11.8 19 1.1 0.6- 2.0 148 7.4 6.0- 9.2
Nebraska 2,497 2,112 83.1 81.3-84.8 254 11.2 9.8-12.7 74 3.4 2.6- 4.3 57 2.3 1.7- 3.1
New Hampshire 2,618 2,184 81.9 80.1-83.6 259 10.5 9.2-12.0 22 1.1 0.6- 1.8 153 6.5 5.4- 7.7
New Jersey 5,442 4,464 79.9 78.5-81.2 602 13.1 11.9-14.3 90 1.7 1.3- 2.1 286 5.4 4.7- 6.1
North Carolina 4,072 3,257 79.6 77.6-81.6 583 14.7 13.0-16.5 89 2.5 1.7- 3.6 143 3.2 2.4- 4.2
Oklahoma 3,270 2,557 74.9 72.9-76.7 528 19.2 17.5-21.0 61 2.0 1.4- 2.6 124 4.0 3.3- 4.9
Rhode Island 1,983 1,610 80.2 77.9-82.4 236 12.7 10.9-14.8 17 1.1 0.7- 1.8 120 5.9 4.8- 7.3
Texas 2,567 2,027 76.4 74.4-78.4 359 15.3 13.7-17.1 35 1.4 1.0- 2.1 146 6.8 5.6- 8.2
Virginia 2,533 1,925 75.8 73.2-78.2 417 16.1 14.3-18.1 34 1.2 0.8- 1.8 157 6.9 5.2- 9.0
West Virginia 1,260 1,026 79.6 76.8-82.1 149 12.7 10.7-14.9 34 3.4 2.3- 5.2 51 4.4 3.3- 5.8
Wyoming 1,769 1,411 77.6 75.2-79.8 204 12.4 10.7-14.3 43 2.5 1.8- 3.4 111 7.5 6.1- 9.2
Virgin Islands 911 681 74.1 69.8-77.9 126 15.4 12.1-19.4 15 2.2 1.1- 4.3 89 8.3 6.4-10.7

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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 and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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