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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 work areas?*

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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 44,135 38,038 84.3 83.7-84.9 3,229 8.7 8.2- 9.2 780 1.9 1.7- 2.2 2,088 5.1 4.7- 5.5
Arkansas 1,764 1,438 79.7 77.3-81.8 184 11.4 9.8-13.3 39 2.9 2.0- 4.1 103 6.0 4.9- 7.4
Colorado 2,062 1,792 84.9 82.9-86.7 146 8.9 7.4-10.6 28 1.9 1.3- 2.8 96 4.3 3.5- 5.3
Connecticut 2,688 2,378 88.1 86.6-89.5 154 6.4 5.3- 7.6 23 0.7 0.5- 1.1 133 4.8 3.9- 5.8
Iowa 2,454 2,186 88.5 86.9-89.9 128 5.8 4.7- 7.0 63 2.7 2.0- 3.5 77 3.1 2.4- 4.0
Kentucky 2,622 2,117 80.6 78.1-82.9 219 8.0 6.5- 9.7 117 5.0 3.8- 6.7 169 6.4 5.0- 8.1
Louisiana 1,972 1,628 80.4 78.2-82.5 210 12.1 10.5-14.0 48 2.7 2.0- 3.7 86 4.7 3.6- 6.1
Montana 1,623 1,334 84.7 82.4-86.8 136 7.3 5.9- 9.1 19 0.9 0.5- 1.6 134 7.1 5.7- 8.9
Nebraska 2,499 2,270 90.1 88.6-91.4 112 5.0 4.1- 6.1 64 2.9 2.1- 3.8 53 2.1 1.6- 2.8
New Hampshire 2,609 2,307 86.7 84.9-88.2 132 5.8 4.8- 7.0 19 0.9 0.5- 1.5 151 6.6 5.5- 8.0
New Jersey 5,452 4,797 86.4 85.1-87.5 340 7.2 6.4- 8.2 56 1.0 0.7- 1.4 259 5.4 4.6- 6.2
North Carolina 4,074 3,644 88.3 86.5-89.9 225 6.1 4.9- 7.4 72 2.4 1.6- 3.6 133 3.2 2.4- 4.3
Oklahoma 3,270 2,868 85.8 84.3-87.3 244 9.0 7.8-10.3 61 1.8 1.4- 2.5 97 3.4 2.6- 4.3
Rhode Island 1,981 1,731 85.6 83.5-87.6 132 8.7 7.1-10.7 18 1.0 0.6- 1.6 100 4.7 3.7- 5.8
Texas 2,574 2,161 81.4 79.4-83.2 241 10.9 9.4-12.5 40 1.7 1.2- 2.5 132 6.0 4.9- 7.4
Virginia 2,535 2,126 83.4 81.2-85.5 228 9.2 7.8-10.7 37 1.2 0.8- 1.7 144 6.2 4.7- 8.2
West Virginia 1,262 1,097 85.4 82.9-87.6 87 7.2 5.7- 9.1 35 3.7 2.5- 5.5 43 3.6 2.6- 5.0
Wyoming 1,779 1,445 78.5 76.2-80.7 194 12.6 10.9-14.6 34 2.1 1.4- 3.0 106 6.8 5.5- 8.3
Virgin Islands 915 719 76.1 71.9-79.8 117 16.2 12.8-20.3 7 0.7 0.3- 1.6 72 7.0 5.3- 9.3

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

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