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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Secondhand Smoke Policy

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%)
TOTAL 2,712 2,143 77.2 74.6-79.5 376 15.6 13.5-17.9 46 1.8 1.2- 2.5 147 5.5 4.4- 6.9
GENDER
Male 904 654 73.2 69.0-77.1 153 16.8 13.6-20.6 27 2.5 1.6- 4.0 70 7.5 5.5-10.1
Female 1,808 1,489 80.6 77.4-83.4 223 14.5 11.9-17.6 19 1.1 0.6- 1.9 77 3.8 2.9- 5.2
RACE
White 2,106 1,680 77.2 74.3-79.9 278 15.2 12.8-18.0 37 1.9 1.3- 2.9 111 5.7 4.4- 7.3
African American 423 323 75.9 69.3-81.4 77 19.9 14.7-26.4 3 0.8 0.2- 3.1 20 3.5 1.9- 6.0
Asian 19 17 83.9 47.7-96.8 2 16.1 3.2-52.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 50 35 67.3 47.8-82.3 4 3.9 1.3-11.2 3 6.1 1.8-18.8 8 22.7 9.9-43.9
Other Minorities 106 84 83.1 72.9-90.0 12 9.4 4.8-17.4 3 2.3 0.6- 8.2 7 5.2 1.9-13.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 107 88 80.1 68.0-88.5 10 9.7 4.7-18.9 3 4.9 1.4-15.8 6 5.3 1.8-14.9
-English Speaking 53 41 63.3 42.4-80.2 6 16.1 6.2-35.8 2 10.0 2.1-36.4 4 10.6 2.5-35.0
-Spanish Speaking 54 47 88.9 76.7-95.1 4 6.3 2.2-17.0 1 2.3 0.3-14.6 2 2.5 0.6-10.2
Non-Hispanic 2,597 2,050 77.1 74.5-79.5 364 16.0 13.8-18.4 43 1.5 1.1- 2.2 140 5.4 4.3- 6.7
AGE
18-24 90 60 61.6 47.6-73.9 25 32.6 20.8-47.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 5.8 2.2-14.5
25-34 426 336 78.2 72.3-83.2 62 13.9 10.0-19.1 8 2.4 1.0- 5.4 20 5.5 3.0- 9.6
35-44 658 521 80.1 76.1-83.6 93 13.8 10.8-17.4 14 1.9 1.1- 3.5 30 4.2 2.7- 6.3
45-54 810 645 77.4 73.2-81.1 109 14.8 11.7-18.6 13 1.5 0.8- 2.8 43 6.3 4.3- 9.1
55-64 554 450 80.3 75.6-84.3 62 11.5 8.4-15.5 10 2.0 1.0- 4.3 32 6.2 4.1- 9.4
65-74 133 102 78.1 68.7-85.2 17 10.7 6.3-17.6 1 1.6 0.2-10.2 13 9.7 5.0-17.8
75+ 28 21 75.2 49.9-90.2 4 16.3 4.2-46.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.5 2.7-24.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 183 127 74.3 64.3-82.3 39 17.8 11.4-26.7 4 2.1 0.6- 6.9 13 5.8 2.3-13.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 673 478 69.0 63.6-74.0 128 20.2 15.9-25.3 20 3.1 1.9- 5.1 47 7.7 5.3-11.0
Some Post-H.S. 755 593 73.8 68.0-78.9 102 18.0 13.3-23.9 14 1.8 1.0- 3.3 46 6.4 4.2- 9.5
College Graduate 1,099 945 85.2 81.9-87.9 105 10.4 8.1-13.3 8 0.8 0.3- 2.6 41 3.6 2.3- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 90 67 82.2 68.9-90.5 16 10.2 4.8-20.5 3 4.9 1.3-17.1 4 2.8 0.8- 9.0
$15,000- 24,999 326 240 70.9 60.9-79.2 59 22.0 14.4-32.2 7 2.3 0.9- 5.4 20 4.8 2.2-10.2
$25,000- 34,999 304 221 74.0 65.3-81.2 56 17.9 11.6-26.7 8 2.1 1.0- 4.4 19 6.0 3.4-10.4
$35,000- 49,999 430 330 72.2 64.7-78.6 67 18.5 12.9-25.8 8 1.8 0.8- 3.9 25 7.5 4.3-12.7
$50,000-74,999 555 456 80.8 76.3-84.7 60 12.4 9.2-16.6 9 1.5 0.7- 3.2 30 5.3 3.5- 7.9
$75,000+ 818 685 82.3 78.4-85.7 84 10.7 8.1-14.0 11 1.7 0.7- 3.8 38 5.3 3.4- 8.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 563 415 68.3 61.8-74.1 88 19.5 14.5-25.7 16 3.2 1.8- 5.8 44 9.0 5.8-13.8
No 2,136 1,718 79.2 76.5-81.7 286 14.8 12.5-17.4 30 1.4 0.9- 2.3 102 4.6 3.5- 5.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 282 205 74.6 67.6-80.6 43 13.6 9.2-19.7 8 3.2 1.5- 6.9 26 8.5 5.4-13.2
Non-Veteran 2,430 1,938 77.4 74.7-80.0 333 15.8 13.5-18.3 38 1.6 1.0- 2.4 121 5.2 4.0- 6.7

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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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