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New South Wales Chief Health Officer

Health-related behaviours
Attitudes to smoking bans


Change in attitude to frequenting hotels and clubs if smoking was banned, by sex, persons aged 16 years and over, NSW 2003
  Response Sex Estimated number Per cent LL 95% CI UL 95% CI
2003 More often Males 562,000 22.9 21.3 24.5
  Females 641,000 25.4 24.0 26.8
  Persons 1,204,000 24.1 23.1 25.2
  Less often Males 260,000 10.6 9.4 11.8
  Females 228,000 9.0 8.1 10.0
  Persons 488,000 9.8 9.0 10.5
  It would make no difference Males 1,616,000 65.7 63.9 67.6
  Females 1,632,000 64.6 63.1 66.1
  Persons 3,248,000 65.2 64.0 66.4
2005 More often Males 792,200 32.5 30.6 34.4
  Females 955,800 38.0 36.4 39.6
  Persons 1,748,000 35.3 34.0 36.5
  Less often Males 201,400 8.3 7.1 9.4
  Females 168,800 6.7 5.8 7.6
  Persons 370,100 7.5 6.7 8.2
  It would make no difference Males 1,446,600 59.3 57.3 61.3
  Females 1,393,100 55.3 53.7 57.0
  Persons 2,839,700 57.3 56.0 58.6


Note: The question used was: If there was a total ban on smoking in hotels and licensed bars, would you be likely to go there More often, Less often, It would make no difference? Estimates for 2003 are based on 12884 respondent. 124 (0.95%) were not stated )Don’t know or Refused). Estimates for 2005 are based on 11,190 respondents. 90 (0.8%) were not stated (Don’t know or Refused). LL/UL 95%CI = lower and upper limits of the 95% confidence interval for the point estimate.
Source: NSW Population Health Survey (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health.

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Suggested citation: Public Health Division, The Health of the people of New South Wales - Report of the Chief Health Officer. NSW Department of Health, Sydney, Available at: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/chorep/beh/beh_smoban_type.htm. Accessed (insert date of access).
Produced by: Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Public Health Division, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on: 20 November 2006

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