The relationship between workers’ self-reported changes in health and their attitudes towards a workplace intervention: lessons from smoke-free legislation across the UK hospitality industry

Table 2 Initial attitudes of all bar workers seen at P1 in England (n = 178) and Scotland (n = 370)

			Response¹(%)
Question		Country	N	1	2	3	4	5	p-val²
A	The ban on smoking will have a negative effect on business for public bars	England	174	16	25	34	17	8	0.047
		Scotland	369	16	33	33	15	3
B	The smoking ban is an unfair restriction on smokers	England	176	13	23	16	30	19	0.255
		Scotland	367	13	16	16	35	20
C	Fewer people will visit public bars after the ban on smoking	England	174	14	26	26	29	5	0.986
		Scotland	367	11	30	28	25	6
D	The smoking ban will make smokers smoke more at home	England	175	19	37	24	16	3	0.052
		Scotland	369	15	33	29	21	3
E	The smoking ban will result in jobs being lost	England	176	9	15	32	37	8	0.203
		Scotland	367	8	18	33	36	4
		Country	N	5	4	3	2	1	p-val
F	Smoke free public bars will make visits to them more comfortable	England	175	2	9	14	38	37	0.260
		Scotland	369	2	8	14	33	43
G	The smoking ban will encourage smokers to quit	England	176	1	10	20	55	14	0.538
		Scotland	369	1	9	21	51	19
H	The smoking ban is needed to protect the health of workers	England	175	2	5	9	42	42	0.342
		Scotland	369	1	7	12	41	39
I	Do you agree with the proposed ban on smoking in public bars?	England	176	8	11	17	24	39	0.606
		Scotland	367	10	12	10	27	42

¹ Response: 1-Strongly Agree, 2- Agree, 3-Undecided, 4- Disagree, 5-Strongly Disagree.
² The p-value is for the Mann–Whitney U test of whether there was a difference in the initial attitude of those in England to those in Scotland.

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