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Table 2 Agreement with tobacco smoking attitude statements reported by University staff and students

From: “Moving forward: a cross sectional baseline study of staff and student attitudes towards a totally smoke free university campus”

 

Non-smokers N (%)

Ex-smokers N (%)

Smokers N (%)

Total N (%)

If someone smokes cigarettes around me they are causing me harm because of second-hand smoke

686 (89)

86 (80.4)

42 (46.7)

814* (84.1)

I prefer to socialise in a smoke-free environment

695 (90.1)

86 (80.4)

30 (33.3)

811* (83.8)

I seek out smoke-free environments

572 (74.2)

67 (62.6)

13 (14.4)

652* (67.4)

It disappoints me when a friend who normally doesn’t smoke, smokes cigarettes while drinking

547 (70.9)

46 (43)

13 (14.4)

606* (62.6)

I would rather date a non-smoker

701 (90.9)

84 (78.5)

36 (40)

821* (84.8)

I ask others not to smoke around me

354 (44.7)

28 (26.2)

2 (2.2)

375* (38.7)

  1. Agreement with the statement indicated by strongly agree or agree.
  2. *P = <0.001.