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Table 2 Percentage of U.S. adults who think breathing smoke from other people’s cigarettes or other tobacco products causes harm, by state—National Adult Tobacco Survey (NATS) 2009–2010

From: Perceptions of harm from secondhand smoke exposure among U.S. adults, 2009–2010

State

Unweighted frequency

Not at all harmful to one’s health

Somewhat harmful

Very harmful

 

n

% (95 % CI)

% (95 % CI)

% (95 % CI)

100 % of population covered by a comprehensive smoke-free lawa

 Arizona

1539

5.7 (3.7–7.7)

28.2 (24.2–32.1)

66.1 (61.9–70.4)

 Colorado

1634

3.4 (2.2–4.5)

35.7 (32.0–39.5)

60.9 (57.1–64.7)

 Delaware

1585

2.4 (1.3–3.4)

32.0 (25.2–38.7)

65.6 (59.0–72.3)

 District of Columbia

1427

b

30.0 (22.1–38.0)

67.1 (59.1–75.1)

 Floridac

1859

5.6 (3.8–7.5)

25.3 (22.7–27.9)

69.1 (66.2–71.9)

 Hawaii

1509

4.2 (2.0–6.4)

29.5 (24.3–34.8)

66.3 (60.8–71.7)

 Illinoisc

1698

4.0 (2.8–5.2)

33.3 (30.2–36.4)

62.7 (59.6–65.9)

 Iowa

1768

2.7 (1.8–3.7)

36.0 (31.8–40.3)

61.2 (57.0–65.5)

 Louisianac

5164

4.7 (3.8–5.6)

27.3 (25.3–29.4)

67.9 (65.8–70.0)

 Maine

1723

3.7 (2.3–5.2)

31.4 (26.6–36.2)

64.9 (60.0–69.7)

 Maryland

1548

2.4 (1.3–3.5)

34.3 (30.7–37.9)

63.3 (59.7–67.0)

 Massachusettsc

1563

3.7 (2.3–5.2)

33.1 (29.7–36.4)

63.2 (59.8–66.6)

 Minnesota

1563

5.2 (2.9–7.4)

38.4 (34.8–41.9)

56.4 (52.8–60.1)

 Montana

1579

5.2 (2.7–7.7)

31.7 (27.3–36.1)

63.1 (58.5–67.8)

 Nebraska

1587

5.2 (2.3–8.0)

37.4 (31.4–43.4)

57.4 (51.4–63.4)

 Nevada

1554

5.4 (3.3–7.5)

34.8 (29.7–40.0)

59.8 (54.6–65.0)

 New Jerseyc

3308

3.4 (2.4–4.4)

32.1 (29.8–34.4)

64.5 (62.1–66.8)

 New Mexico

1488

3.9 (1.8–6.0)

27.6 (22.8–32.4)

68.5 (63.6–73.5)

 New Yorkc

1839

2.5 (1.6–3.4)

27.1 (24.4–29.8)

70.4 (67.6–73.2)

 Ohioc

1811

4.7 (3.4–6.0)

35.3 (32.6–38.1)

59.9 (57.1–62.7)

 Oregon

1697

3.4 (1.8–5.0)

33.9 (30.5–37.3)

62.7 (59.1–66.2)

 Rhode Island

1566

b

30.1 (26.0–34.2)

65.4 (61.0–69.8)

 Utah

1796

2.6 (1.5–3.7)

23.9 (20.5–27.4)

73.5 (69.9–77.0)

 Vermont

1734

2.0 (1.1–3.0)

32.0 (26.3–37.8)

65.9 (60.1–71.7)

20–99 % of population covered by comprehensive smoke-free law

 Washington

1746

3.3 (1.9–4.8)

33.3 (30.4–36.3)

63.3 (60.2–66.4)

 Alaska

1566

2.6 (1.4–3.8)

28.5 (21.6–35.5)

68.9 (61.8–75.9)

 Indiana

1701

4.8 (3.3–6.4)

35.0 (31.8–38.2)

60.2 (56.9–63.4)

 Kansas

1602

4.6 (2.3–7.0)

35.2 (30.6–39.8)

60.2 (55.4–64.9)

 Kentucky

1532

6.8 (4.3–9.2)

39.5 (34.6–44.5)

53.7 (48.7–58.7)

 North Dakota

1850

b

30.5 (21.1–39.9)

65.6 (56.2–75.1)

 South Carolina

4165

4.2 (2.6–5.9)

31.8 (28.1–35.5)

63.9 (60.1–67.7)

 Texasc

1942

3.6 (2.7–4.6)

32.7 (29.6–35.7)

63.7 (60.6–66.8)

 West Virginia

1544

4.6 (2.7–6.5)

30.3 (26.2–34.3)

65.1 (60.9–69.4)

1–19 % of population covered by a comprehensive smoke-free laws

 Alabama

1611

3.7 (2.3–5.2)

29.4 (25.5–33.3)

66.8 (62.7–70.9)

 Arkansas

2384

b

35.0 (27.6–42.4)

56.9 (49.5–64.4)

 Californiac

2159

3.4 (2.3–4.4)

26.1 (23.4–28.8)

70.5 (67.7–73.4)

 Georgiac

3976

3.4 (2.5–4.2)

29.0 (26.6–31.5)

67.6 (65.0–70.1)

 Mississippi

1466

3.0 (1.9–4.1)

27.0 (21.3–32.6)

70.1 (64.3–75.8)

 Missouri

1666

3.8 (2.6–5.0)

38.2 (34.9–41.4)

58.0 (54.7–61.4)

 Wisconsin

1619

4.3 (2.5–6.0)

35.4 (31.8–39.0)

60.4 (56.7–64.1)

 Wyoming

1452

b

37.4 (30.0–44.8)

58.2 (50.9–65.5)

0 % of population covered by comprehensive smoke-free law

 Connecticut

1500

3.1 (1.9–4.3)

30.3 (26.6–34.0)

66.6 (62.8–70.3)

 Idaho

1551

3.3 (1.5–5.0)

31.5 (25.7–37.3)

65.2 (59.3–71.1)

 Michigan

1656

4.6 (3.1–6.2)

33.4 (30.1–36.8)

61.9 (58.5–65.4)

 New Hampshire

1638

b

32.0 (27.8–36.3)

64.2 (59.7–68.7)

 North Carolinac

1665

4.8 (3.3–6.2)

36.5 (33.2–39.8)

58.7 (55.4–62.1)

 Oklahomac

3098

3.8 (3.0–4.7)

30.7 (28.7–32.8)

65.4 (63.3–67.5)

 Pennsylvaniac

2814

4.1 (3.1–5.1)

33.9 (31.6–36.2)

62.0 (59.7–64.3)

 South Dakota

1734

3.1 (2.0–4.2)

30.4 (26.4–34.5)

66.4 (62.3–70.5)

 Tennessee

1617

4.6 (3.2–6.0)

33.4 (29.7–37.0)

62.0 (58.3–65.8)

 Virginia

2012

3.6 (2.5–4.7)

33.7 (30.8–36.6)

62.7 (59.8–65.7)

National

97,805

4.0 (3.7–4.3)

31.5 (30.9–32.1)

64.5 (63.9–65.2)

  1. aPopulation coverage of smoke-free laws was based on the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation U.S. Tobacco Control Laws Database© and represent the percent of the population covered by state and/or local comprehensive smoke-free laws as of July 1, 2010
  2. bRelative SE >30 %
  3. cEstimates calculated among both landline and cellular telephone respondents. All other state estimates were calculated among landline respondents only