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Table 3 Opinion on tobacco control issues

From: Tobacco use patterns, knowledge, attitudes towards tobacco and availability of tobacco control training among school personnel from a rural area in Poland

 

Teachers 1044

Non-teaching staff 500

p-value*

N(%)

(CI 95%)

N(%)

(CI 95%)

 

Concerns over health consequences of smoking**

 Yes

210(89.7)

85.8–93.3

132(84.1)

78.4–89.8

 

 No

24(10.3)

6.4–14.2

25(15.9)

11.2–21.6

 

Tobacco causes serious diseases in smokers

 Disagree

37(3.5)

2.4–4.2

29(5.8)

4.3–7.8

.040

 I do not have opinion

39(3.7)

2.6–4.8

55(11.0)

8.3–13.7

<.001

 Agree

968(92.8)

91.2–94.4

416(83.2)

79.9–86.5

<.001

ETS causes serious diseases in non-smokers

 Disagree

48(4.6)

3.3–5.9

24(4.8)

2.9–6.7

 

 I do not have opinion

47(4.5)

3.2–5.8

61(12.2)

9.3–15.1

<.001

 Agree

949(90.9)

89.2–92.6

415(83.0)

79.7–86.3

<.001

Smoking should be banned in all workplaces

 Yes

946(90.6)

88.8–92.4

430(86.0)

82.9–88.7

.006

 No

47(4.5)

3.2–5.3

38(7.6)

5.4–9.9

.012

 I do not know

51(4.9)

3.6–6.3

32(6.4)

4.2–8.6

 

Smoking should be banned in all governmental offices

 Yes

979(93.8)

92.3–95.3

447(89.4)

86.7–92.1

.003

 No

25(2.4)

1.5–3.3

28(5.6)

3.6–7.6

.001

 I do not know

40(3.8)

2.6–5.0

25(5.0)

3.1–6.9

 

Prices of tobacco products should be increased

 Disagree

329(31.5)

28.7–34.3

177(35.4)

31.2–39.6

 

 I do not have opinion

307(29.4)

26.6–32.2

154(30.8)

26.8–34.8

 

 Agree

408(39.1)

36.1–42.1

179(35.8)

31.6–40.0

 

Tobacco advertising should be completely banned

 Disagree

114(10.9)

9.1–12.8

58(11.8)

9.0–14.6

 

 I do not have opinion

177(17.0)

14.7–19.3

139(27.8)

23.9–31.7

.001

 Agree

753(72.1)

69.4–74.8

303(60.6)

56.3–64.9

<.001

Pictorial warnings should be introduced on tobacco packages

 Disagree

77(7.3)

5.7–8.6

52(10.4)

8.7–13.1

.044

 I do not have opinion

216(20.7)

18.2–23.2

112(22.4)

18.8–26.1

 

 Agree

751(72.0)

69.3–74.7

336(67.2)

63.1–71.3

 
  1. *p value is indicating differences between teachers and non-teaching staff
  2. **Question dedicated only to smokers: N = 234 among the teachers. N = 157 among the non-teaching staff