Table 1 Smoking-permitted hotel locations in hotels with and without smoking-permitted guest rooms
From: Hotel smoking policies and their implementation: a survey of California hotel managers
Locations where smoking is permitted | Nonsmoking hotels (do not offer smoking-permitted guest rooms) | Smoking hotels (offer smoking-permitted guest rooms | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | ||
Nowhere indoors | 175 | 93.1 | 88.2, 96.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0, 3.1 | <.001 |
Indoor hallways outside of nonsmoking guest rooms | 8 | 7.1 | 3.3, 13.9 | 6 | 13.3 | 5.5, 27.5 | .212 |
Outdoor hallways outside of nonsmoking guest rooms | 33 | 53.2 | 40.2, 65.8 | 42 | 77.8 | 64.1, 87.5 | .006 |
Hotel lobby | 4 | 2.2 | 0.7, 6.0 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.7, 9.0 | .720 |
Banquet or meeting rooms | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1, 6.8 | 2 | 4.5 | 0.1, 16.7 | .203 |
Nowhere outdoors | 17 | 9.1 | 5.5, 14.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0, 4.4 | .002 |
Only in designated outdoor areas | 91 | 48.7 | 41.3, 56.0 | 38 | 36.5 | 27.5, 46.6 | .046 |
Everywhere outdoors | 79 | 42.2 | 35.1, 49.7 | 66 | 63.5 | 53.5, 72.5 | .001 |