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Table 2 Location of signage identifying nonsmoking and smoking-permitted guest rooms

From: Hotel smoking policies and their implementation: a survey of California hotel managers

Signage location

Nonsmoking rooms

Smoking rooms

n

%

95% CI

n

%

95% CI

On or next to the outside of room doors

161

54.9

49.1, 60.7

45

41.3

32.1, 51.1

Room tables

105

36.0

30.5, 41.8

23

21.1

14.1, 30.2

On or next to the inside of room doors

90

31.0

25.8, 36.8

22

20.4

13.5, 29.4

In-room brochure or collateral

140

49.5

43.5, 55.4

23

22.1

14.8, 31.5

Hallways outside rooms

55

18.9

14.7, 24.0

13

11.9

6.8, 19.9

Nightstands

49

16.9

12.9, 21.8

17

15.6

9.6, 24.1

Other location in rooms

33

11.4

8.1, 15.7

3

2.8

0.7, 8.5

Televisions

20

6.9

4.4, 10.6

4

3.7

1.2, 9.7

Key tags

18

6.2

3.8, 9.8

1

0.9

0.1, 5.8

Bathrooms

14

4.8

2.8, 8.2

4

3.7

1.2, 9.7

Trash cans

4

1.4

0.4, 3.7

0

0

0, 4.2

Beds

2

0.7

0.1, 2.7

1

0.9

0.1, 5.8

None present

59

20.1

15.7, 25.2

18

16.5

10.3, 25.1