The Big Smoke Debate
A London Health Commission Campaign
Full results tables
Notes:
- 39,288 respondents completed an online consultation survey
(A complete response is one where at least one of the smoking attitude
questions is answered (Q2-Q5) - even if only one part of question 2 is
answered, the response is taken to be valid.
861 further responses were invalidated in this way)
- 34,446 of these report that they live and/or work in London
- Fieldwork carried out between 28 October and 31 December 2003
- Where results do not sum to 100%, this is due to computer rounding or
multiple responses
- An * denotes a percentage of less than 0.5%, but greater than zero
- Results are unweighted
Q1 Do you live or work in London?
| Only live in London |
11 |
| Only work in London |
15 |
| Live and/or work in London |
62 |
| None of the above |
12 |
| Live or work in London |
88 |
Q1.1 In which borough do you live?
| Barking & Dagenham |
1 |
| Barnet |
4 |
| Bexley |
1 |
| Brent |
3 |
| Bromley |
3 |
| Camden |
5 |
| City of London |
1 |
| Croydon |
3 |
| Ealing |
4 |
| Enfield |
2 |
| Greenwich |
2 |
| Hackney |
3 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham |
4 |
| Haringey |
3 |
| Harrow |
2 |
| Havering |
1 |
| Hillingdon |
2 |
| Hounslow |
2 |
| Islington |
4 |
| Kensington & Chelsea |
3 |
| Kingston upon Thames |
2 |
| Lambeth |
6 |
| Lewisham |
3 |
| Merton |
4 |
| Newham |
2 |
| Redbridge |
2 |
| Richmond upon Thames |
3 |
| Southwark |
4 |
| Sutton |
2 |
| Tower Hamlets |
4 |
| Waltham Forest |
3 |
| Wandsworth |
8 |
| Westminster |
4 |
Q2 Would you prefer the indoor areas of the following places to be ...?
| |
Completely smokefree |
Mainly smokefree but with separate areas for smoking |
Mainly smoking but with separate non-smoking areas |
Smoking allowed throughout |
I don't know |
| Cafés |
60 |
27 |
8 |
4 |
* |
| Restaurants |
64 |
25 |
8 |
3 |
* |
| Pubs and bars |
43 |
29 |
14 |
14 |
1 |
| Shopping centres |
68 |
25 |
2 |
5 |
* |
| Offices |
74 |
23 |
1 |
1 |
* |
| Taxis |
83 |
NA |
NA |
13 |
4 |
| Railway stations |
59 |
31 |
4 |
6 |
* |
Q3 Overall, would you prefer public places in London to be completely smokefree
or not?
| Yes - but only indoors |
37 |
| Yes - both indoors and outdoors |
41 |
| No |
21 |
| I don't know |
1 |
Q4 Would you support or oppose a law to make all workplaces smokefree?
| I would support a law |
74 |
| I would oppose a law |
16 |
| I would neither support nor oppose a law |
9 |
| I don't know |
1 |
Q5 To what extent, if at all, are you bothered by tobacco smoke inside
public places?
| A great deal |
52 |
| A fair amount |
19 |
| A little |
14 |
| Not at all |
14 |
Q6 Which of the following best applies to you?
| I have never smoked |
50 |
| I used to smoke but I have given up now |
27 |
| I smoke but I don't smoke every day |
9 |
| I smoke every day |
14 |
Q7 Age
| Under 16 |
1 |
| 16-24 |
12 |
| 25-34 |
46 |
| 35-44 |
21 |
| 45-54 |
13 |
| 55-64 |
6 |
| 65-74 |
1 |
Q8 Gender
Q9 Which of the following groups do you consider you belong to?
| White British |
71 |
| White Irish |
3 |
| Any other white background |
14 |
| White and Black Caribbean |
* |
| White and Black African |
* |
| White and Asian |
1 |
| Any other mixed background |
1 |
| Indian |
3 |
| Pakistani |
* |
| Bangladeshi |
* |
| Any other asian background |
1 |
| Caribbean |
1 |
| African |
1 |
| Any other black background |
* |
| Chinese |
1 |
| Other ethnic group |
1 |
| ALL BME |
11 |
Q10 Do you work in one or more of the following places?
| Office |
63 |
| Pub or bar |
2 |
| Restaurant |
1 |
| Shopping centre |
1 |
| Café |
1 |
| Railway station |
* |
| Taxi |
* |
| None of above |
34 |
Q11 Is your annual pre-tax personal income...?
| Up to £10,000 |
5 |
| £10,001 - £20,000 |
16 |
| £20,001 - £30,000 |
32 |
| £30,001 - £40,000 |
19 |
| £40,001 - £50,000 |
8 |
| £50,000+ |
14 |
| I don't know |
6 |
