Table 2 Tobacco use behavior, incursion, risk perceptions and attitudes by smoking status
Topic | Question Number of participants available for analysis (NU: Number Unweighted) | Possible answers | Nonsmokers (%) | Smokers (%) | All (%) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tobacco use behavior and neighbor complaints | Q1. All respondents: Do you smoke?)Including: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes, nargila, e-cigarettes, IQOS, (Not including cannabis)) (NU = 285) | Yes, daily or almost daily | NR | NR | 21.4 |  |
Yes, sometimes | 2.1 | |||||
Yes, specified times (Social events, army service, stressful periods) | 2.5 | |||||
Former smoker | 14.7 | |||||
Tried but I was never a regular smoker | 12.6 | |||||
Never smoker | 46.7 | |||||
Q1. Among respondents who smoke or smoked in the past: What do you smoke or did you smoke in the past?) (Nu = 161) *Can check more than one answer | Boxed cigarettes | 88.1 | 74.6 | 82.1 | < 0.001 | |
Roll your own cigarettes | 14.3 | 47.8 | 19.9 | |||
Cigars | 1.2 | 3.0 | 2.0 | |||
Nargila | 16.7 | 16.4 | 16.6 | |||
Pipe | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | |||
Electronic cigarettes | 0.0 | 6.0 | 2.6 | |||
IQOS | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | |||
Q2. All respondents: Do you live with a smoker (not including yourself), (regardless of whether s/he smokes in the home)? (NU = 284) | Yes | 26.3 | 61.2 | 34.5 | < 0.001 | |
No | 73.7 | 38.8 | 65.5 | |||
Q3. All respondents: Does anyone in your house smoke in the home, near a window or on a porch (not including garden, stairwell, or parking)? (NU = 284) | Yes, daily or almost daily | 13.8 | 52.9 | 23.2 | < 0.001 | |
Yes, sometimes | 8.8 | 13.2 | 9.8 | |||
Yes, but rarely | 18.0 | 11.8 | 16.5 | |||
No, never | 59.4 | 22.1 | 50.5 | |||
Q3. Among respondents where smoking occurs in the home, near a window or on a porch: Where does smoking take place? (NU 144) *Can check more than one answer | On a porch | 81.6 | 64.7 | 75.4 | 0.043 | |
Near a window | 18.4 | 17.6 | 18.1 | |||
Inside the home | 11.5 | 39.2 | 21.7 | |||
Other | 5.7 | 3.9 | 5.1 | |||
Q4. Among respondents where smoking takes place in the home, near a window or on a porch: Did a neighbor ever complain to you? (NU = 147) Open question: If so, what did you do? | Yes | 3.4 | 13.5 | 7.1 | 0.024 | |
No | 96.6 | 86.5 | 92.9 | |||
Tobacco Smoke Incursion (TSI) | All respondents: Q5. Did you ever see, fell, or smell tobacco smoke which entered your house as a result of someone smoking in an adjacent apartment, in the hall or in your building? (NU = 284) | Yes | 49.3 | 29.9 | 44.7 | 0.009 |
No | 43.8 | 55.2 | 46.5 | |||
Don't remember | 6.9 | 14.9 | 8.8 | |||
Among respondents who ever experienced TSI: Q6. How frequently have you experienced TSI in last month? (NU = 123) | Daily or almost daily | 18.3 | 26.3 | 19.5 | 0.132 | |
Weekly or several times a week | 11.5 | 26.3 | 13.8 | |||
1–3 time in a month | 17.3 | 10.5 | 16.3 | |||
Didn't penetrate | 52.9 | 36.8 | 50.4 | |||
Among respondents who experienced TSI in past month: Q8. To what extent does it disturb you, or not disturb you, when smoke enters your home? (NU = 74) | It disturbed me so much that I sued my neighbors or moved to another apartment | 0.0 | 7.7 | 1.6 | < 0.001 | |
It disturbs me so much that I am considering suing my neighbors or moving to another apartment | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | |||
It disturbs me a lot | 59.2 | 0.0 | 46.8 | |||
It disturbs me | 24.5 | 38.5 | 27.4 | |||
It doesn’t disturb me that much | 14.3 | 38.5 | 19.4 | |||
It doesn’t disturb me at all | 0.0 | 15.4 | 3.2 | |||
Risk perceptions | Among respondents who experienced TSI in past month: Q9. To what extent do you think it is harmful, or not harmful, when smoke enters your home? (NU = 74) | Very harmful | 36.7 | 23.1 | 33.9 | 0.032 |
Pretty harmful | 46.9 | 23.1 | 41.9 | |||
Not so harmful | 16.3 | 46.2 | 22.6 | |||
Not harmful at all | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |||
All respondents: Q17. Tobacco smoke is dangerous only if can be smelled (NU = 279) | True | 46.0 | 50.8 | 47.1 | 0.501 | |
Not true | 54.0 | 49.2 | 52.9 | |||
All respondents: Q18. Exposure to tobacco smoke on a regular basis: (NU = 279) | Can harm and even kill | 77.6 | 70.8 | 76.0 | 0.456 | |
Can harm but can't kill | 21.5 | 26.2 | 22.6 | |||
Can't harm and can't kill | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.4 | |||
Responsibility & Rights | All respondents: Q15. Who is primarily responsible for preventing tobacco smoke incursion? (NU = 273) | The government | 20.2 | 4.6 | 16.5 | 0.015 |
The smoker | 54.8 | 63.1 | 56.8 | |||
The resident who suffers from TSI | 8.2 | 10.8 | 8.8 | |||
The owner of the smoker's apartment | 7.7 | 3.1 | 6.6 | |||
The owner of the apartment into which smoke penetrates | 3.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 | |||
Homeowner Association | 2.4 | 4.6 | 2.9 | |||
No one needs to prevent this | 3.8 | 12.3 | 5.9 | |||
All respondents: Q16. Two neighbors live in apartments, on floors one above the other. The neighbor in the lower floor smokes on his porch, and this very much bothers the neighbor above when smoke enters the apartment With which sentence do you agree more? (NU = 277) | The smoker has a right to smoke anyplace in his own home, even if it bothers neighbors | 23.3 | 54.0 | 30.2 | < 0.001 | |
It is the right of every person to breath clean air in his/her home, and not to be disturbed by tobacco smoke which penetrates the home | 76.7 | 46.0 | 69.8 | |||
Support for regulation | All respondents: Q14. Support for smoke-free policy in multi-unit dwellings | Stairway (Nu = 283) | 80.6 | 57.6 | 75.3 | < 0.001 |
Building entrance (Nu = 277) | 70.0 | 32.3 | 61.2 | < 0.001 | ||
Common garden (Nu = 280) | 50.7 | 19.7 | 43.4 | < 0.001 | ||
Porch (Nu = 281) | 40.7 | 18.2 | 35.5 | < 0.001 | ||
Apartment (Nu = 277) | 35.0 | 13.8 | 30.1 | < 0.001 | ||
Support for policy in common areas (Nu = 283) | 85.3 | 70.8 | 81.9 | 0.008 | ||
Support for policy in private areas (Nu = 279) | 51.2 | 25.8 | 45.2 | < 0.001 | ||
Support for any policy (Nu = 284) | 88.5 | 74.6 | 85.2 | 0.005 |