title: Attitudes toward smoking restrictions in work sites, restaurants, and bars among North Carolinians.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Public support for smoking restrictions has increased in recent years, but support varies among groups and according to where restrictions should apply. National studies show that Americans are less likely to favor smoking restrictions in restaurants and bars than at other work sites but that the support varies across segments of the population. A full examination of the changes and status of attitudes toward smoking restrictions by site and across subgroups in North Carolina has not been undertaken.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from US Census Bureau Current Population Surveys conducted during 2001-2002 and 2006-2007 were analyzed. Trends in attitudes toward smoke-free policies at indoor work sites, restaurants, and bars are presented overall and by occupation, smoking status, income, race/ethnicity, workplace smoking policy, age, sex, and education. Logistic regression was used to identify key factors predicting support for smoke-free policies at work sites.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Support for smoke-free policies increased by at least 7.4 percentage points at each venue between 2001-2002 and 2006-2007. In 2006-2007, the strongest public support for smoking restrictions was reported for work sites (69.6%), followed by restaurants (52.3%) and bars (36.1%). Whether a person smokes is the strongest predictor of their attitude about smoking restrictions in indoor work sites.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Data are self-reported, from independent samples, and lack county identifiers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is substantial and increasing public support for smoke-free policies in North Carolina. These findings show extensive support for extending smoking bans to all indoor work sites, with nearly 70% of respondents in 2006-2007 favoring smoke-free work sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. daisy53rll@msn.com
authors.forename: Rachel Loflin
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Maguire
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brinkley
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mansfield
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D019352:Censuses; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D012147:Restaurants; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017132:Workplace
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution