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Table 1 Support for rights of non-smokers and support for 2003 Smokefree Environments Amendment Act provisions in 2003–6 HSC Monitor Surveys (weighted to 2001 census)

From: Beneficial impacts of a national smokefree environments law on an indigenous population: a multifaceted evaluation

 

Year

All

% (95% CI)

Māori

% (95% CI)

non-Māori

% (95% CI)

Right to live in a smokefree environment

2003

87.1 (85.4 to 88.6)

75.1 (70.1 to 79.6)

89.9 (88.1 to 91.4)

 

2004

85.5 (83.7 to 87.1)

79.1 (74.3 to 83.2)

86.9 (85.0 to 88.6)

 

2005

91.6 (90.2 to 92.9)

81.1 76.5 to 85.0)

94.1 (92.7 to 95.2)

 

2006

91.9 (90.5 to 93.1)

82.0 (77.3 to 85.9)

93.9 92.5 to 95.1)

Right to work in a smokefree environment

2003

90.7 (89.3 to 92.0)

82.6 (78.0 to 86.4)

92.8 (91.3 to 94.0)

 

2004

88.8 (87.2 to 90.2)

82.8 (78.4 to 86.5)

90.2 (88.5 to 91.7)

 

2005

95.7 (94.6 to 96.6)

90.6 (87.1 to 93.2)

96.9 (95.9 to 97.7)

 

2006

94.9 (93.8 to 95.9)

92.3 (88.7 to 94.8)

95.5 (94.2 to 96.5)

Right of bar and pub workers to work in a smokefree environment

2003

79.1 (77.1 to 81.0)

56.9 (51.4 to 62.2)

84.0 (82.0 to 85.9)

 

2004

80.7 (78.7 to 82.5)

66.2 (60.9 to 71.2)

84.0 (81.9 to 85.9)

 

2005

91.1 (89.7 to 92.4)

78.6 (73.8 to 82.6)

94.0 (92.6 to 95.2)

 

2006

91.5 (90.1 to 92.8)

82.7 (77.9 to 86.6)

93.3 (91.9 to 94.5)

Right of restaurant workers to work in a smokefree environment

2003

84.4 (82.6 to 86.0)

67.8 (62.5 to 72.8)

88.3 (86.4 to 89.9)

 

2004

85.3 (83.5 to 87.0)

77.2 (72.2 to 81.5)

87.2 (85.3 to 88.9)

 

2005

94.3 (93.1 to 95.3)

88.3 (84.5 to 91.3)

95.7 (94.5 to 96.6)

 

2006

95.6 (94.5 to 96.5)

93.4 (90.0 to 95.6)

96.0 (94.8 to 97.0)

Right of non-office workers to work in a smokefree environment

2003

89.4 (87.9 to 90.8)

80.7 (76.0 to 84.7)

91.4 (94.8 to 97.0)

 

2004

88.3 (86.7 to 89.8)

81.7 (77.1 to 85.6)

89.8 (88.1 to 91.4)

 

2005

95.2 (94.1 to 96.1)

90.8 (87.4 to 93.4)

96.2 (95.0 to 97.1)

 

2006

94.7 (93.5 to 95.7)

89.8 (85.8 to 92.8)

95.7 (94.5 to 96.6)

  1. Key: All %s refer to those expressing support defined as those who strongly agreed or agreed with each statement. Those who did not express support included people who disagreed or who were neutral or unsure.