Table 3 Attitudes toward Smoking Ban Act
From: Prevalence, habits and personal attitudes towards smoking among health care professionals
| Resident physicians | Spcialist physicians | Trainee nurses | Nurses with secondary education | Nurses with associate degree | Total | p* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Smoking Ban Act is fair to the non-smokers | |||||||
| Strongly disagree | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) | 3 (7.7) | 24 (9.6) | 4 (4.2) | 32 (6.5) | |
| Disagree | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (8.0) | 5 (5.2) | 27 (5.5) | .021 |
| Undecided | 3 (9.4) | 6 (7.8) | 8 (20.5) | 29 (11.6) | 10 (10.4) | 56 (11.3) | |
| Agree | 108 (31.3) | 14 (18.2) | 5 (12.8) | 51 (20.4) | 21 (21.9) | 101 (20.5) | |
| Strongly agree | 19 (59.4) | 54 (70.1) | 23 (59.0) | 126 (50.4) | 56 (58.3) | 278 (56.3) | |
| Smoking Ban Act is fair to the smokers | |||||||
| Strongly disagree | 3 (9.7) | 6 (7.8) | 5 (12.8) | 52 (20.9) | 19 (19.6) | 85 (17.2) | .005 |
| Disagree | 3 (9.7) | 9 (11.7) | 3 (7.7) | 43 (17.3) | 9 (9.3) | 67 (13.6) | |
| Undecided | 7 (22.6) | 9 (11.7) | 13 (33.3) | 45 (18.1) | 19 (19.6) | 93 (18.9) | |
| Agree | 10 (32.3) | 21 (27.3) | 9 (23.1) | 61 (24.5) | 20 (20.6) | 121 (24.5) | |
| Strongla agree | 8 (25.8) | 32 (41.6) | 9 (23.1) | 48 (19.3) | 30 (30.9) | 127 (25.8) | |
| Total | 32 (100) | 78 (100) | 39 (100) | 251(100) | 97 (100) | 497 (100) | |