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8/16/2004
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smoke-free; 75 percent (47 percent of smokers) would make all restaurants smoke-free; and 59 <br />percent (22 percentof smokers) would make bars smoke-free. This survey of 1,104 adults also <br />found that 76 percent (55 percent of smokers) agreed that non-smokers' rights come first when <br />discussing smoke in public indoor pa���.'' <br />Other Minnesota entities (Duluth, Olmsted County) have conducted local surveys to determine <br />the level of public support for a smoking workplace ban, including bars and restaurants. All <br />have reached the same conclusion: the majority of their residents support smoking bans in <br />workplaces and/or restaurants and bars. On May 27,2004, the Minneapolis Star Tribune <br />reported the following findings from a random survey of 600 registered voters conducted during <br />L J �'T <br />���� r <br />+ Nearly 75 percent of Minneapolis residents favor a proposed smoking ban in most indoor <br />public places. Twenty-five percent said they would oppose it; 3 percent were undecided. <br />� Four out of five respondents said they think exposure to secondhand smoke is a moderate to <br />serious health hazard and the right of customers and employees to breathe clean air <br />outweighs the rights of smokers. <br />• Fifty percent of the smokers polled said their right to smoke is secondary to others' right to <br />breathe clean air. <br />� About one-third of the residents polled said they would be more likely to patronize <br />restaurants and bars if there were a smoking ban. Eight percent said they would be apt to <br />visit a non-smoking establishment less often if there were a smoking ban. <br />This survey was conducted by the Mellman Group, sponsored by Clean Air Minneapolis and the <br />Hennepin Medical Society, and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. <br />A survey of 1,224 residents of Olmsted County, conducted before a smoke-free ordinance was <br />enacted, found that 72 percent of respondents said they would choose a smoke-free restaurant <br />over one where smoking is permitted. Seventy percent said they would select a smoke-free bar <br />over one where smoking is permitted. The majority of respondents said they would not dine out <br />or visit bars or nightclubs more often or less often if all restaurants, bars, and nightclubs were <br />�rn�6��-f�," <br />�o <br />
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