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Survey of Minneapolis Voters (May 2004) Voters Recognize the Benefits of Smoke-k�-ee Public Places and Workplaces Eight out of ten voters (84 percent) believethat exposureto secondhand smoke is a serious (57 percent) or moderate (28 percent) health hazard. Eighty- eight (88 percent) of voters agree that all Minneapolis workers should be protected from exposure to secondhand smoke in the workplace. These concerns translate to the very strong belief among voters (by a margin of 80 percent to 11 per Voters Feel The Right to Breathe Clean Air Is More Important Than The Right to Smoke Inside Restaurants and Bars N�htch one of the tolbwirtg do you [hink Is more fmportantT �The rights of customers and employees to breathe dean air inside restaurants and bars � The rights of smokers to smoke inside restaurants and Ex�rs F�ht �n bre�a s�% rrwFh,w�. �le�n a+r Ri�hk of �rrialker� 1� I •� arr1�5#se Insld� , Q; �z �r.�++M,�.. �r�•�•r TaY �rir� �r�Wd 1 1 °� �o-n � �•.� � ��,.nr.r,�.�. r.� �.�,r� �,�.�. �r� m ,�.,�.,,� a..•, �r �. +rwarl �rn �,�n* e.�rfald4 �a�n �+�• .T.— _ _�. �,.� �._� ��i 9�X 94'K 14�1G cent) that the nght of customers and employees to breathe clean air in restaurants and bars is more important than the right of smokers to smoke inside these places. Even 50 percent of regular smokers believe the right of people to breathe clean air in restaurants and bars is more important than their right to smoke in those places. Patrons of restaurants and bars in Minneapolis indicated that these establishmentswould be healthier and more enjoyable if they were smoke-free. Nearly nine out of ten Minneapolis voters (88 percent) b� lieve that these places would be healthier, and 82 percent want to be able to enjoy restaurants and bars in the city without smelling like smoke at the end of the evening. The poll also found that Minneapolis voters are more likely to visit restaurants and bars if the smoke- free law is enacted. Nearly four times as many voters would go out to restaurants and bars more often as would go out less often if all Minneapolis restaurants and bars were smoke-free (31 percent more to 8 per- cent less, with the balance indicating that the law would not a£fect how often they go out).