Growing support for smoke free Sheffield
Health managers in Sheffield have received the results
of a survey conducted by MORI (Market & Opinion Research
International) about Sheffield’s attitudes towards smoking
in public places in Sheffield.
The survey was conducted by telephoning 1,000 people from
across the city to gauge responses to a series of questions
from a diverse range of socio-economic groups.
The survey indicates that:
• 80% of residents are concerned about the presence of tobacco
smoke in public places. 57% have health related concerns,
34% are concerned about the smell and 20% say that smoking
is anti-social.
• 45% of residents have left or avoided a public place,
because of tobacco smoke.
• 7 types of public place were selected by the majority
of respondents from a list of 11 to be completely smoke
free. These are hospitals, taxis, fast food outlets, entertainment
venues
(theatres, cinemas), offices, cafes and restaurants and
enclosed shopping centres.
• Respondents are more likely to favour a mainly smoke free
policy for pubs and bars, with separate areas for smoking,
rather than being completely smoke free.
• Even among those who currently smoke, over a third would
support a law to make all enclosed workplaces, including
public places, smoke free.
• 9 out of 10 Sheffield residents feel that all employees
have a right to work in a smokefree environment, and three
quarters would support a law making all enclosed workplaces,
including public places, smoke free.
Dr Charles Price, Director of Public Health at Sheffield
West Primary Care Trust said “The independent report
by MORI is encouraging. There is clearly overwhelming support
for a smoke
free Sheffield, and these results will certainly be delivered
to the Government to show how supportive the people of Sheffield
are in making public places smoke free.”
October 2004
October 02, 2006 
