Bloomington Slides

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Statewide Survey of Registered New Jersey
Voters September 2007
Survey conducted by Monmouth University Polling
Institute September 27-30, 2007. Margin of error
for voter sample /- 3.7
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Broad-Based Support For Smoke-Free Casinos
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Under current New Jersey law, smoking is
prohibited in most public places and inside
workplaces with the exception of casino gaming
floors.  Would you favor or oppose extending the
law to cover all workplaces, including casinos?
New Jersey Voters Favor Extending the Smoke-Free
Law to Include Casinos
Total Favor 69
Total Oppose 28
Darker shading equals stronger intensity Total
numbers are rounded
New Jersey Survey of registered voters
September 2007
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Under current New Jersey law, smoking is
prohibited in most public places and inside
workplaces with the exception of casino gaming
floors.  Would you favor or oppose extending the
law to cover all workplaces, including casinos?
Voters Across The State Support Smoke-Free Casinos
Total numbers are rounded
New Jersey Survey of registered voters
September 2007
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Under current New Jersey law, smoking is
prohibited in most public places and inside
workplaces with the exception of casino gaming
floors.  Would you favor or oppose extending the
law to cover all workplaces, including casinos?
Voters Across Party Lines Support Smoke-Free
Casinos
Total numbers are rounded
New Jersey Survey of registered voters
September 2007
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New Jersey Voters Recognize The Benefits of
Smoke-Free Casinos
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In general, do you feel that exposure to
secondhand smoke is a serious health hazard, a
moderate health hazard, a minor health hazard, or
not a health hazard at all?
Voters Recognize That Exposure To Secondhand
Smoke Is A Serious Health Hazard
86 of voters believe exposure to secondhand
smoke is a serious or moderate health hazard
Total numbers are rounded
New Jersey Survey of registered voters
September 2007
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Voters Feel Breathing Clean Air In Casinos
Should Take Priority
Which one of the following do you think is more
important?
The interests of customers and employees who want
to breathe clean air in casinos
The interests of smokers who want to smoke inside
casinos
Breathe clean air
69 much more
Even 62 of smokers believe the interests of
customers and employees who want to breathe clean
air in casinos is more important than the
interests of smokers
4 much more
Smoke in casinos
Darker shading equals stronger intensity Total
numbers are rounded
New Jersey Survey of registered voters
September 2007
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Please tell me whether you personally agree or
disagree with the statement All New Jersey
casino workers should be protected from exposure
to secondhand smoke in the workplace
New Jersey Voters Feel All Casino Workers Should
Be Protected From Secondhand Smoke
Total Agree 85
Total Disagree 12
Darker shading equals stronger intensity Total
numbers are rounded
New Jersey Survey of registered voters
September 2007
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New Jersey Voters Recognize That Smoke-free
Casinos Would Be Healthier and More Enjoyable
Strongly agree
Somewhat agree
It would be really nice to go out and enjoy
casinos in New Jersey without smelling like
cigarette smoke when you get home
82
Casinos would be healthier for customers and
employees if they were smoke-free
88
Total numbers are rounded
New Jersey Survey of registered voters
September 2007
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If New Jersey extends its smoke-free law to cover
ALL workplaces, including casinos, would you go
out to casinos more often, less often, or about
the same amount as you do now?
New Jersey Voters Will Still PatronizeSmoke-Free
CasinosMost Would Not Change How Often They
Visit Casinos
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2.5 times as many New Jersey voters would go out
to smoke-free casinos more often than less
often 74 would not change how often they go out
7
Darker shading equals stronger intensity Total
numbers are rounded
New Jersey Survey of registered voters
September 2007
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Methodology

• Monmouth University Polling Institute conducted
  688 telephone interviews among registered voters
  in New Jersey between September 27 and September
  30, 2007.
• The margin of error at the 95 confidence level
  is /- 3.7.
• The margin of error for sub-groups is larger.
• See press release for full statement of
  methodology.