RIA Novosti
Most Russians against smoking in public places
MOSCOW, July 2 (RIA Novosti) - Most Russians, 72%, favor prohibiting smoking in public places, while 24% are against such restrictions, an opinion research center said Monday.
Every second respondent in a survey conducted by the All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Study proposed prohibiting smoking in universities, movies, shopping malls and other public places.
The poll also showed that 61% of Russians do not smoke, and that there are more male than female smokers - 56% to 12%.
The poll was conducted June 16-17 and involved 1,599 people in 46 regions, territories and republics across Russia. The margin of error did not exceed 3.4%.
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1 comment:
I'd agree that those results seem somewhat suspicious.
Or maybe there are lots of people that favor prohibiting smoking in public places but still feel the need to chain-smoke at the table next to me in nearly every restaurant I visit. I don't know - maybe they're just trying to "fit in." But somehow I doubt it.
Word among public opinion polling circles in Moscow has it that the quality of VTsIOM research has fallen pretty low - this may be an indicator of that phenomenon.
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