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%
New Jersey Voters Favor Extending the
Smoke-Free Law to Include Casinos
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?
100
Total Favor: 69%
80
13
60
40
Total Oppose: 28%
56
20
10
18
0
Favor
Darker shading equals stronger intensity
Total numbers are rounded
Oppose
New Jersey
Survey of registered voters – September 2007
Voters Across The State Support
Smoke-Free Casinos
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?
100
80
72
69
70
66
60
40
28
27
27
30
20
0
All Voters
Total numbers are rounded
North
Favor
Central
Oppose
South
New Jersey
Survey of registered voters – September 2007
Voters Across Party Lines Support
Smoke-Free Casinos
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?
100
80
72
69
68
63
60
35
40
28
27
26
20
0
All Voters
Total numbers are rounded
Dem
Favor
Indep
Oppose
GOP
New Jersey
Survey of registered voters – September 2007
Voters Recognize That Exposure To Secondhand
Smoke Is A Serious Health Hazard
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?
Minor hazard
9%
Moderate hazard
20%
86% of voters believe
exposure to
secondhand smoke is
a serious or moderate
health hazard
Total numbers are rounded
Not a hazard
5%
Serious hazard
66%
New Jersey
Survey of registered voters – September 2007
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
83%
69% much more
4%
much
more
Smoke in casinos
0%
Darker shading equals stronger intensity
Total numbers are rounded
10%
20%
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
40%
60%
80%
100%
New Jersey
Survey of registered voters – September 2007
New Jersey Voters Feel All Casino Workers Should Be
Protected From Secondhand Smoke
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
100
Total Agree: 85%
80
19
60
40
66
Total Disagree: 12%
20
0
Agree
Darker shading equals stronger intensity
Total numbers are rounded
6
6
Disagree
New Jersey
Survey of registered voters – September 2007
New Jersey Voters Recognize That Smoke-free Casinos Would
Be Healthier and More Enjoyable
Strongly agree
It would be really nice to go out
and enjoy casinos in New Jersey
without smelling like cigarette
smoke when you get home
67%
Casinos would be healthier for
customers and employees if
they were smoke-free
15%
73%
0%
Total numbers are rounded
Somewhat agree
20%
40%
15%
60%
80%
82%
88%
100%
New Jersey
Survey of registered voters – September 2007
New Jersey Voters Will Still Patronize
Smoke-Free Casinos
Most Would Not Change How Often They Visit Casinos
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?
More often
18%
18
2.5 times as many New Jersey voters
would go out to smoke-free casinos more
often than less often
7
Less often
0
Darker shading equals stronger intensity
Total numbers are rounded
7%
74% would not change how often they go
out
10
20
30
New Jersey
Survey of registered voters – September 2007
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.