This survey conducted in 2017 shows how American adults feel about the harmfulness of second-hand smoke. 40 percent of the respondents who smoke less than one pack of cigarettes a day stated they believe second-hand smoke to be very harmful to adults.
How harmful do you feel second-hand smoke is to adults?
The source poses the question as follows: "In general, how harmful do you feel second-hand smoke is to adults -- very harmful, somewhat harmful, not too harmful, or not at all harmful?"
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Gallup. (July 31, 2017). How harmful do you feel second-hand smoke is to adults? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263789/americans-assessment-of-the-harmfulness-of-second-hand-smoke/
Gallup. "How harmful do you feel second-hand smoke is to adults?." Chart. July 31, 2017. Statista. Accessed January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263789/americans-assessment-of-the-harmfulness-of-second-hand-smoke/
Gallup. (2017). How harmful do you feel second-hand smoke is to adults?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263789/americans-assessment-of-the-harmfulness-of-second-hand-smoke/
Gallup. "How Harmful Do You Feel Second-hand Smoke Is to Adults?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263789/americans-assessment-of-the-harmfulness-of-second-hand-smoke/
Gallup, How harmful do you feel second-hand smoke is to adults? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263789/americans-assessment-of-the-harmfulness-of-second-hand-smoke/ (last visited January 06, 2025)
How harmful do you feel second-hand smoke is to adults? [Graph], Gallup, July 31, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263789/americans-assessment-of-the-harmfulness-of-second-hand-smoke/
