Workplace Smoking Causes Concern

Public Sector

Half of people in the UK (52%) are concerned they could develop lung cancer as a result of passive smoking in the work place. The MORI Social Research Institute survey, commissioned by Cancer Research UK, shows two thirds of people (68%) overestimate the chances of survival while one in five (20%) have no idea about survival chances. Only 12% correctly estimate that just one in 20 diagnosed with the disease survive for five years.

 

Half of people in the UK (52%) are concerned they could develop lung cancer as a result of passive smoking in the work place. The MORI Social Research Institute survey, commissioned by Cancer Research UK, shows two thirds of people (68%) overestimate the chances of survival while one in five (20%) have no idea about survival chances. Only 12% correctly estimate that just one in 20 diagnosed with the disease survive for five years.

Topline Results

  • 2,001 respondents aged 16+
  • Interviewed face-to-face in-home
  • Between 12-18 December 2002
  • An asterisk (*) indicates a percentage of less than 0.5% but greater than zero
  • Data have been weighted to reflect the national profile
  • Base all, unless otherwise stated

Q1 From what you already know, what percentage of people who develop lung cancer do you estimate survive for five years?

 %
0-5%12
6%-10%9
11%-20%15
21%-30%9
31%-40%13
41%-50%9
51%-60%7
61%-70%3
71%-80%2
81%-90%*
91%-100%1
Don't know20
Refused*

Q2 How concerned are you personally, if at all, about the risk of developing lung cancer as a result of passive smoking in the workplace? That is breathing in other people's smoke. Base: All working adults 16+ (1,052)

 %
Very concerned26
Fairly concerned26
Not very concerned21
Not at all concerned27
Don't know*

Q3 By what age, if at all, are there no longer any health benefits to giving up smoking?

 %
Under 203
20-292
30-393
40-495
50-594
60-695
70-793
Over 795
There is no age limit62
None of these*
Don't know6

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