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Table 5
Attitudes pre- and post-legislation split by smoking status group: for each question, percentages giving each response. N is the number of people in each smoking group.
	Question	Smoking Status	N	Period	Response*					Mean Shift	U-1 p-value**	U-2* p-value**
					1	2	3	4	5

A	The ban on smoking will have (has had) a negative effect on business for public bars	Smoker	108	Pre	24	35	27	13	1	1.06	<0.001	0.595
				Post	6	16	27	39	13
		Non-Smoker	76	Pre	7	33	37	22	1	0.99	<0.001
				Post	3	11	16	49	22
B	The smoking ban is an unfair restriction on smokers	Smoker	107	Pre	21	23	16	32	7	0.29	0.093	0.088
				Post	10	26	19	34	11
		Non-Smoker	76	Pre	5	3	17	33	42	0.00	0.967
				Post	5	1	20	32	42
C	Fewer people will (now) visit public bars after (because of) the ban on smoking	Smoker	108	Pre	19	33	24	21	2	1.08	<0.001	0.006
				Post	3	10	27	44	17
		Non-Smoker	76	Pre	4	24	30	33	9	0.53	<0.001
				Post	4	12	11	55	18
D	The smoking ban will make (has made) smokers smoke more at home	Smoker	108	Pre	14	32	28	24	2	0.25	0.063	0.526
				Post	12	19	34	32	2
		Non-Smoker	76	Pre	13	26	42	13	5	0.34	0.014
				Post	5	13	55	24	3
E	The smoking ban will result (has resulted) in jobs being lost	Smoker	108	Pre	14	15	31	37	3	0.63	<0.001	0.267
				Post	3	6	28	51	12
		Non-Smoker	76	Pre	3	22	28	41	7	0.47	0.001
				Post	4	3	25	53	16

					Response*
					5	4	3	2	1

F	Smoke free public bars will make (have made) visits to them more comfortable	Smoker	108	Pre	4	17	24	37	19	0.35	0.017	0.35
				Post	1	11	19	39	30
		Non-Smoker	76	Pre	0	3	11	20	67	0.21	0.049
				Post	1	0	4	14	81
G	The smoking ban will encourage (has encouraged) smokers to quit	Smoker	108	Pre	1	11	23	47	18	-0.22	0.079	0.54
				Post	2	15	26	49	8
		Non-Smoker	76	Pre	1	5	25	58	11	-0.17	0.168
				Post	1	11	29	51	8
H	The smoking ban is (was) needed to protect the health of workers	Smoker	108	Pre	1	18	19	44	18	0.13	0.271	0.06
				Post	2	15	13	49	21
		Non-Smoker	76	Pre	0	3	7	26	64	-0.09	0.713
				Post	3	1	8	26	62
I	Do you agree with the proposed ban on smoking in public bars?	Smoker	108	Pre	18	20	17	21	24	0.56	0.005	0.001
				Post	8	12	15	31	33
		Non-Smoker	75	Pre	3	4	7	23	64	0.15	0.28
				Post	3	1	4	21	71

Response: 1-Strongly Agree, 2-Agree, 3-Undecided, 4-Disagree, 5-Strongly Disagree. Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney U-test of equal medians. Tests the change in attitude for each group. **Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney U-test of equal medians. Tests the differences in change in attitude between groups.
Hilton et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:206 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-206

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