Most of Russians are informed about the limitations of the anti-tobacco law. Most of respondents know about the ban on smoking in public places.
MOSCOW, May 30, 2013. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the data describing what Russians know about a new anti-smoking law that comes into force in Russia.
The overwhelming majority Russians are aware of the anti-smoking law coming into force on June 1 (91%). Those who are most informed are young Russians aged 25-34 (95%), residents of million cities (95%), and respondents with high level of education (93%). Least informed are elderly respondents (88%), respondents with low level of education (88%), and residents of Moscow and St.Petersburg (85%).
The measure that most of Russians know about is the ban to smoke in public places (86% of Russians have heard about that). Other limitations imposed by the law are less known: tobacco advertising (39%), ban on sale of individual cigarettes (25%) and smoking in movie and theatrical productions (26%).
There is no big difference among smokers and non-smokers in terms of their awareness about his law.
The VCIOM opinion polls were conducted on May 25-26, 2013. 1600 respondents were interviewed in 130 communities in 42 regions of Russia. The margin of error does not exceed 3.4%.
A new anti-tobacco law comes into force on June 1. What limitations imposed by this law have you heard about? (close-ended question, any number of answers, % of respondents) | |
Ban to smoke in public places (lobbies of apartment buildings, urban and suburban transport, parks, beaches et cet.) | 86 |
Ban on advertising and sponsorship (distribution of free samples, discounts and coupons, candies, toys and other goods imitating cigarettes or having logos and colors of tobacco brands) | 39 |
Ban on showing smoking in new movies and theatrical productions | 26 |
Ban on sale of individual cigarettes | 25 |
Full ban on import of cigarettes | 11 |
None | 9 |
Other | 1 |
A new anti-tobacco law comes into force on June 1. What limitations imposed by this law have you heard about? (close-ended question, any number of answers, % of respondents) | |||
| Chain smokers | Non-regular smokers | Those who quitted smoking |
Ban to smoke in public places (lobbies of apartment buildings, urban and suburban transport, parks, beaches et cet.) | 86 | 89 | 91 |
Ban on sale of individual cigarettes | 28 | 29 | 26 |
Ban on advertising and sponsorship (distribution of free samples, discounts and coupons, candies, toys and other goods imitating cigarettes or having logos and colors of tobacco brands) | 41 | 37 | 38 |
Ban on showing smoking in new movies and theatrical productions | 26 | 30 | 31 |
Full ban on import of cigarettes | 8 | 12 | 14 |
None | 8 | 6 | 6 |
Other | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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