| 1. I am a
cigarette smoker. |
Yes
No |
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| 2. I am a
cigar smoker. |
Yes
No |
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| 3. Second hand
smoke is harmful to non-smokers. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 4. Cigarette
smoking should be banned everywhere including in private homes. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 5. Cigarette
smoking should be banned in all public locations, but not in private homes. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 6. Cigar smoking is
acceptable in public places. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 7. Tobacco
companies should pay public health care costs for smoking related illnesses. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 8. Tobacco
companies are not liable for health damages since they have given adequate warnings on
cigarette packs for decades. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 9. Smoking
cigars & cigarettes is an individual's right and the government should have no control
over this issue. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 10. Smoking is not
an issue for presidential politics. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 11. I
discourage everyone from smoking. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 12. Raising
the cost of cigarettes will cure the teen smoking problem by discouraging their
smoking. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 13. Raising
the cost of cigarettes will cure the adult smoking problem by discouraging their
smoking. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 14. My vote is
influenced by a candidate's position on smoking. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 15. Kids should be
taught about the dangers of smoking, not have smoking made glamorous through
prohibition & higher prices. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 16. Tobacco
companies (including Philip Morris) have been running advertisements presenting their
positive efforts such as not selling to minors. Do these campaigns impact the way
you perceive cigarette manufacturers? |
Yes
No |
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| 17. In an effort to end ongoing litigation, the U.S. Justice Department is
planning to negotiate a settlement with
tobacco companies. |
I favor an end to litigation
I want to
litigate tobacco companies until they go broke |
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| 18. When all the tobacco companies have gone broke and fired
tens-of-thousands of employees, I will
employ them in my business as professional meddlers. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 19. Tobacco
products should be illegal. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 20. Robert A. Levy,
the Cato Institute's senior fellow in constitutional studies and an expert on tobacco
litigation, argues that smoking bans represent meddling, snooping, busybody government at
its worst. He says bans are dismissive of the rights of an unpopular minority -- namely
smokers -- without any basis in the Constitution, science or logic. "All a nonsmoker
has to do to escape unwelcome outdoor tobacco fumes is take a step or two away," says
Levy. "That's not too much to ask to promote civility without shutting down all
social contact." "Ordinarily, we rely
on common courtesy and mutual respect when individuals relate to one another," Levy
says. "But nosy, intrusive government has polarized the dispute between smokers and
nonsmokers. As a result, venom has replaced respect and obstinate behavior has replaced
common courtesy. It is government, not secondhand smoke, that has poisoned the
atmosphere." |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 21. I am a: |
Female
Male |
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| 22. My age group is: |
Under 20
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70
& older |