Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, October 2003

Variable Details

Variablespec39
LabelPlease specify other
Question text Please specify 'other'.
Responses
Affects throat 1
Allergic 1
HEALTH REASONS 1
I dont like smoking at all 1
I feel really ill ,it gives me a sore throat 1
I find it offensive 1
I just dislike smoking 1
I just don't like it-a/e-no 1
I t encroaches on my enviroment 1
I try and move out the way, we have no family who smoke, having a meal we had smoke drifting over our food 1
IOf I'm eating it puts me off my food 1
Just do not like it 1
Like to move away 1
Object to breathing in other people's smoke 1
Sister died of lung cancer aged 39 1
adverse affect on health of anyone nearby 1
affects enjoyment of meal or drink 1
affects taste 1
affects taste.it is rude 1
air pollution it causes 1
anti social 2
anti social and inconsisterate 1
anti social behaviour 1
antisocial 1
antisocial habit 1
because is unpleasant 1
cannot cope as an ex- smoker 1
cig burns in clothing 1
comfort reasons 1
decor goes to pot 1
dislike smoking as a whole 1
dislikes people somking around children 1
distasteful 1
distastefull emposing theire habits on one self 1
do'nt like emptying ashtrays 1
does not want to put self at risk of lung cancer 1
doesn,t want to share their habit 1
doesnt like smoke 1
don't want to breathe other people's rubbish/will leave anywhere where smoke lingers in the air 1
don't want to inhale other peoples smoke 1
don.t smoke myself 1
dont like it 1
dont like smell 1
dont like smoke 1
dont like smoking full stop 1
dosnt wish to be apasive smoker 1
edanger my health with there habits 1
father died of lung cancer 1
feel ill next day 1
gets in the back of my throat 1
gets up my nose- makes me sneeze 1
gives runny nose 1
hair smells;clothes burnt in pub by other person's cig;friend's hand burnt 1
has cancer and thinks its from passive smoking, and granddad died of it 1
husband and mother both smoked and both had cancer 1
i dont like it 1
i find it disgusting there is noi need for it 1
i have asthma and heart disease 1
i just dont like smoking 1
i think it is disgusting 1
ignorant,ie bad manners 1
increaswes chances of getting lung cancer 1
inhaling their smoke 1
it is hard to explain,maybe because I used to smoke, I do not want to take it up again 1
it is unsocial 1
it makes me feel llike having a cigarette 1
its disgusting 1
just do not like it 1
just don't like the smoke 1
just dont like it 1
just is unhealthy 1
mainly concerns about other peoples health and the cost 1
makes me feel dizzy 1
makes the home unpleasant to live in 1
not comfortable in a smokey atmsphere 1
people smoking beside me without asking first 1
people who smoke injure others 1
peoples breath smells 1
prefer cleaner atmosphere 1
puts me off food 1
religion 1
risk of fire in summer months 1
risk to the smoker 1
rude and an imposition 1
ruins clothes 1
shouldn't have to put up with second hand smoke 1
smoke irritates me 1
spoils the environment 1
taints my food 1
temptation 1
the event on the enviroment around me 1
the taste 1
the thought of inhaling other peoples smoke 1
thinks its unhealthy 1
unpleasant taste 1
upsets me and know its bad for you 1
used to smoke /don't like it 1
when i am eating 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, October 2003
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, monthly (up to year 2000), 8 cycles per year thereafter.