A Government survey on smoking has found a high level of awareness about the effects of passive smoking. Ninety per cent of respondents to the survey said they thought a child's risk of getting a chest infection was increased by passive smoking. Just over two-thirds (67 per cent) of smokers said they do not smoke at all when they are in a room with a child and 25 per cent said they would smoke fewer cigarettes in the presence of a child. More than half of respondents who do not smoke said they would mind if other people smoked near them.
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