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Table 2 Repellent places

From: Between attraction and avoidance: from perfume application to fragrance-free policies

 

General population

Fragrance-sensitive people

Non-fragrance-sensitive people

Have you ever been prevented from going to some place because you would be exposed to a fragrance product that would make you sick?

18.0

51.1

9.7

If you enter a business, and you smell air fresheners or some fragranced product, do you want to leave as quickly as possible?

14.2

48.4

5.7

Have you ever been unable or reluctant to use the toilets in a public place, because of the presence of an air freshener, deodorizer, or scented product?

16.0

43.8

9.1

Have you ever been unable or reluctant to wash your hands with soap in a public place, because you know or suspect that the soap is fragranced?

8.3

27.4

3.6

  1. Percentage of “Yes” answers given by the general population and by (non-)-fragrance-sensitive persons to the questions in column 1. (Sizes of groups see first line in Table 1.)