Over two-fifths of people (44%) maintain that smog is a serious problem where they live, including one fifth (19%) who consider the problem to be very serious. Almost one in three (29%) say the problem of air pollution in their area is small in scale, while every fourth person (24%) does not see it as a problem at all.

In the opinion of the people asked, the most effective way to limit smog would be to withdraw low-quality coal from sale and to give subsidies to the least well-off so they could replace their old boilers. Among the most frequently awaited measures were also fuel subsidies for the worst-off, fines for burning rubbish or low-quality fuel, subsidies for building insulation and incentives to use environmentally friendly heating systems.