INDIANAPOLIS -- Advocates for a comprehensive smoking ban in Indianapolis hope new poll numbers will bring city leaders back to the table.

The survey of 500 likely Indianapolis voters shows 70 percent support smoking banned from restaurants, bars and other workplaces, 6News' Ericka Flye reported.

Smoke Free Indy and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids spearheaded the poll, which was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The survey also showed that 84 percent said they consider secondhand smoke to be a health hazard, with 54 percent classifying it as a serious health hazard.

"Now is the time for the City-County Council and mayor to reconsider what a significant majority of Indianapolis voters desire to have all restaurants, bars and other workplaces be smoke-free," said Vincent C. Caponi, CEO of St. Vincent Health.

But not everyone agrees with the new numbers.

Eli Sanchez works as a bartender in the smoking side of the Elbow Room restaurant and bar downtown. He said he doesn't smoke, but believes others at the bar have a right to.

"I make a conscience choice to be here, to work in this environment," he said. "If I didn't want to be here, I'd find something else to do."

One of the bar's smoking patrons agreed.

"If somebody around me is a non-smoker, I'll get away from them. But don't tell me I have to quit or leave," said Robert Bowsher.

Still, for people like entertainer Bashiri Asad, working daily in smoke-filled rooms isn't ideal.

"I've done 67 shows here in Indianapolis and in the region, and of those 67 shows almost half of them are in workplaces that still allow smoking in the venues," Asad said.

An amendment to add bars, bowling alleys and private clubs to Indianapolis' current ban was tabled last year, while a statewide ban failed in the Legislature earlier this year.