Forster J L, McBride C, Jeffery R, Schmid T L, Pirie P L
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454.
Am J Health Promot. 1991 Nov-Dec;6(2):99-104. doi: 10.4278/0890-1171-6.2.99.
Tobacco related diseases remain the most important public health problem. Public policy approaches to tobacco control have been used historically, and remain a viable, though largely untested, tobacco control strategy. The purpose of this article is to report assessment of support for tobacco control policies among the general public.
A random sample of 821 residents from seven Minnesota communities was surveyed by telephone to assess their support for 12 measures designed to restrict smoking behavior and curb demand for tobacco. Some of these policies were similar to those already in place, while others had not yet been adopted.
Over 50% of the respondents indicated that they strongly favored or somewhat favored each of the measures, suggesting that a constituency exists for further regulation of tobacco. Measures that restrict tobacco advertising, prohibit smoking in public places, increase the penalties for selling tobacco to minors, and reduce access of young people to tobacco are especially popular. Women, nonsmokers, and older people form the basis of support for these measures.
These results suggest that Minnesota citizens are more supportive of restrictive tobacco control policies than policy makers might believe, and that more aggressive lobbying on behalf of such measures at the state and local level is warranted.
烟草相关疾病仍然是最重要的公共卫生问题。烟草控制的公共政策方法在历史上就已被采用，并且仍然是一种可行的烟草控制策略，尽管在很大程度上尚未经过检验。本文的目的是报告对公众对烟草控制政策支持度的评估。
通过电话对明尼苏达州七个社区的821名居民进行随机抽样调查，以评估他们对旨在限制吸烟行为和抑制烟草需求的12项措施的支持度。其中一些政策与已实施的政策相似，而其他政策尚未被采用。
超过50%的受访者表示他们强烈赞成或 somewhat 赞成每项措施，这表明存在进一步监管烟草的选民群体。限制烟草广告、禁止在公共场所吸烟、加大向未成年人销售烟草的处罚力度以及减少年轻人获取烟草的机会等措施尤其受欢迎。女性、非吸烟者和老年人是这些措施的支持基础。
这些结果表明，明尼苏达州公民对限制性烟草控制政策的支持程度可能超出政策制定者的想象，因此有必要在州和地方层面代表此类措施进行更积极的游说。
