Newspaper Coverage of Implementation of the Michigan Smoke-Free Law

Kuiper, Nicole M.; Frantz, Kate E.; Cotant, Molly; Babb, Stephen; Jordan, Jerelyn; Phelan, Matthew

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“…According to Gonzalez and Glantz (2013) , implementation efforts need to deal with opposition to the law in order to be fully effective. Of course this would have to be done in conjunction with clearer understandings of the magnitude of SHS dangers ( Currie and Clancy 2011 ; Kuiper et al 2013 ). If community members were to view the violation of human rights to be greatest on the side of non-smokers, perhaps asking smokers to forego their right to smoke until in a non-regulated area may be more likely.…”

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‘Excuse me, sir. Please don’t smoke here’. A qualitative study of social enforcement of smoke-free policies in Indonesia

Kaufman

Merritt

Rimbatmaja

et al. 2014

Health Policy Plan.

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Objective District policies were recently put into place in Indonesia prohibiting smoking in public spaces. This study sought to (1) assess participants’ general knowledge of secondhand smoke (SHS) dangers; (2) assess participants’ awareness of and specific knowledge of smoke-free (SF) policies; and (3) assess the extent to which such policies are socially enforced and gather examples of successful social enforcement.Methods Qualitative in-depth interviews and focus group discussions were conducted in Bogor and Palembang cities with both community members and key informants such as government officials, non-government agency staff, religious leaders and health workers.Results Participants in both Palembang and Bogor find SF policy important. Although there was awareness of SHS dangers and SF policies, accurate knowledge of the dangers and an in-depth understanding of the policies varied. There was a high level of support for the SF policies in both cities among both smokers and non-smokers. Many participants did have experience asking a smoker not to smoke in an area where it was restricted, even if their comfort in doing so varied. There was, however, a higher level of comfort in telling smokers to stop or to move away from pregnant women and children. Hesitation to socially enforce the policies was especially present when asking men of status and/or community leaders to stop smoking, but overall participants felt they could comfortably ask someone to obey the law.Conclusion Palembang and Bogor may be evolving towards creating social norms in support of prohibiting smoking in public spaces. If provided with more support from government and law officials, such as government officials themselves promoting the policies and demonstrating compliance, and renewed efforts to promote and enforce policies in general were made, Indonesians in these cities may feel more confident protecting non-smokers from SHS.

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‘Excuse me, sir. Please don’t smoke here’. A qualitative study of social enforcement of smoke-free policies in Indonesia

Kaufman

Merritt

Rimbatmaja

et al. 2014

Health Policy Plan.

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“…Another study reviewed news media articles on solutions to address childhood obesity over a 20-year period, comparing and contrasting reporting across three countries, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom [ 146 ]. At a state level in the United States, Kuiper et al [ 147 ] analysed news coverage of smoke-free laws in Michigan.…”

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Measuring public opinion and acceptability of prevention policies: an integrative review and narrative synthesis of methods

Howse

Cullerton

Grunseit

et al. 2022

Health Res Policy Sys

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Acceptability of and public support for prevention are an important part of facilitating policy implementation. This review aims to identify, summarize and synthesize the methods and study designs used to measure and understand public opinion, community attitudes and acceptability of strategies to prevent chronic noncommunicable disease (NCDs) in order to allow for examination of imbalances in methodological approaches and gaps in content areas. We searched four scientific databases (CINAHL, Embase, Ovid/MEDLINE and Scopus) for peer-reviewed, English-language studies published between January 2011 and March 2020 in high-income, democratic countries across North America, Europe and the Asia–Pacific region. Studies were included if they focused on opinions, attitudes and acceptability of primary prevention strategies and interventions addressing the key NCD risk factors of alcohol use, unhealthy diet, overweight/obesity, tobacco use and smoking, and physical inactivity. A total of 293 studies were included. Two thirds of studies (n = 194, 66%) used quantitative methods such as cross-sectional studies involving surveys of representative (n = 129, 44%) or convenience (n = 42, 14%) samples. A smaller number of studies used qualitative methods (n = 60, 20%) such as focus groups (n = 21, 7%) and interviews (n = 21, 7%). Thirty-nine studies (13%) used mixed methods such as content analysis of news media (n = 17, 6%). Tobacco control remains the dominant topic of public opinion literature about prevention (n = 124, 42%). Few studies looked solely at physical inactivity (n = 17, 6%). The results of this review suggest that public opinion and acceptability of prevention in the peer-reviewed literature is investigated primarily through cross-sectional surveys. Qualitative and mixed methods may provide more nuanced insights which can be used to facilitate policy implementation of more upstream strategies and policies to prevent NCDs.

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“…This POS-focused study fills a distinct gap in the literature; past work has focused largely on general tobacco issues in the USA,10 35 smoke-free laws15 16 36 37 and tobacco taxes 17 38. In addition, we test hypotheses about the relationships between article content characteristics and overall article slant for tobacco control.…”

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Setting the agenda for a healthy retail environment: content analysis of US newspaper coverage of tobacco control policies affecting the point of sale, 2007–2014

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Background Tobacco control policies affecting the point of sale (POS) are an emerging intervention, yet POS-related news media content has not been studied. Purpose We describe news coverage of POS tobacco control efforts and assess relationships between article characteristics, including policy domains, frames, sources, localization and evidence present, and slant towards tobacco control efforts. Methods High circulation state (n=268) and national (n=5) newspapers comprised the sampling frame. We retrieved 917 relevant POS-focused articles in newspapers from 01/01/2007 to 12/31/2014. Five raters screened and coded articles, 10% of articles were double-coded, and mean inter-rater reliability (IRR) was 0.74. Results POS coverage emphasized tobacco retailer licensing (49.1% of articles) and the most common frame present was regulation (71.3%). Government officials (52.3%), followed by tobacco retailers (39.6%), were the most frequent sources. Half of articles (51.3%) had a mixed, neutral, or anti-tobacco control slant. Articles presenting a health frame, a greater number of pro-tobacco control sources, and statistical evidence were significantly more likely to also have a pro-tobacco control slant. Articles presenting a political/rights or regulation frame, a greater number of anti-tobacco control sources, or government, tobacco industry, tobacco retailers, or tobacco users as sources were significantly less likely to also have a pro-tobacco control slant. Conclusions Stories that feature pro-control sources, research evidence, and a health frame also tend to support tobacco control objectives. Future research should investigate how to use data, stories, and localization to encourage a pro-tobacco control slant, and should test relationships between content characteristics and policy progression.

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Newspaper Coverage of Implementation of the Michigan Smoke-Free Law

Abstract: Public health departments and partners play an important role in implementation of smoke-free laws by providing the public, businesses, and other stakeholders with clear and accurate rationale, provisions, and impacts of these policies.

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

‘Excuse me, sir. Please don’t smoke here’. A qualitative study of social enforcement of smoke-free policies in Indonesia

‘Excuse me, sir. Please don’t smoke here’. A qualitative study of social enforcement of smoke-free policies in Indonesia

Measuring public opinion and acceptability of prevention policies: an integrative review and narrative synthesis of methods

Setting the agenda for a healthy retail environment: content analysis of US newspaper coverage of tobacco control policies affecting the point of sale, 2007–2014

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