The RICO Verdict and Corrective Statements: Catalysts for Policy Change?
| Autor: | Damon J. Vidrine, Sarah D. Kowitt, James D. Matheny, Amira Osman, Elise M. Stevens, Bruce A. Christiansen, Sixia Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Health (social science)
business.industry Health Policy media_common.quotation_subject 010102 general mathematics Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 01 natural sciences Tobacco industry Article Denormalization 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quitline Racketeering Reading (process) Federal court Law Verdict media_common.cataloged_instance 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics business Psychology Publication media_common |
| Zdroj: | Tobacco Regulatory Science. 5:206-228 |
| ISSN: | 2333-9748 |
| DOI: | 10.18001/trs.5.3.1 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: A federal court ruled tobacco companies violated racketeering laws and ordered them to publish corrective statements. This study assesses effects of exposure to the statements and related court findings on attitudes toward tobacco-related policies and tobacco company influences on policymaking. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of US adults (N = 2010) prior to publication of the statements. Participants were randomly assigned to the “unexposed” group (N = 1004), which answered attitude questions before reading the statements and court findings, or the “exposed” group (N = 1006), which answered attitude questions after reading the statements and court findings. RESULTS: The exposed group was less likely to think lawmakers should trust tobacco companies as much as other companies (β = −.24, p < .001) or that lawmakers should trust tobacco company lobbyists to provide accurate information (β = −.17, p = .019), compared to the unexposed group. The exposed group also was more likely to support requiring graphic warning labels (β = .15, p = .014) and point-of-sale quitline signs (β = .13, p = .028). CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to the statements and court findings may aid tobacco industry denormalization and tobacco-related policy initiatives. |
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