Determining Responsibility for Smoking in Society: Accountability Continuum for Jordanian College Students and its Implication on FCTC Implementation
| Autor: | Eugene C. Cole, Rebecca Njord, Michael D. Barnes, Hala Madanat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Economic growth Health (social science) Adolescent WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control medicine.medical_treatment Public policy Public Policy Tobacco Industry Social issues Education Young Adult medicine Civil Rights Humans Students Enforcement Health communication Health policy Jordan business.industry Data Collection Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Public relations Social Marketing Accountability Smoking cessation Female Tobacco Smoke Pollution business |
| Zdroj: | International Quarterly of Community Health Education. 30:239-255 |
| ISSN: | 1541-3519 0272-684X |
| DOI: | 10.2190/iq.30.3.e |
| Popis: | As one of the first countries to ratify the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Jordan has signaled an interest in stronger anti-tobacco restrictions. This study examines whether Jordanian students believe smoking is an individual right or a social issue, and if they would support more stringent policies and enforcement. Undergraduate Jordanian students ( n = 1211) from public and private universities completed the survey. Never smokers scored significantly higher on smoking being a social issue that required public policy response ( p-value < .001); whereas smokers scored significantly higher with all individual right items. Ample opportunity exists for developing and enforcing stronger tobacco policies both on college campus and generally in the country. However, increasing tobacco taxes may need to be preceded by health communication campaigns that increase knowledge of the effectiveness of the tobacco tax in reducing use and resultant premature deaths. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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