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State legislators' beliefs about legislation that restricts youth access to tobacco products.

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Gottlieb, NH; Goldstein, AO; Flynn, BS; Cohen, EJE; Bauman, KE; Solomon, LJ; Munger, MC; Dana, GS; McMorris, LE
Published in: Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education
April 2003

Better understanding of the cognitive framework for decision making among legislators is important for advocacy of health-promoting legislation. In 1994, the authors surveyed state legislators from North Carolina, Texas, and Vermont concerning their beliefs and intentions related to voting for a hypothetical measure to enforce legislation preventing the sale of tobacco to minors, using scales based on the theory of planned behavior. Attitude (importance), subjective norm (whether most people important to you would say you should or should not vote for the law), perceived behavioral control (ability to cast one's vote for the law), and home state were independently and significantly related to intention to vote for the law's enforcement. The results, including descriptive data concerning individual beliefs, suggest specific public health strategies to increase legislative support for passing legislation to restrict youth tobacco sales and, more generally, a framework for studying policy making and advocacy.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education

DOI

EISSN

1552-6127

ISSN

1090-1981

Publication Date

April 2003

Volume

30

Issue

2

Start / End Page

209 / 224

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Tobacco Use Disorder
  • State Government
  • Smoking Prevention
  • Smoking
  • Public Health
  • Politics
  • Minors
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
 

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Gottlieb, N. H., Goldstein, A. O., Flynn, B. S., Cohen, E. J. E., Bauman, K. E., Solomon, L. J., … McMorris, L. E. (2003). State legislators' beliefs about legislation that restricts youth access to tobacco products. Health Education & Behavior : The Official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education, 30(2), 209–224. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198102251033
Gottlieb, Nell H., Adam O. Goldstein, Brian S. Flynn, E Joanna E. Cohen, Karl E. Bauman, Laura J. Solomon, Michael C. Munger, Greg S. Dana, and Laura E. McMorris. “State legislators' beliefs about legislation that restricts youth access to tobacco products.Health Education & Behavior : The Official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education 30, no. 2 (April 2003): 209–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198102251033.
Gottlieb NH, Goldstein AO, Flynn BS, Cohen EJE, Bauman KE, Solomon LJ, et al. State legislators' beliefs about legislation that restricts youth access to tobacco products. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education. 2003 Apr;30(2):209–24.
Gottlieb, Nell H., et al. “State legislators' beliefs about legislation that restricts youth access to tobacco products.Health Education & Behavior : The Official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education, vol. 30, no. 2, Apr. 2003, pp. 209–24. Epmc, doi:10.1177/1090198102251033.
Gottlieb NH, Goldstein AO, Flynn BS, Cohen EJE, Bauman KE, Solomon LJ, Munger MC, Dana GS, McMorris LE. State legislators' beliefs about legislation that restricts youth access to tobacco products. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education. 2003 Apr;30(2):209–224.
Journal cover image

Published In

Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education

DOI

EISSN

1552-6127

ISSN

1090-1981

Publication Date

April 2003

Volume

30

Issue

2

Start / End Page

209 / 224

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Tobacco Use Disorder
  • State Government
  • Smoking Prevention
  • Smoking
  • Public Health
  • Politics
  • Minors
  • Middle Aged
  • Male