Journal article
Attitudinal Policy Feedback and Public Opinion: The Impact of Smoking Bans on Attitudes towards Smokers, Secondhand Smoke, and Antismoking Policies
Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol.77(3), pp.714-734
09/01/2013
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nft027
Abstract
How, if at all, do public policies influence the opinions of ordinary citizens? Using the longitudinal variation in the passage of state smoking bans in restaurants, I consider how policies influence views toward target populations, educate the public about what is good/bad, safe/dangerous, right/wrong, and so forth, and affect support for future policy interventions. I find that people view smokers with more antipathy and believe that secondhand smoke is more harmful post-enactment of smoking bans. Length of exposure matters for support of future policy interventions: people exposed to smoking bans for long periods of time are more supportive of additional smoking restrictions in public places. The theoretical framework offered here can be used to evaluate how other policies, particularly those that are tangible to a majority of citizens, influence public opinion.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Attitudinal Policy Feedback and Public Opinion: The Impact of Smoking Bans on Attitudes towards Smokers, Secondhand Smoke, and Antismoking Policies
- Creators
- Julianna Pacheco - University of Iowa, Political Science
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol.77(3), pp.714-734
- DOI
- 10.1093/poq/nft027
- ISSN
- 0033-362X
- eISSN
- 1537-5331
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Center for Social Science Innovation; Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983920523902771
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