| Public trust in government concerning tobacco control in Japan. | |
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PMID: 19878484 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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This study investigated public trust and its determinants concerning the government's control of tobacco in Japan. We focused on the two issues of government policies to ban smoking by minors and increase taxes on tobacco. We conducted a questionnaire survey in which respondents were asked to assess their trust in the government, the government's fairness and competency, and their value similarity with the government. One thousand three hundred and ninety-four respondents agreed to participate in the survey out of 2,600 randomly sampled adults over 20 years old from all over Japan. The results of multiple regression analysis confirmed that value similarity is the strongest predictor of public trust in the government. On the affirmatively supported issue of prohibiting smoking among minors, the results further indicated that assessment of competency is a stronger predictor than assessment of fairness. In contrast, assessment of fairness is a stronger predictor than assessment of competency for the still divided issue of increasing tobacco tax. Respondents who had low concern and had not formed clear opinions on the issues showed a weak link between assessment of value similarity and trust. Based on these findings, we considered the implications for the government's implementation of tobacco controls. |
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Authors:
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Kazuya Nakayachi; George Cvetkovich |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2009-10-29 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis Volume: 30 ISSN: 1539-6924 ISO Abbreviation: Risk Anal. Publication Date: 2010 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-01-08 Completed Date: 2010-03-22 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8109978 Medline TA: Risk Anal Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 143-52 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, Doshisha University, Kyoto 602-8580, Japan. nakayachi@mail.doshisha.ac.jp |
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Adult Aged Communication Female Humans Japan Male Middle Aged Public Opinion Public Policy Questionnaires Regression Analysis Risk Management Smoking / legislation & jurisprudence*, prevention & control* Taxes Tobacco Young Adult |
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