ERIC Number: ED299642
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Nov
Pages: 31
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Post Survey Use with a Public Information Campaign.
Toth, Elizabeth Lance; Trujillo, Nick
To investigate the cognitive, affective, and behavioral responses to a public information campaign concerning a city-wide smoking ordinance, a study conducted a telephone survey of 4500 randomly selected Dallas, Texas residents (netting 374 usable surveys) during a two-week period in November, 1986. The smoking ordinance required Dallas restaurants with 50 or more tables to set aside an unspecified number of tables for nonsmokers. Also, smoking was prohibited in restaurant restrooms and cashier areas, elevators, theaters, and specified hospital rooms. The telephone survey contained 38 questions measuring citizen awareness, knowledge, attitudes, and opinions about the smoking ordinance. Results revealed that city residents reported a fairly high level of awareness about the smoking ordinance, although the majority of respondents performed poorly on an eight-item true-false test covering various aspects of the ordinance. Respondents generally supported the ordinance as a whole, but were indifferent or opposed to the "enforcement" aspects of the ordinance. Also, respondents were not supportive of the current enforcement aspects of the ordinance, and did not support enforcement by police or city officials who issue tickets. (Four tables of data are appended.) (MM)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas (Dallas)
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