ArticleBMC public health2009
Evidence and argument in policymaking: development of workplace smoking legislation.
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- Arguments for amending smoke-free legislation in U.S. states to restrict use of electronic nicotine delivery systems.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- Advocacy coalitions involved in California's menu labeling policy debate: Exploring coalition structure, policy beliefs, resources, and strategies.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2017Article
- "Hearing from all sides" How legislative testimony influences state level policy-makers in the United States.International journal of health policy and management · 2015Article
- Legislative smoking bans for reducing exposure to secondhand smoke and smoking prevalence: Opportunities for Georgians.Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association · 2015Article
- The debate over weight- versus price-based taxation of snuff in the United States' state legislatures.Journal of public health policy · 2014Article
- The Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility: Techniques of Neutralization, Stakeholder Management and Political CSR.Journal of business ethics : JBE · 2013Article
- Reshuffling and relocating: the gendered and income-related differential effects of restricting smoking locations.Journal of environmental and public health · 2012Article
- Making the case for laws that improve health: a framework for public health law research.The Milbank quarterly · 2010Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe sought to identify factors that affect the passage of public health legislation by examining the use of arguments, particularly arguments presenting research evidence, in legislative debates regarding workplace smoking restrictions.
methodsWe conducted a case-study based content analysis of legislative materials used in the development of six state workplace smoking laws, including written and spoken testimony and the text of proposed and passed bills and amendments. We coded testimony given before legislators for arguments used, and identified the institutional affiliations of presenters and their position on the legislation. We compared patterns in the arguments made in testimony to the relative strength of each state's final legislation.
resultsGreater discussion of scientific evidence within testimony given was associated with the passage of workplace smoking legislation that provided greater protection for public health, regardless of whether supporters outnumbered opponents or vice versa.
conclusionOur findings suggest that an emphasis on scientific discourse, relative to other arguments made in legislative testimony, might help produce political outcomes that favor public health.
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