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Implementation and Enforcement
出版Rand, 1997
主題Health & Fitness / GeneralHealth & Fitness / Children's HealthLaw / GeneralLaw / Administrative Law & Regulatory PracticeLAW / Civil LawLaw / EnvironmentalLaw / HealthMedical / Health PolicyPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / Law EnforcementPolitical Science / Public Policy / GeneralPolitical Science / Public Policy / Health Care
ISBN08330248689780833024862
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nBxSAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In this study, the authors examined the process by which anti-tobacco laws and ordinances were implemented and enforced in seven states and 19 localities. Their findings indicated that state- and local-level clean indoor air laws were rarely enforced by government agencies. Instead, these laws were largely self-enforcing, in that changed social norms regarding appropriate smoking behavior have led to high compliance rates. In contrast, teen access laws were consistently and vigorously enforced, mainly through periodic vendor compliance checks that were conducted in many of the sites visited. The authors also found that anti-tobacco forces do not devote a significant amount of resources to implementation and enforcement issues. Rather, their attention is focused on enacting new legislation and fighting tobacco industry attempts to weaken existing laws through, for example, state preemption of local ordinances. Finally, the authors found that local enforcement is a critical ingredient to the success of virtually any tobacco control effort. The study's results do not augur well for public health measures that require state-level enforcement that are opposed by powerful and politically well-connected interests. To be effective, legislation must contain specific enforcement measures, such as license removal by local authorities.