Government Regulation
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Governments making laws to regulate the following?
|
Total approve |
Total disapprove |
Strongly approve |
Approve |
Disapprove |
Strongly disapprove |
Don’t know |
|
| Wearing seatbelts in cars |
97% |
2% |
74% |
23% |
2% |
* |
1% |
| Wearing bike helmets |
94% |
6% |
65% |
29% |
5% |
1% |
1% |
| Personal use of recreational drugs |
59% |
34% |
32% |
27% |
19% |
15% |
7% |
| Smoking in public places |
67% |
30% |
40% |
27% |
16% |
14% |
3% |
| Buying and consuming alcohol |
69% |
26% |
26% |
43% |
19% |
7% |
5% |
| Shopping hours |
56% |
38% |
16% |
40% |
28% |
10% |
6% |
| Cigarette packaging |
64% |
29% |
35% |
29% |
16% |
13% |
6% |
| Junk food advertising |
66% |
28% |
29% |
37% |
19% |
9% |
6% |
| Films (i.e. censorship) |
62% |
31% |
20% |
42% |
20% |
11% |
7% |
| The internet |
49% |
43% |
19% |
30% |
23% |
20% |
8% |
For each of the areas listed above (except for ‘the internet’) more than half of respondents approve of Governments making laws to regulate the area.
The highest levels of approval were for ‘wearing seatbelts in cars’ (97% approve) and ‘wearing bike helmets’ (94% approve).
The highest levels of disapproval were for ‘the internet’ (43% disapprove) and ‘shopping hours’ (38% disapprove).
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