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  • Apr, 2012

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    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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