Public support for health taxes and media regulation of harmful products in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public health policy is inevitably associated with either a strong presence or lack of public support. We investigated factors associated with both the public support of and opposition to health taxes and the media regulation regarding advertising harmful products in Korea.

Methods

We interviewed 1200 respondents that were recruited using an equal-probability sampling method in accordance with the 2016 Korean census. Our investigation examined the extent of support and opposition towards health taxes and the media regulation of advertising that targets the consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy foods according to socioeconomic characteristics, health habits, body mass index (BMI), and exposure to the advertising of harmful products. The study was conducted

SUBMITTER: Kim KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6543563 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature