Do graphic health warning labels have an impact on adolescents' smoking-related beliefs and behaviours?

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1562-1571

  White, Victoria ^a   Webster, Bernice ^a   Wakefield, Melanie ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Behaviour; Beliefs; Graphic health warnings; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; READING; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEVISION; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 49249132244     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02294.x     Document Type: Article

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