Assessing the impact of the national 'truth' antismoking campaign on beliefs, attitudes, and intent to smoke by race/ethnicity

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-91

  Cowell, Alexander J ^a   Farrelly, Matthew C ^a   Chou, Rosaleen ^b   Vallone, Donna M ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Antismoking campaign; Attitudes; Beliefs; Truth; Youth

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH BELIEF; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SMOKING; SOCIAL IMPACT; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTISMOKING CAMPAIGN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; MASS MEDIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 60749114759     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802257715     Document Type: Article

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