How reactions to cigarette packet health warnings influence quitting: Findings from the ITC Four-Country survey

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 669-675

  Borland, Ron ^a   Yong, Hua Hie ^a   Wilson, Nick ^b   Fong, Geoffrey T ^c,d   Hammond, David ^c   Cummings, K Michael ^e   Hosking, Warwick ^f   McNeill, Ann ^g  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^e ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer information; Graphic warnings; Health warnings; Tobacco health information; Tobacco product labelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMMERCE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PRODUCT LABELING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62649084115     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02508.x     Document Type: Article

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