Awareness of smoking risks and attitudes towards graphic health warning labels on cigarette packs: A cross-cultural study of two populations in Singapore and Scotland

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 864-868

  Ng, D H L ^a,b   Roxburgh, S T D ^a   Sanjay, S ^b,c   Au Eong, K G ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Jurong Medical Centre Singapore   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e Singapore International Eye Cataract Retina Centre   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Awareness; Blindness; Graphic health warning labels; Motivation; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLINDNESS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952494772     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.208     Document Type: Article

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