Beyond light and mild: Cigarette brand descriptors and perceptions of risk in the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1166-1175

  Mutti, Seema ^a   Hammond, David ^a   Borland, Ron ^b   Cummings, Michael K ^c   O'Connor, Richard J ^c   Fong, Geoffrey T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brand descriptors; Health policy; Packaging; Perceptions of risk; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACKAGING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASTE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COLOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRODUCT LABELING; SEMANTICS; SMOKING; TASTE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955881184     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03402.x     Document Type: Article

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