Effectiveness of the European Union text-only cigarette health warnings: Findings from four countries

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 693-699

  Hitchman, Sara C ^a   Mons, Ute ^b   Nagelhout, Gera E ^c,d   Guignard, Romain ^e   McNeill, Ann ^f   Willemsen, Marc C ^c,d   Driezen, Pete ^a   Wilquin, Jean Louis ^e   Beck, François ^e,g   Du Roscöat, Enguerrand ^e   Pötschke Langer, Martina ^b   Hammond, David ^a   Fong, Geoffrey T ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d STIVORO for a Smoke free Future   (Netherlands)

^e French Institute for Health Promotion and Health Education INPES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g EHESS Sciences   (France)

^h ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PACKAGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOBACCO; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867019852     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr099     Document Type: Article

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