Impact of smokeless tobacco packaging on perceptions and beliefs among youth, young adults, and adults in the U.S: Findings from an internet-based cross-sectional survey

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Adkison, Sarah E ^a   Bansal Travers, Maansi ^a   Smith, Danielle M ^a   O'Connor, Richard J ^a   Hyland, Andrew J ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health warning labels; Smokeless tobacco; Tobacco marketing; Tobacco packaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLAVOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET PROTOCOL; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACKAGING; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERTIZING; CONSUMER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; TOBACCO PACKAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AGED; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRODUCT LABELING; PRODUCT PACKAGING; RISK-TAKING; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896720653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-11-2     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. World Health Organization (WHO) WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic: 2011 2011, Geneva: World Health Organization, World Health Organization (WHO).
2. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Smoking-attributable mortality, years of potential life lost, and productivity losses - United States, 2000-2004. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2008, 54:1226-1228. Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
3. Seidenberg A, Rees V, Connolly G. Reynolds does international with new dissolvable tobacco products. Tob Control 2012, 21:368-369. 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050116, 21984408.
4. Britton J, Edwards E. Tobacco smoking, harm reduction, and nicotine product regulation. Lancet 2008, 371:441-445. 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61482-2, 17920116.
5. Critchley JA, Unal B. Health effects associated with smokeless tobacco: a systematic review. Thorax 2003, 58:435-443. 10.1136/thorax.58.5.435, 1746661, 12728167.
6. Zhou J, Michaud DS, Langevin SM, McClean MD, Eliot M, Kelsey KT. Smokeless tobacco and risk of head and neck cancer: evidence from a case-control study in New England. Int J Cancer 2012, 14:27839.
7. Luo J, Ye W, Zendehdel K, Adami J, Adami HO, Boffetta P, Nyren O. Oral use of Swedish moist snuff (snus) and risk for cancer of the mouth, lung, and pancreas in male construction workers: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet 2007, 369:2015-2020. 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60678-3, 17498797.
8. Piano MR, Benowitz NL, Fitzgerald GA, Corbridge S, Heath J, Hahn E, Pechacek TF, Howard G. Impact of smokeless tobacco products on cardiovascular disease: implications for policy, prevention, and treatment: a policy statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2010, 122(15):1520-1544. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181f432c3. Epub 2010 Sep 13, 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181f432c3, 20837898.
9. Germain D, Wakefield MA, Durkin SJ. Adolescents' perceptions of cigarette brand image: does plain packaging make a difference?. J Adolesc Health 2010, 46:385-392. 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.08.009, 20307829.
10. Hammond D, Fong GT, McNeill A, Borland R, Cummings KM. Effectiveness of cigarette warning labels in informing smokers about the risks of smoking: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey. Tob Control 2006, 15:iii19-iii25. 10.1136/tc.2005.011254, 2593056, 16754942.
11. Moodie C, Mackintosh AM, Hammond D. Adolescents' response to text-only tobacco health warnings: results from the 2008 UK Youth tobacco Policy Survey. Eur J Public Health 2009, 20:463-469.
12. Borland R, Hill D. Initial impact of the new Australian tobacco health warnings on knowledge and beliefs. Tob Control 1997, 6:317-325. 10.1136/tc.6.4.317, 1759588, 9583630.
13. Fong GT, Hammond D, Hitchman SC. The impact of pictures on the effectiveness of tobacco warnings. Bull World Health Organ 2009, 87:640-643. 10.2471/BLT.09.069575, 2733253, 19705020.
14. Bansal-Travers M, O'Connor R, Fix BV, Cummings KM. What Do cigarette pack colors communicate to smokers in the U.S.?. Am J Prev Med 2011, 40:683-689. 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.01.019, 3124844, 21565662.
15. Wakefield M, Germain D, Durkin S, Hammond D, Goldberg M, Borland R. Do larger pictorial health warnings diminish the need for plain packaging of cigarettes?. Addiction 2012, 107:1159-1167. 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03774.x, 22372966.
16. Freeman B, Chapman S, Rimmer M. The case for the plain packaging of tobacco products. Addiction 2008, 103:580-590. 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02145.x, 18339104.
17. Hammond D, Dockrell M, Arnott D, Lee A, McNeill A. Cigarette pack design and perceptions of risk among UK adults and youth. Eur J Public Health 2009, 19:631-637. 10.1093/eurpub/ckp122, 19726589.
18. Wray RJ, Jupka K, Berman S, Zellin S, Vijaykumar S. Young Adults' perceptions about established and emerging tobacco products: results from eight focus groups. Nicotine Tob Res 2012, 14:184-190. 10.1093/ntr/ntr168, 22110049.
19. Hammond D. Health warning messages on tobacco products: a review. Tob Control 2011, 20:327-337. 10.1136/tc.2010.037630, 21606180.
20. Bansal-Travers M, Hammond D, Smith P, Cummings KM. The impact of cigarette pack design, descriptors, and warning labels on risk perception in the U.S. Am J Prev Med 2011, 40:674-682. 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.01.021, 3108248, 21565661.
21. Mutti S, Hammond D, Borland R, Cummings MK, O'Connor RJ, Fong GT. Beyond light and mild: cigarette brand descriptors and perceptions of risk in the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey. Addiction 2011, 106:1166-1175. 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03402.x, 21481054.
22. Callery WE, Hammond D, O'Connor RJ, Fong GT. The appeal of smokeless tobacco products among young Canadian smokers: the impact of pictorial health warnings and relative risk messages. Nicotine & Tob Res 2011, 13:373-383. 10.1093/ntr/ntr013, 21357730.
23. Hammond D, Fong GT, McDonald PW, Cameron R, Brown KS. Impact of the graphic Canadian warning labels on adult smoking behaviour. Tob Control 2003, 12:391-395. 10.1136/tc.12.4.391, 1747800, 14660774.
24. Borland R, Cooper J, McNeill A, O'Connnor RJ, Cummings KM. Trends in beliefs about the harmfulness and use of stop-smoking medications and smokeless tobacco products among cigarettes smokers: findings from the ITC four-country survey. Harm Reduction J 2011, 8:21.
25. Klein SM, Giovino GA, Barker DC, Tworek C, Cummings KM, O'Connor RJ. Use of flavored cigarettes among older adolescent and adult smokers: United States, 2004-2005. Nicotine Tob Res 2008, 10:1209-1214. 10.1080/14622200802163159, 18629731.
26. Oliver AJ, Jensen JA, Vogel RI, Anderson AJ, Hatsukami DK. Flavored and nonflavored smokeless tobacco products: rate, pattern of Use, and effects. Nicotine Tob Res 2013, 15:88-92. 10.1093/ntr/nts093, 3524058, 22529222.
27. Family smoking prevention and tobacco control act, 21 USC 2009.
28. Moodie C, Angus K, Bauld L, Stead M. Plain tobacco packaging research: An update 2013, Stirling, Scotland: Centre for Tobacco Control Research, University of Stirling.
29. Moodie C, Stead M, Bauld L, McNeill A, Angus K, Hinds K, Kwan I, Thomas J, Hastings G, O'Mara-Eves A. Plain tobacco packaging research: A systematic review 2012, Stirling, Scotland: Centre for Tobacco Control Research, University of Stirling.
30. Wray RJ, Jupka K, Berman S, Zellin S, Vijaykumar S. Young adults' perceptions about established and emerging tobacco products: results from eight focus groups. Nicotine & Tob Res 2012, 14:184-190. 10.1093/ntr/ntr168, 22110049.
31. Gendall P, Hoek J, Edwards R, McCool J. A cross-sectional analysis of how young adults perceive tobacco brands: implications for FCTC signatories. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:796-804. 10.1186/1471-2458-12-796, 3520726, 22985407.
32. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health 2012, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
33. Borland R, Yong HH, Wilson N, Fong GT, Hammond D, Cummings KM, Hosking W, McNeill A. How reactions to cigarette packet health warnings influence quitting: findings from the ITC Four-Country survey. Addiction 2009, 104:669-675. 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02508.x, 19215595.
34. Hammond D. Tobacco packaging and labeling policies under the U.S. Tobacco Control Act: research needs and priorities. Nicotine Tob Res 2012, 14:62-74. 10.1093/ntr/ntr182, 3242972, 22039072.
35. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Any tobacco use in 13 states-Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 59, 946-950 2010, http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5930a3.htm, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
36. Hammond D. Health warning messages on tobacco products: a review. Tob Control 2011, 20:327-337. 10.1136/tc.2010.037630, 21606180.
37. Ashare RL, Hawk LW, Cummings KM, O'Connor RJ, Fix BV, Schmidt WC. Smoking expectancies for flavored and non-flavored cigarettes among college students. Addict Behav 2007, 32:1252-1261. 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.08.011, 17030447.
38. Regan AK, Dube SR, Arrazola R. Smokeless and flavored tobacco products in the U.S. Styles survey results. Am J Prev Med 2009, 2012(42):29-36.