The impact of cessation media messages on cessation-related outcomes: Results from a national experiment of smokers

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 242-250

  Duke, Jennifer C ^a   Nonnemaker, James M ^a   Davis, Kevin C ^a   Watson, Kimberly A ^a   Farrelly, Matthew C ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral; Health Communication; Health focus: smoking control; Mass Media; Outcome measure: cognitive; Prevention Research. Manuscript format: research; Research purpose: intervention testing program evaluation; Setting: national; Smoking Cessation; Strategy: skill building behavior change; Study design: randomized trial; Target population age: adults; Target population circumstances: smokers; Tobacco Control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897818632     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.120920-QUAN-452     Document Type: Article

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