Effectiveness of Cigarette Warning Labels: Examining the Impact of Graphics, Message Framing, and Temporal Framing

Health Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-89

  Nan, Xiaoli ^a   Zhao, Xiaoquan ^b   Yang, Bo ^a   Iles, Irina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOV COMPOUND; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PACKAGING; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENT; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHRACENES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907594311     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2013.841531     Document Type: Article

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