Impact of Australia's introduction of tobacco plain packs on adult smokers' pack-related perceptions and responses: Results from a continuous tracking survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Dunlop, Sally M ^a   Dobbins, Timothy ^b   Young, Jane M ^c   Perez, Donna ^a   Currow, David C ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PACKAGING; PERCEPTION; RANDOM DIGIT DIALING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING REGULATION; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TOBACCO; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERCEPTION; PRODUCT LABELING; PRODUCT PACKAGING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84920895471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005836     Document Type: Article

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