Pictorial health warning label content and smokers' understanding of smoking-related risks - A cross-country comparison

Health Education Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-45

  Swayampakala, Kamala ^a   Thrasher, James F ^a   Hammond, David ^b   Yong, Hua Hie ^c   Bansal Travers, Maansi ^d   Krugman, Dean ^e   Brown, Abraham ^f   Borland, Ron ^c   Hardin, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^d ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PACKAGING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCT LABELING; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922507571     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyu022     Document Type: Article

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