Interpersonal communication about pictorial health warnings on cigarette packages: Policy-related influences and relationships with smoking cessation attempts

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 141-149

  Thrasher, James F ^a,b   Abad Vivero, Erika N ^b   Huang, Liling ^c   O'Connor, Richard J ^d   Hammond, David ^e   Bansal Travers, Maansi ^d   Yong, Hua Hie ^f   Borland, Ron ^f   Markovsky, Barry ^a   Hardin, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Canada; Communication; Health warning labels; Mexico; Policy; Smoking cessation; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY APPROACH; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; ADOLESCENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN RELATION; PACKAGING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; TOBACCO;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKERS; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84933576053     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.042     Document Type: Article

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