Do Young Adults Perceive That Cigarette Graphic Warnings Provide New Knowledge About the Harms of Smoking?

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 594-604

  Magnan, Renee E ^a   Cameron, Linda D ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphic label; Knowledge; Motivation; Smoking; Warnings; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PACKAGING; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937636656     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-015-9691-6     Document Type: Article

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