Social interactions sparked by pictorial warnings on cigarette packs

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 13195-13208

  Hall, Marissa G ^a,b   Peebles, Kathryn ^a   Bach, Laura E ^a,b   Noar, Seth M ^b   Ribisl, Kurt M ^a,b   Brewer, Noel T ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphic warnings; Health communications; Pictorial warnings; Smoking; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTISING; COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACKAGING; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944931099     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121013195     Document Type: Article

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