American spirit pack descriptors and perceptions of harm: A crowdsourced comparison of modified packs

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1749-1756

  Pearson, Jennifer L ^a,b   Richardson, Amanda ^a,b   Feirman, Shari P ^a   Villanti, Andrea C ^a,b   Cantrell, Jennifer ^a,b   Cohn, Amy ^a   Tacelosky, Michael ^c   Kirchner, Thomas R ^b,d  

^a American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Survos   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PACKAGING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; ADVERTISING; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CROWDSOURCING; ETHNIC GROUP; HARM REDUCTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDSOURCING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; PRODUCT LABELING; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84982993488     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntw097     Document Type: Article

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