Identifying principles for effective messages about chemicals in cigarette smoke

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue , 2018, Pages 31-37

  Noar, Seth M ^a   Kelley, Dannielle E ^a   Boynton, Marcella H ^a,b   Morgan, Jennifer C ^b   Hall, Marissa G ^a,b   Mendel, Jennifer R ^a   Ribisl, Kurt M ^a,b   Brewer, Noel T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical; Constituent; Disclosure; Experiment; Messaging; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARSENIC; FORMALDEHYDE; LEAD; NITROSAMINE; URANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE; YOUNG ADULT; ANALYSIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; SMOKE; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; INTERNET; SMOKE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 85032366170     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.09.005     Document Type: Article

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