Does Adding Information on Toxic Constituents to Cigarette Pack Warnings Increase Smokers’ Perceptions About the Health Risks of Smoking? A Longitudinal Study in Australia, Canada, Mexico, and the United States

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 32-42

  Cho, Yoo Jin ^a   Thrasher, James F ^a,b   Swayampakala, Kamala ^a   Lipkus, Isaac ^c   Hammond, David ^d   Cummings, Kenneth Michael ^e   Borland, Ron ^f   Yong, Hua Hie ^f   Hardin, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

global health; health behavior; health communications; health promotion; smoking and tobacco use; tobacco control and policy

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PACKAGING; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TOXICITY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRODUCT LABELING; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85040718607     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198117709884     Document Type: Article

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