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ArticlePreventing chronic disease2014

Antismoking mass media campaigns and support for smoke-free environments, Mobile County, Alabama, 2011-2012.

Gabriel H Fosson, Debra M McCallum, Michael B Conaway

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Article in Preventing chronic disease, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Gabriel H FossonInstitute for Social Science Research, The University of Alabama, 306 Paul Bryant Dr E, Box 870216, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. E-mail: ghfosson@crimson.ua.edu. After publication of this article, correspondence should be sent to Debra M. McCallum, PhD, at the same address; e-mail, dmccallu@ua.edu.
Debra M McCallumThe University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Michael B ConawayThe University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
University of Alabama · US

Funding

CATEGORY B: COMMUNITIES PUTTING PREVENTION TO WORKU58DP002401 · DP · ALABAMA STATE DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI MCVAY, JIM · 2010 to 2010
$3.0M
NCCDPHP CDC HHS 1U58DP002401-01NCCDPHP CDC HHS U58 DP002401
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIn 2011, the Mobile County Health Department began a 12-month antismoking educational media campaign to educate citizens on the dangers of secondhand smoke. The campaign overlapped with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 3-month national antismoking Tips from Former Smokers media campaign. We aimed to evaluate the effect of these campaigns on support for smoke-free environments and knowledge of the dangers of secondhand smoke.

methodsCross-sectional precampaign and postcampaign telephone surveys collected data from a random sample of Mobile County adults in the summers of 2011 and 2012. Outcome measures included changes in support for smoke-free environments and knowledge of the dangers of secondhand smoke. The participation rate among the households that were successfully reached was 45% in 2011 and 44% in 2012.

resultsOn the postcampaign survey, 80.9% of respondents reported seeing a television advertisement, 29.9% reported hearing a radio advertisement, and 49.0% reported seeing a billboard. Overall, support for smoke-free bars increased significantly after the intervention (38.1% to 43.8%; P = .01) but not for workplaces or restaurants. Self-reported exposure to the media campaign was associated with higher levels of support for smoke-free workplaces, restaurants, and bars.

conclusionEducational mass media campaigns have the potential to increase support for smoke-free protections and may increase knowledge about the dangers of secondhand smoke among certain populations.

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Mass MediaSmoking CessationAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlabamaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth PromotionHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedProgram EvaluationTobacco Smoke Pollution

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