ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2015
Social Interactions Sparked by Pictorial Warnings on Cigarette Packs.
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- Online RCT of Icon Added-Sugar Warning Labels for Restaurant Menus.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Trial
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- Evaluating the Immediate Impact of Graphic Messages for Vaping Prevention among Black and Latino Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Identifying Promising Themes for Adolescent Vaping Warnings: A National Experiment.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Trial
- Cigarette pack messages about toxic chemicals: a randomised clinical trial.Tobacco control · 2019Trial
- "That's probably what my mama's lungs look like": how adolescent children react to pictorial warnings on their parents' cigarette packs.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Frequency and Content of Conversations About Pictorial Warnings on Cigarette Packs.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2018Trial
- Adolescents' Responses to Pictorial Warnings on Their Parents' Cigarette Packs.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2016Trial
- Effect of Pictorial Cigarette Pack Warnings on Changes in Smoking Behavior: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2016Trial
- Social Network Determinants of Cigarette Forgoing and Quit-Related Conversations in a 15-Day Ecological Momentary Assessment Study in Mexico and the US.Tobacco use insights · 2026Article
- Conversations about cigarette health warning labels and smoking cessation attempts in Mexico.Salud publica de Mexico · 2024Article
- Rationale, design, and methods for the development of a youth adapted Brief Tobacco Intervention plus automated text messaging for high school students.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Article
- Perceived Message Effectiveness of the Meatless Monday Campaign: An Experiment With US Adults.American journal of public health · 2022Article
- The estimated effect of graphic warning labels on smoker's intention to quit in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Examining the effect of waterpipe specific pictorial health warning labels among young adults in Lebanon and Tunisia: Protocol of a factorial experiment study design.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2021Article
- Parental Perceptions and Exposure to Advertising of Toddler Milk: A Pilot Study with Latino Parents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
The Message Impact Framework suggests that social interactions may offer smokers the opportunity to process pictorial warnings on cigarette packs more deeply. We aimed to describe adult smokers' social interactions about pictorial cigarette pack warnings in two longitudinal pilot studies. In Pilot Study 1, 30 smokers used cigarette packs with one of nine pictorial warnings for two weeks. In Pilot Study 2, 46 smokers used cigarette packs with one of five pictorial warnings for four weeks. Nearly all smokers (97%/96% in Pilot Study 1/2) talked about the warnings with other people, with the most common people being friends (67%/87%) and spouses/significant others (34%/42%). Pilot Study 2 found that 26% of smokers talked about the warnings with strangers. Discussions about the health effects of smoking and quitting smoking were more frequent during the first week of exposure to pictorial warnings than in the week prior to beginning the study (both p < 0.05). Pictorial warnings sparked social interactions about the warnings, the health effects of smoking, and quitting smoking, indicating that pictorial warnings may act as a social intervention reaching beyond the individual. Future research should examine social interactions as a potential mediator of the impact of pictorial warnings on smoking behavior.
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