Observational studyAddiction (Abingdon, England)2017
Neural mechanisms underlying visual attention to health warnings on branded and plain cigarette packs.
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- Common and separable neural alterations in substance use disorders: A coordinate-based meta-analyses of functional neuroimaging studies in humans.Human brain mapping · 2020Pooled it
- Tobacco packaging design for reducing tobacco use.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Eye tracking applied to tobacco smoking: current directions and future perspectives.Journal of eye movement research · 2022Article
- Fresher with flavour: young women smokers' constructions and experiences of menthol capsule cigarettes and regular cigarettes.BMC women's health · 2021Article
- Mindfulness and Executive Functions: Making the Case for Elementary School Practice.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2020Article
- Brain response to food brands correlates with increased intake from branded meals in children: an fMRI study.Brain imaging and behavior · 2019Article
- Advancing Tobacco Product Warning Labels Research Methods and Theory: A Summary of a Grantee Meeting Held by the US National Cancer Institute.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Review
- Using Neuroscience to Inform Tobacco Control Policy.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Review
- Communication Regulatory Science: Mapping a New Field.Health communication · 2019Article
- Brain Responses to Anti-Smoking Health Warnings In Youth.Current addiction reports · 2018Article
- Corrigendum.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Article
- Neural mechanisms underlying visual attention to health warnings on branded and plain cigarette packs.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Observational
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- Erratum issuedCorrigendum.2017
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Abstract
aimsTo (1) test if activation in brain regions related to reward (nucleus accumbens) and emotion (amygdala) differ when branded and plain packs of cigarettes are viewed, (2) test whether these activation patterns differ by smoking status and (3) examine whether activation patterns differ as a function of visual attention to health warning labels on cigarette packs.
designCross-sectional observational study combining functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with eye-tracking. Non-smokers, weekly smokers and daily smokers performed a memory task on branded and plain cigarette packs with pictorial health warnings presented in an event-related design.
settingClinical Research and Imaging Centre, University of Bristol, UK.
participantsNon-smokers, weekly smokers and daily smokers (n = 72) were tested. After exclusions, data from 19 non-smokers, 19 weekly smokers and 20 daily smokers were analysed. MEASUREMENTS: Brain activity was assessed in whole brain analyses and in pre-specified masked analyses in the amygdala and nucleus accumbens. On-line eye-tracking during scanning recorded visual attention to health warnings.
findingsThere was no evidence for a main effect of pack type or smoking status in either the nucleus accumbens or amygdala, and this was unchanged when taking account of visual attention to health warnings. However, there was evidence for an interaction, such that we observed increased activation in the right amygdala when viewing branded as compared with plain packs among weekly smokers (P = 0.003). When taking into account visual attention to health warnings, we observed higher levels of activation in the visual cortex in response to plain packaging compared with branded packaging of cigarettes (P = 0.020).
conclusionsBased on functional magnetic resonance imaging and eye-tracking data, health warnings appear to be more salient on 'plain' cigarette packs than branded packs.
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