ArticleTobacco control2015
Are quitting-related cognitions and behaviours predicted by proximal responses to plain packaging with larger health warnings? Findings from a national cohort study with Australian adult smokers.
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- A systematic review and network meta-analysis of population-level interventions to tackle smoking behaviour.Nature human behaviour · 2024Pooled it
- Tobacco packaging design for reducing tobacco use.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- The impact of strengthening cigarette pack warnings: Systematic review of longitudinal observational studies.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2016Pooled it
- Influence of premium versus value brand names on the smoking experience in a plain packaging environment: an experimental study.BMJ open · 2017Trial
- Graphic health warnings and plain packaging in the Philippines: results of online and household surveys.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Relationship between internet research data of oral neoplasms and public health programs in the European Union.BMC oral health · 2021Article
- Consumer Response to Standardized Tobacco Packaging in the United Kingdom: A Synthesis of Evidence from Two Systematic Reviews.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Review
- Real-world exposure to graphic warning labels on cigarette packages in US smokers: The CASA randomized trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2020Article
- Effect of tobacco control policies on intention to quit smoking cigarettes: A study from Beirut, Lebanon.Tobacco induced diseases · 2019Article
- Cigarette brand loyalty among smokers in six European countries: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys.Tobacco induced diseases · 2018Article
- Smoke signals: The decline of brand identity predicts reduced smoking behaviour following the introduction of plain packaging.Addictive behaviors reports · 2017Article
- Standardised tobacco packaging: a health policy case study of corporate conflict expansion and adaptation.BMJ open · 2016Article
- Australian adult smokers' responses to plain packaging with larger graphic health warnings 1 year after implementation: results from a national cross-sectional tracking survey.Tobacco control · 2015Article
- Plain packaging: a logical progression for tobacco control in one of the world's 'darkest markets'.Tobacco control · 2015Article
- Death of a salesman.Tobacco control · 2015Article
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- Do larger graphic health warnings on standardised cigarette packs increase adolescents' cognitive processing of consumer health information and beliefs about smoking-related harms?Tobacco control · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundImplementation of tobacco plain packaging (PP) with larger graphic health warnings (GHWs) in Australia had positive effects on responses reflecting the specific objectives of the PP policy and on follow-up quitting-related cognitions and behaviours. The aim of this study was to examine predictive relationships between these proximal and distal outcomes.
methodsA nationally representative sample of Australian adult cigarette smokers completed a baseline survey and a 1-month follow-up survey within the first year of policy implementation (n(weighted)=3125). Logistic regression analyses tested whether baseline measures of cigarette appeal, GHW effectiveness, perceived harm and concern/enjoyment predicted each of seven follow-up measures of quitting-related cognitions and behaviours, adjusting for baseline levels of the outcome and covariates.
resultsIn multivariable models, we found consistent evidence that several baseline measures of GHW effectiveness positively and significantly predicted the likelihood that smokers at follow-up reported thinking about quitting at least daily, intending to quit, having a firm date to quit, stubbing out cigarettes prematurely, stopping oneself from smoking and having attempted to quit. Two of the quitting-related outcomes were also predicted by feeling more smoking-related concern than enjoyment. A smaller number of the appeal variables were prospectively associated with quitting-related outcomes, while believing that brands do not differ in harmfulness did not positively predict any outcomes.
conclusionsThese findings provide an initial insight into the pathways through which PP with larger GHWs may lead to changes in smoking behaviour. Future research should examine whether the effects are conditional on individual demographic and smoking characteristics.
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