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SynthesisHealth communication2019

Systematic Review of Health Communication for Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products.

Jennifer Cornacchione Ross, Seth M Noar, Erin L Sutfin

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Health communication, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Relative Efficacy of Cigarillo Warning Statements in Text and Pictorial Formats: An Experimental Study Among a Sample of US Young Adults.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025
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  5. Exploring Young Adults' Beliefs About Cigar Smoking by Susceptibility: A Belief Elicitation Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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  8. Testing the Effects of Hookah Tobacco Social Media Risk Communication Messages Among Young Adults.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2021
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  9. School-Based Cancer Education and Health Literacy: A Pre-Post Study on Cancer Prevention and System Navigation Among Brazilian Adolescents.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026
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  20. What Do Adolescents and Young Adults Think a Cigarillo Is? Implications for Health Communication.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jennifer Cornacchione Rossa Department of Social Sciences & Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences , Wake Forest School of Medicine.
Seth M Noarb School of Media and Journalism , University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Erin L Sutfina Department of Social Sciences & Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences , Wake Forest School of Medicine.

Funding

Training & Education Program p294-308P50CA180907 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI RIBISL, KURT M. · 2013 to 2017
$20.2M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA180907
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration, which now has regulatory authority over all tobacco products meeting the statutory definition, is tasked with communicating the risks of these products to the public through health warnings and public education. However, there have been no attempts to summarize what is known about non-cigarette tobacco product (NCTP) health messaging. We conducted a systematic review to examine the existing literature on health communication for NCTPs and identify key research gaps. A total of 45 unique studies were retrieved and coded, with the majority focused on messaging for smokeless tobacco (SLT, k = 32, 71.1%), followed by waterpipe tobacco (WT, k = 9, 20%), electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS, k = 2, 4.4%), cigars (k = 2, 4.4%), and a potentially reduced exposure product (k = 1, 2.2%). Studies most commonly examined tobacco product warnings (k = 26, 57.8%) and public education (k = 19, 42.2%), which included mass media campaigns. Most studies examined knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs as outcomes (k = 27, 60%), while behavior was an outcome in the minority of studies (k = 8, 17.8%). Pictorial warnings and public education about NCTPs demonstrated positive impact in some studies, although the literature is nascent. Given the increasing use of NCTPs such as ENDS, WT, and cigars, particularly among adolescents and young adults, more research is needed on effective ways to communicate product risk to those audiences most at risk.

Indexed as

Health CommunicationTobacco ProductsHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth PromotionHumansMass MediaProduct LabelingUnited StatesUnited States Food and Drug Administration

Identifiers

PMID29236542
PMCPMC5999530

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