ArticleHealth communication2019
Website Designs for Communicating About Chemicals in Cigarette Smoke.
Article in Health communication, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Youth and adult understanding of public displays of information about harmful constituents in cigarette smoke.Preventive medicine · 2023Trial
- Communicating about chemicals in cigarette smoke: impact on knowledge and misunderstanding.Tobacco control · 2020Trial
- Communicating Numeric Risk Information to Patients.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- Clearing the air: evaluating institutions' social media health messaging on wildfire and smoke risks in the US Pacific Northwest.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Is a cigarette brand with fewer chemicals safer? Public perceptions in two national US experiments.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Evidence-based recommendations for communicating the impacts of climate change on health.Translational behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Design cues for tobacco communication: Heuristic interpretations and usability of online health information about harmful chemicals.International journal of medical informatics · 2020Article
- Communication Regulatory Science: Mapping a New Field.Health communication · 2019Article
- Do Smokers Recall Source or Quitline on Cigarette Constituent Messages?Tobacco regulatory science · 2018Article
- Effective Formats for Communicating Risks from Cigarette Smoke Chemicals.Tobacco regulatory science · 2018Article
- The effect of cigarillo packaging elements on young adult perceptions of product flavor, taste, smell, and appeal.PloS one · 2018Article
- Development and Application of an Interdisciplinary Rapid Message Testing Model for COVID-19 in North Carolina.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act requires the US government to inform the public about the quantities of toxic chemicals in cigarette smoke. A website can accomplish this task efficiently, but the site's user interface must be usable to benefit the general public. We conducted online experiments with national convenience samples of 1,451 US adult smokers and nonsmokers to examine the impact of four interface display elements: the chemicals, their associated health effects, quantity information, and a visual risk indicator. Outcomes were perceptions of user experience (perceived clarity and usability), motivation (willingness to use), and potential impact (elaboration about the harms of smoking). We found displaying health effects as text with icons, providing quantity information for chemicals (e.g., ranges), and showing a visual risk indicator all improved the user experience of a webpage about chemicals in cigarette smoke (all p < .05). Displaying a combination of familiar and unfamiliar chemicals, providing quantity information for chemicals, and showing a visual risk indicator all improved motivation to use the webpage (all p < .05). Displaying health effects or quantity information increased the potential impact of the webpage (all p < .05). Overall, interface designs displaying health effects of chemicals in cigarette smoke as text with icons and with a visual risk indicator had the greatest impact on the user experience, motivation, and potential impact of the website. Our findings provide guidance for accessible website designs that can inform consumers about the toxic chemicals in cigarette smoke.
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