Trial reportTobacco control2020
Communicating about chemicals in cigarette smoke: impact on knowledge and misunderstanding.
Trial report in Tobacco control, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Youth and adult understanding of public displays of information about harmful constituents in cigarette smoke.Preventive medicine · 2023Trial
- Effect of Cigarette Constituent Messages With Engagement Text on Intention to Quit Smoking Among Adults Who Smoke Cigarettes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2021Trial
- Assessing the Impact of Messages About Reduced Nicotine Cigar Products Among People Who Use Little Cigars and Cigarillos: Insights From a Discrete Choice Experiment.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- Messaging about very low nicotine cigarettes (VLNCs) to influence policy attitudes, harm perceptions and smoking motivations: a discrete choice experiment.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Design cues for tobacco communication: Heuristic interpretations and usability of online health information about harmful chemicals.International journal of medical informatics · 2020Article
- Numeracy and memory for risk probabilities and risk outcomes depicted on cigarette warning labels.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2020Article
- Pilot study to inform young adults about the risks of electronic cigarettes through text messaging.Addictive behaviors reports · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundThe USA must publicly share information about harmful and potentially harmful constituents (chemicals) in tobacco products. We sought to understand whether webpages with chemical information are "understandable and not misleading to a lay person."
methodsParticipants were a national probability sample of US adults and adolescents (
resultsIn phase one, viewing any webpage led to more knowledge of chemicals (48%-54% vs 28% no webpage,
conclusionsKnowledge of chemicals and health effects can increase after viewing a website. Yet, websites may not correct the misunderstanding that some cigarettes are safer.
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