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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Attitudinal Spillover from Misleading Natural Cigarette Marketing: An Experiment Examining Current and Former Smokers' Support for Tobacco Industry Regulation.

Stefanie K Gratale, Angeline Sangalang, Erin K Maloney, Joseph N Cappella

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors.

Stefanie K GrataleAnnenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 3620 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. stefanie.gratale@asc.upenn.edu.
Angeline SangalangDepartment of Communication, University of Dayton, 300 College Park Ave., Dayton, OH 45469, USA. asangalang1@udayton.edu.
Erin K MaloneyAnnenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 3620 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. erin.maloney@asc.upenn.edu.
Joseph N CappellaAnnenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 3620 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. joseph.cappella@asc.upenn.edu.

Funding

UPENN TCORS: Tobacco Product Messaging in a Complex Communication EnvironmentP50CA179546 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HORNIK, ROBERT C. · 2013 to 2017
$18.7M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA179546NIH HHS P50CA179546U.S. Food and Drug Administration P50CA179546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This research examined the influence of natural cigarette advertising on tobacco control policy support, and the potential for misbeliefs arising from exposure to cigarette marketing to affect such support. Ample research indicates that natural cigarettes such as Natural American Spirit (NAS) are widely and erroneously perceived as safer than their traditional counterparts because of their marketed "natural" composition. Yet regulatory action regarding natural cigarette marketing has been limited in scope, and little research has examined whether misleading product advertising affects support for related policy, an important component of the policy process. Here, we administered a large-scale randomized experiment (n = 1128), assigning current and former smokers in the United States to an NAS advertising condition or a control group and assessing their support for tobacco industry regulation. Results show that exposure to NAS advertising reduces support for policies to ban potentially misleading terminology from cigarette advertising, and these effects are stronger for daily smokers. Further, misinformed beliefs about the healthy composition of NAS partially mediate effects on policy support. Yet interestingly, exposure to NAS marketing does not reduce support for policies to establish standards for when certain terms are permissible in cigarette advertising. The results of this analysis indicate potential spillover effects from exposure to NAS advertising in the realm of support for regulatory action pertaining to tobacco industry marketing.

Indexed as

Government RegulationAdultAdvertisingCommunicationFemaleHealth PolicyHumansMaleSmokersTobacco IndustryTobacco ProductsUnited Statesnatural cigarette marketingtobacco control policiestobacco regulatory science

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PMID31547517
PMCPMC6801407

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