Influence of Warning Statements on Understanding of the Negative Health Consequences of Smoking.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pursuant to the Tobacco Control Act (TCA), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is developing new cigarette health warnings to convey the negative health consequences of cigarette smoking.

Aims and methods

This study assessed which of 15 revised warning statements (10 on topics similar to TCA statements and 5 on other topics) promoted greater understanding of cigarette smoking risks relative to TCA statements. In February 2018, adolescent and adult smokers and adolescents susceptible to smoking (n = 2505) completed an online experiment. Control condition participants viewed TCA statements; treatment condition participants viewed combinations of TCA and revised statements. Analyses compared revised statements to TCA statements on the same health topic or to

SUBMITTER: Pepper JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10552677 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature