Health harms that discourage alcohol consumption: A randomized experiment of warning messages.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health warnings about alcohol consumption could inform consumers and discourage alcohol consumption, but little is known about what topics these warnings should address. We sought to identify promising topics for alcohol warnings.

Methods

In January 2024, we recruited a convenience sample of 2,522 US adults ages ≥ 21 years. In an online within-subjects experiment, participants viewed messages about 6 topics (5 warning topics selected from a pool of 16 topics [e.g., liver disease, liver cancer] and 1 control topic [i.e., recycling or reselling products]) shown in random order. For each topic, participants viewed and rated 2 statements about that topic on perceived message effectiveness (primary outcome) and reactance (secondary outcome).

Results

The 16 warni

SUBMITTER: Grummon AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11407683 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature