Evaluating Canada's innovative policy for health warnings on cigarette sticks: A pre/post assessment among adults who smoke.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evaluate Canada's innovative policy mandating warning messages on cigarette sticks.

Methods

We analyzed data from an open cohort of Canadian adults who smoke, surveyed every 3 months (February 2023-November 2024; n = 11,487 observations from 4716 individuals). Participants reported: liking the look of their cigarette sticks (1-Dislike a lot to 7-Like a lot); feelings when looking at sticks (1-Very bad to 7-Very good); frequency of thinking about smoking-related harms due to sticks (1-Not at all to 5-Extremely); and forgoing cigarettes they normally smoke due to the look of sticks (no vs. yes). Linear and logistic generalized estimating equations regressed these outcomes on implementation period (i.e., pre-policy 2023 surveys [ref.] vs post-policy 2024 surveys), adj

SUBMITTER: Thrasher JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12931450 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature