Adolescents' Responses to Pictorial Warnings on Their Parents' Cigarette Packs.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Pictorial cigarette pack warnings are a promising policy solution to increase smoking cessation among adults. However, little is known regarding adolescents' responses to pictorial warnings, particularly in real-world settings.

Methods

Participants were 112 adolescent children, ages 13-17, whose parents received either text-only warnings on the side of their cigarette packs or pictorial warnings on the top half of the front and back of their cigarette packs for 4 weeks as part of a trial. We measured adolescents' recall and recognition of these warnings, negative emotional reactions to the warnings, perceived effectiveness of the warnings, social interactions about the warnings, and smoking risk beliefs.

Results

Adolescents accurately recalled pictorial warnin

SUBMITTER: Peebles K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5341376 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature