Information to Improve Public Perceptions of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA's) Tobacco Regulatory Role.

ABSTRACT: While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has had regulatory authority over tobacco products since 2009, public awareness of this authority remains limited. This research examines several broad types of information about FDA tobacco regulatory mission that may improve the perceptions of FDA as a tobacco regulator. Using Amazon Mechanical Turk, 1766 adults, smokers and non-smokers, were randomly assigned to view a statement about FDA regulatory authority that varied three information types in a 2 × 2 × 2 between subjects experimental design: (1) FDA's roles in regulating tobacco (yes/no); (2) The scientific basis of regulations (yes/no); and (3) A potential protective function of regulations (yes/no). Using factorial ANOVA, we estimated the main and interactive effects of all three types

SUBMITTER: Osman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5923795 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature