A systematic review of the perceptions of adolescents on graphic health warnings and plain packaging of cigarettes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Graphic health warnings on tobacco packaging and the plain packaging of tobacco products are key tobacco control interventions. This systematic review investigates the perceptions of adolescents towards these packaging interventions.

Methods

Published, original-research, English-language articles from 1 January 2000 to 1 September 2017 were identified through a systematic literature search of the PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and Scopus databases. Articles describing investigations into the perceptions of adolescents aged 11 to 19 years towards graphic health warnings and/or plain-packaged cigarettes were included in this review.

Results

Nineteen articles, involving 15,935 adolescent participants, of which 72.85% were non-smokers or ex-smokers a

SUBMITTER: Drovandi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6335796 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature