Communicating about chemicals in cigarette smoke: impact on knowledge and misunderstanding.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The USA must publicly share information about harmful and potentially harmful constituents (chemicals) in tobacco products. We sought to understand whether webpages with chemical information are "understandable and not misleading to a lay person."

Methods

Participants were a national probability sample of US adults and adolescents (n=1441, 18% smokers). In an online experiment, we randomly assigned participants to view one of the developed webpages (chemical names only, names with quantity ranges, names with visual risk indicators) or no webpage in phase one (between subjects). Participants completed a survey assessing knowledge, misunderstanding, perceived likelihood, perceived severity of health effects from smoking and quit intentions (smokers only). In

SUBMITTER: Lazard AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8176391 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature