Cognitive and emotional responses to pictorial warning labels and their association with quitting measures after continued exposure.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Previous research has highlighted the role of cognitive and affective mediators in facilitating the effectiveness of pictorial warning labels (PWLs). This study examines smokers' responses towards PWLs after 10 days of use and their associations with changes in quitting attitudes, beliefs, and intentions during this period.

Methods

Non-treatment-seeking, daily smokers completed a randomized, parallel design trial. Participants were randomized to either a PWL or control (i.e., text only or no warning label) group and received their preferred brand cigarettes affixed with their assigned label for 10 days. We assessed quitting attitudes, intentions, and beliefs at the onset and end of the study. At study end, smokers rated their PWL on a 5-point scale for 8 cognitive

SUBMITTER: Sidhu AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8603253 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature