Role of affective reactivity induced by cigarette packaging including graphic warning labels: the CASA Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify whether three types of cigarette pack designs, including three versions of graphic warning label (GWL) plain packs, one GWL absent and branding absent pack (blank) and the smoker's own GWL absent and branding present pack (US), elicit different valence, type and levels of affect.

Design

US daily smokers (n=324) were asked to handle each of the five pack types and 'think aloud' their reactions. To avoid a muted familiarity response, exposure to their own US pack followed exposure to at least one GWL plain pack. Reactions were scored on a reactivity scale (-3 to +3) and the text was coded for speech polarity (-1 to +1) and emotive word frequency.

Results

Reactivity scores had excellent inter-rater reliability (agreement ≥86%; intraclass correlation

SUBMITTER: Stone M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8917242 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature