Young adults' cigarillo risk perceptions, attention to warning labels and perceptions of proposed pictorial warnings: a focus group study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although cigars pose similar health risks to cigarettes, they are not uniformly required to carry a warning label on their packaging in the USA. The US Food and Drug Administration's 2016 deeming rule established a cigar warning requirement, but it was challenged in federal court for failing to document warning effects on prevention/cessation, thus necessitating an evidentiary base for such requirements. We sought to explore young adult users' understanding of cigarillo risks and addictiveness, as well as their perceptions of current (voluntary) and proposed cigar warning labels.

Design

In December 2020-January 2021, we conducted eight focus groups with young adult cigarillo smokers. We asked participants their first associations of cigarillos and beliefs about pro

SUBMITTER: Gratale SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9240892 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature