Mediational Effects on Motivation to Quit Smoking After Exposure to a Cigarette Pictorial Warning Label Among Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young adults are vulnerable to cigarette package marketing. Pictorial warning labels are recommended for tobacco control. Research should address questions raised in legal challenges including causal mechanisms. Evidence is mixed and understudied among young adults (e.g., discrete emotions and risk perceptions).

Purpose

This study investigated mediators of pictorial warning label effects on motivation to quit smoking among young adult smokers.

Methods

This study analyzed data from a randomized trial with a 4 week exposure to a cigarette pictorial warning among young adult smokers (N = 229) aged 18-30 with assessments at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and 3 months. Mediation analyses used latent change scores to test the effects post-intervention o

SUBMITTER: Johnson AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9274995 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature