Influence of Health Warnings on Beliefs about the Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking, in the Context of an Experimental Study in Four Asian Countries
| Autor: | Jiang Yuan, Seema Mutti-Packer, Jessica L. Reid, Qiang Li, Prakash C. Gupta, Nigar Nargis, A. K. M. Ghulam Hussain, David Hammond |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
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Male Risk Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Asia Adolescent Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis medicine.medical_treatment lcsh:Medicine global health Context (language use) tobacco use Health Promotion Product Labeling Article smoking Cigarette Smoking 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Beijing Environmental health medicine Global health Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Bangladesh 030505 public health business.industry warning labels lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health health knowledge health beliefs adolescent Tobacco Products Middle Aged 3. Good health Health promotion Health effect Respondent Smoking cessation Female Smoking Cessation 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 14, Iss 8, p 868 (2017) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 14; Issue 8; Pages: 868 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| Popis: | Cigarette package health warnings can be an important and low-cost means of communicating the health risks of smoking. We examined whether viewing health warnings in an experimental study influenced beliefs about the health effects of smoking, by conducting surveys with ~500 adult male smokers and ~500 male and female youth (age 16–18) in Beijing, China (n = 1070), Mumbai area, India (n = 1012), Dhaka, Bangladesh (n = 1018), and Republic of Korea (n = 1362). Each respondent was randomly assigned to view and rate pictorial health warnings for 2 of 15 different health effects, after which they reported beliefs about whether smoking caused 12 health effects. Respondents who viewed relevant health warnings (vs. other warnings) were significantly more likely to believe that smoking caused that particular health effect, for several health effects in each sample. Approximately three-quarters of respondents in China (Beijing), Bangladesh (Dhaka), and Korea (which had general, text-only warnings) thought that cigarette packages should display more health information, compared to approximately half of respondents in the Mumbai area, India (which had detailed pictorial warnings). Pictorial health warnings that convey the risk of specific health effects from smoking can increase beliefs and knowledge about the health consequences of smoking, particularly for health effects that are lesser-known. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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