Stop! Graphic Health Warnings Enhance Inhibitory Control in Adolescents: An Event-Related Potential Study
| Autor: | Katherine Camacho, Miguel Sotaquira, Vanessa Hernández-Mateus, Alejandro Restrepo-García, Carlos Gantiva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent Smoking Prevention Audiology Product Labeling 01 natural sciences World health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cigarette smoking Inhibitory control medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics Evoked Potentials Smokers business.industry 010102 general mathematics Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Tobacco Products Behavioral data Smoking Cessation Analysis of variance business Cigarette pack |
| Zdroj: | Nicotinetobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 23(8) |
| ISSN: | 1469-994X |
| Popis: | Introduction The majority of smokers begin consumption in adolescence and the earlier initiation of cigarette smoking is associated with a greater likelihood of cigarette dependence. Graphic health warnings (GHW) are one of the most used strategies to communicate the consequences of cigarette smoking, but little is known about their ability to increase inhibitory control and thus prevent consumption. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of different sizes of GHWs on inhibitory control in adolescents. We hypothesized that GHWs promote inhibitory control, and increasing GHW size, enhance inhibitory control. Methods Fifty-nine participants completed a Go/No-Go task during electroencephalographic recording. The No-Go stimuli were pictures of cigarette packs without GHWs, and cigarette packs with GHWs that covered 30% or 60% of the front (main side) of the pack. The event-related potential N200 component and behavioral measures in the Go/No-Go task were analyzed. Results Separate mixed-model analysis of variance (ANOVAs) were used for N200 component (amplitude and latency) and behavioral data. The GHWs increased the amplitude of the N200 potential, especially GHWs that covered 60% of the front of the pack. The behavioral data showed that GHWs that covered 60% of the front of the pack generated higher a percentage of accuracy in No-Go trials (ie, fewer commission errors). Conclusions These results suggest that GHWs increase inhibitory control in adolescents, especially when the GHWs cover 60% of the front of the cigarette pack. Implications GHWs with an increased size (60% of the front of the cigarette pack vs. 30%, the minimum size, proposed by the World Health Organization) recruit additional cognitive resources and thus can effectively increase inhibitory control both in adolescent smokers and nonsmokers. Accordingly, the use of larger GHW has the potential of becoming an effective public policy strategy to inhibit smoking in adolescents. |
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