Support for pictorial health warning labels on cigarette packages in the United States among adults who currently smoke or quit smoking: Findings from the ITC US Smoking and Vaping Surveys

Autor: Shannon Gravely, Gang Meng, David Hammond, Pete Driezen, James F. Thrasher, Geoffrey T. Fong, Lorraine V. Craig, Janet Chung-Hall, Anne C. K. Quah, Janine Ouimet, Maansi Bansal-Travers, K. Michael Cummings
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Tobacco Induced Diseases, Vol 21, Iss June, Pp 1-8 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1617-9625
DOI: 10.18332/tid/166001
Popis: Introduction In March 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized new pictorial health warnings (PHWs), covering 50% of the front and back of the pack; however, legal challenges from cigarette manufacturers have prevented the new warnings from being implemented. About 70% of adults in the general US population support PHWs. This study assessed support for PHWs in 2016, 2018 and 2020 among US adults (aged ≥18 years) who currently smoke or formerly smoked cigarettes. We also assessed factors related to support. Methods Respondents included adults who currently or formerly smoked cigarettes and participated in at least one wave of the US ITC Smoking and Vaping Surveys: Wave 1 (2016, n=2557); Wave 2 (2018, n=2685); and Wave 3 (2020, n=1112). We assessed changes in support for PHWs between 2016 and 2020, and assessed factors related to support (support vs oppose/don’t know). Analyses were conducted on weighted data. Results Overall, 38.0% of respondents supported PHWs in 2016, with a significant increase to 44.7% in 2018 (p
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